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News on the war between Russia and Ukraine: Zelensky downplays Biden’s faux pas with Putin while Poland considers shooting down Russian missiles

July 14, 2024
News on the war between Russia and Ukraine: Zelensky downplays Biden’s faux pas with Putin while Poland considers shooting down Russian missiles

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has downplayed his US counterpart Joe Biden’s faux pas during the NATO summit as a mere “mistake” after arriving in Ireland.

On the last day of the NATO summit, Biden accidentally introduced the Ukrainian president as “President Putin,” but then quickly corrected himself. Zelenskyy responded at the time: “I’m better.”

Speaking to reporters at Shannon Airport in County Clare, Zelensky described the faux pas as a simple “mistake.”

“I think the United States has given a lot of support to the Ukrainians,” he said. “We can forget some mistakes, I think.”

He was later photographed hugging Irish Taoiseach Simon Harris as the two held a meeting at the airport.

Poland had previously stated that it was examining Kiev’s proposal to shoot down Russian missiles flying towards Polish territory while they were still in Ukrainian airspace.

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski told the American Enterprise Institute in Washington that such a step was being considered, but only with NATO’s approval.

Warsaw, a member of the alliance, regularly alerts fighter jets to protect Polish airspace, while Russian forces launch large-scale air strikes on Ukraine.

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Below we present two photos from Ukraine that show the toll Russia’s large-scale invasion is taking not only on the military defending the country, but also on the civilian population still living there.

An injured soldier receives medical treatment from medics of the 24th Mechanized Brigade at the front line near Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine.
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Darya Vertetska, 33, talks to her daughter Kira, 8, in the children's ward of the National Cancer Institute in Kyiv. Kira was injured by glass fragments in a Russian missile attack on the Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital on July 8 and was taken to the National Cancer Institute along with her mother.
Darya Vertetska, 33, talks to her daughter Kira, 8, in the children’s ward of the National Cancer Institute in Kyiv. Kira was injured by glass fragments in a Russian missile attack on the Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital on July 8 and was taken to the National Cancer Institute along with her mother. (AFP via Getty Images)

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