Joe Biden looks set to face fresh questions over his fitness for office after he mixed up Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky with Russian strongman Vladimir Putin.
The 80-year-old commander-in-chief referred to Zelensky as ‘Vladimir’ as he poured praise on the Ukrainian military for its fightback against Moscow’s troops.
It is yet another high-profile gaffe from Biden, who will be 86 at the end of his second term if re-elected, quickly corrected himself ‘for being too familiar.’
The president regularly uses cue cards in his public appearances because aides are worried about his regular slip-ups.
Biden had just vowed to stand by Ukraine ‘as long as it takes’ as he and fellow G7 leaders announced a new security deal for Kyiv.
It came just one day after Volodymyr Zelensky launched a social media tirade against his Western allies over what he called an ‘absurd’ delay to setting out a pathway to his country’s full membership of the NATO military alliance.
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