埼玉英語会英検１級・準１級　コミュのZelensky didn't want to hear US warnings before Russia invaded, says Biden

US President Joe Biden has said that his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky
"didn't want to hear" American warnings ahead of Russia's invasion of his country.

"I know a lot of people thought I was exaggerating," Biden said at a fundraiser
yesterday, referring to his forewarning of the possibility of a Russian attack.

"But I knew we had data to sustain (the assessment)," he said, adding that
there was no doubt that Russian President Vladimir Putin was going to "go into
the border" and "Zelensky didn't want to hear it, nor did a lot of people".

"I understand why they didn't want to hear it, but he (=Putin) went in."

The US began raising the alarm over Russia's preparations for an invasion of
Ukraine well before Putin announced the "special operation" against the country
on 24 February.

The warnings were met with disbelief and even veiled criticism from some European
allies, who at the time felt the US was being too alarmist.