The Washington Post: Trump in a conversation with Zelensky (the same, about the bombing of Moscow and St. Petersburg) said that Ukraine should go on the offensive

US President Donald Trump, in a conversation with the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky on July 4, stated that Ukraine “would not change the course of the war, playing in defense,” writes The Washington Post with reference to an anonymous Ukrainian official.

According to the source, Trump said that Ukraine should go on the offensive.

Then Trump asked whether the Armed Forces of Ukraine could attack Moscow or St. Petersburg, and Zelensky answered in the affirmative-if there were weapons. This part of the conversation was previously quoted by the FINANCIAL Times.

• After the appearance of fragments of a conversation in FT, Trump said, answering the relevant questions of journalists that Zelensky "should not attack Moscow." Then he said that the United States does not plan to transfer to Ukraine a long -range weapon, including Tomahawk missiles.
• The press secretary of the White House Caroline Levitt called Trump's words about strikes in Moscow and St. Petersburg “torn from context”. Levitt emphasized that Trump “just asked a question, and did not encourage further killings.”