Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky right this moment condemned “political violence” following the alleged assassination try on US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
“Political violence has no place anyplace on the earth,” Zelensky wrote in X.
“It's good that the suspect within the assassination try was caught rapidly,” he added with out mentioning the suspect's connection to Ukraine, because the particular person has been recognized as a supporter of Kiev in opposition to Russia by many media shops.
For his half, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer stated right this moment he was “very involved” after the alleged assassination try in opposition to Donald Trump.
“I believe it is vitally essential to make it clear that violence should not have any place in any democratic course of,” Starmer advised reporters in Rome the place he’s for talks along with his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni.
A senior Ukrainian official advised AFP that the arrested Ryan Wesley Ruth had no ties to the Ukrainian authorities.
“He didn’t serve right here (within the Ukrainian military) and has no ties to state buildings, that's for positive,” the official assured, talking on situation of anonymity.
The person interviewed by AFP in 2022 in Kiev, the place he had gone to assist the Ukrainian individuals, “entered Ukraine as an bizarre particular person, (…) like many others,” the Ukrainian official stated.
In the identical vein, the Ukrainian Overseas Legion made up of international volunteers preventing for Ukraine assured that the American suspect has by no means served in its ranks.
“Ryan Ruth has by no means served within the Worldwide Legion,” which refers back to the intelligence department of the Ukrainian army, and “has no connection to the unit. Rumors in some media aren’t true,” the Legion stated on social media.
A doable victory by Donald Trump in November's presidential election in america might be a game-changer for Kiev, which is closely depending on American army assist to prevail in its ongoing warfare with Russia since February 2022.
Trump aides have already recommended that if he wins, they’d use US help as leverage to power Kiev to make territorial concessions.
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