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.

• By: Reuters
• Moscow | June 29, 2023 04:14 PM IST
1 min read

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

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.

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

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