‘Zelenskyy didn’t wish to hear it’: Biden says Ukraine chief rejected US intelligence on Russian invasion

US President Joe Biden, chatting with donors at a Democratic fundraiser Los Angeles, stated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “didn’t want to hear it” when US intelligence gathered info that Russia was getting ready to invade.

The remarks got here as Biden was speaking about his work to rally and solidify help for Ukraine because the warfare continues into its fourth month.

“Nothing like this has happened since World War II. I know a lot of people thought I was maybe exaggerating. But I knew we had data to sustain he” — which means Russian President Vladimir Putin — “was going to go in, off the border.”

“There was no doubt,” Biden stated. “And Zelenskyy didn’t want to hear it.”

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Although Zelenskyy has impressed folks together with his management in the course of the warfare, his preparation for the invasion — or lack thereof — has remained a controversial challenge.

З Днем вишиванки, Україно! 🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/Lw2zyaQQaM

— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) May 19, 2022

In the weeks earlier than the warfare started on February 24, Zelenskyy publicly bristled as Biden administration officers repeatedly warned {that a} Russian invasion was extremely seemingly.

At the time, Zelenskyy was additionally involved that the drumbeat of warfare was unsettling Ukraine’s fragile economic system.