US President Donald Trump may have considered that conversation with Ukrainian journalist "BBC News Ukraine" Myroslava Petsa during NATO summit in late June, was "a setup",
Axios reports this with reference to sources.
Thus, Ukrainian journalist BBC Myroslava Petsa asked Trump about sending the Patriot to Ukraine, where her husband is a military man. Before answering the question, the American president entered into a conversation with the journalist.
"It made an impression", said one source who communicated with Trump.
However, another interlocutor warned that Trump might have suspicions, he asked others: "Was that a setup?".
The conversation with the Ukrainian journalist caused a lively discussion on the network. The video shows Trump asking the journalist where she is from, after she named the media outlet she represents - BBC News Ukraine. Myroslava Petsa asked about the shipment of Patriot air defense systems, but Trump entered into a dialogue with her, asking if she currently lives in Ukraine.
The journalist said that she lives in Warsaw with her children because her husband, who serves in the Armed Forces, wanted it that way.
"It's difficult," Trump replied.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, in the meantime, Trump promised Zelenskyy in a phone conversation to immediately send 10 Patriot interceptor missiles to Ukraine - fewer than planned in the suspended supply and to help find other ways of supply.
According to The Guardian, low stocks of critically important missiles for Patriot systems led to the administration of US President Donald Trump suspending their deliveries to Ukraine.
Recall that on July 2, White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly reported in a comment to NBC News that the United States had decided to stop the supply of some weapons to Ukraine.
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