'It's a mistake,' Zelenskiy says of Biden's Putin mix up

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July 13, 2024 8:15 AM EDT

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attends a bilateral meeting with Ireland's Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Simon Harris, at Shannon Airport, in Shannon, Ireland, July 13, 2024. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne/Pool

SHANNON, Ireland (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said his U.S counterpart Joe Biden accidentally referring to him as Russian President Vladimir Putin was a mistake that could be forgotten about given all the support the U.S. has provided to Ukraine.

Biden mistakenly referred to Zelenskiy as Putin at a NATO summit in Washington on Thursday before correcting himself two seconds later.

"It's a mistake. I think United States gave a lot of support for Ukrainians. We can forget some mistakes, I think so," Zelenskiy told reporters on Saturday at Ireland's Shannon airport where he was meeting Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris.

(Reporting by Clodagh Kilcoyne Writing by Padraic Halpin; Editing by Mark Potter)


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