Donald Trump has told reporters that Nato should shoot down Russian planes if they enter Nato airspace.

Trump made the comments as he sat down with Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, for their meeting at the UN General Assembly in New York.

Unlike their previous meetings, which have ranged from disastrous to heavily choreographed , Trump called Zelensky “a great man” and said “he’s putting up one hell of a fight”. New Feature

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“We have great respect for the fight Ukraine is putting up, it’s pretty amazing actually,” he said, as Zelensky said he had “good” news from the battlefield.

The comment came when a reporter asked Trump whether he thinks Nato should shoot down Russian planes if they enter Nato airspace.

“Yes, I do,” Tr

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