June 16th, 2023- SPIEF: Putin’s Q&A, Ukraine’s Zelensky ‘a Disgrace to The Jewish People,’ The Future of F-16s

Russia is capable of destroying any building in downtown Kyiv but sees no reason to do that, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday in the Question & Answer portion of the plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF). The head of state noted that his Jewish friends viewed Ukraine’s Zelensky as “a disgrace to the Jewish people.” He pointed to the failure of Ukraine’s counteroffensive and predicted that F-16 aircraft would end up burning like Leopard tanks. 🔻Here are Putin’s key answers:     On Ukrainian counteroffensive The losses that Kyiv is facing during its so-called counteroffensive…