Kremlin hopes Biden meant to say Ukraine, not Iraq in verbal slip-up

Biden had said that Russian President Vladimir Putin was "losing the war in Iraq" when he meant to say Ukraine.

US president Biden made a verbal slip-up on June 28. (Reuters)

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The Kremlin said on Thursday it hoped that U.S. President Joe Biden had meant to say Ukraine rather than Iraq when he made a verbal slip-up on Wednesday.

Biden had said that Russian President Vladimir Putin was “losing the war in Iraq” when he meant to say Ukraine.

In a verbal slip-up, US President Joe Biden said that Russian President Vladimir Putin was ‘losing the war in Iraq’ when he meant to say Ukraine https://t.co/sxYjZAMA3o pic.twitter.com/NEKOPIcCsm

— Reuters (@Reuters) June 29, 2023

Asked about the health of the 80-year-old U.S. president, the Kremlin said it could not comment.

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