(Adds White House spokesperson quote)
WASHINGTON, March 30 (Reuters) - The White House said on
Wednesday now is clearly not the time to scheme with Russian
President Vladimir Putin, when asked about former President
Donald Trump's calling on Putin to release information about
Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden.
"What kind of American, let alone an ex-president, thinks
that this is the right time to enter into a scheme with Vladimir
Putin and brag about his connections to Vladimir Putin? There is
only one and it's Donald Trump," White House spokesperson Kate
Bedingfield told reporters.
Russian forces invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24 and have inflicted
massive destruction on Ukrainian cities, including apartment
buildings and other civilian facilities. On Wednesday, they
were bombarding the outskirts of Kyiv and the besieged city of
Chernihiv in the north, a day after promising to scale down
operations there..
Russia says it is carrying out a "special operation" to
disarm and "denazify" its neighbor. Western countries say
Moscow's invasion was entirely unprovoked.
(Reporting by Trevor Hunnicutt; Writing by Katharine Jackson;
Editing by Leslie Adler and Jonathan Oatis)
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