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Ukraine’s Zelensky ‘Didn’t Want To Hear’ Warnings About Invasion – Biden

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Ukraine’s Zelensky ‘Didn’t Want To Hear’ Warnings About Invasion – Biden

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

US President Joe Biden said Friday that his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky “didn’t want to hear” American warnings ahead of Russia’s invasion of his country.

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“I know a lot of people thought I was exaggerating,” Biden said at a fundraising reception in Los Angeles, referring to his forewarning of the possibility of a Russian attack.

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“But I knew we had data to sustain (the assessment),” he added in front of reporters.

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“(Russian President Vladimir Putin) was gonna go into the border. And there was no doubt, and Zelensky didn’t want to hear it, nor did a lot of people. I understand why they didn’t want to hear it, but he went in.”

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The United States began raising the alarm over Russia’s preparations for an invasion of Ukraine well before Putin announced the “special operation” against the country on February 24.

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The warnings were met with disbelief and even veiled criticism from some European allies, who at the time felt the United States was being too alarmist.

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