Trump has said he has threatened Moscow and Beijing with bombing attacks on Ukraine and Taiwan. The Kremlin has disputed the veracity of these claims.

In an audio recording aired by CNN, Donald Trump claims that he has threatened Russia and China with bombings in response to possible attacks on Ukraine and Taiwan. The Kremlin, through spokesman Dmitry Peskov, said it could not confirm the veracity of the claims, noting that there is a lot of fake news circulating. Trump discussed the threats at a fundraiser, saying he would have avoided the current conflicts had he been president. The Kremlin also dismissed reports of an earlier phone call between Trump and Putin as fiction.