Soldiers training near Kharkiv, Ukraine.

The UK has revealed just how effective one of Kyiv’s recent attacks on Russia was shortly after Donald Trump called for Ukraine to “play offence”.

The US president is currently trying to set up a bilateral meeting between Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russia’s Vladimir Putin in a bid to end the war.

But, even as Trump seems to support ending the conflict on Putin’s terms, Moscow is still refusing to commit to any such summit and keeps delaying peace negotiations.

The president then posted on TruthSocial on Thursday that Ukraine has not been “allowed to play offence”.

He wrote: “It is very hard, if not impossible, to win a war without attacking an invaders country.

“It’s like a great team in sports that has a fantastic defence, but is not allowed to play offense. There is no chance of winning!

“It is like that with Ukraine and Russia. Crooked and grossly incompetent Joe Biden would not let Ukraine FIGHT BACK, only DEFEND.

“How did that work out? Regardless, this........

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