Oyogist has learned that a Former United States President, Donald Trump, 75, has claimed Russia was ’emboldened’ to invade Ukraine after watching the US withdraw troops from Afghanistan.
Trump also claimed that Vladimir Putin’s impending invasion of Ukraine ‘would have never happened’ if he was in office.
He said he and the Russian president, 69, ‘respected each other’ and that ‘nobody was tougher on Russia’ He also said he didn’t think President Biden’s urgent phone call with Putin would do anything and called it ‘perfunctory’.
Earlier this week, US officials received intelligence containing ‘detailed’ invasion plans believed to be Russia’s that are scheduled for February 16.
US officials have ordered the Embassy in Kiev to be evacuated and have called for all US citizens to leave the country.