'I don't understand why the US is dragging aircraft carrier groups into the Mediterranean Sea. I don't really understand the point. Are they going to bomb Lebanon or what?' Putin says.
"I don't understand why the US is dragging aircraft carrier groups into the Mediterranean Sea. I don't really understand the point. Are they going to bomb Lebanon or what?" Putin says.Putin, speaking at an energy conference in Moscow, says the US move of sending a carrier strike group, which includes the USS Gerald R. Ford, closer to Israel is a mistake. / Photo: AP
Putin, speaking at an energy conference in Moscow, said on Wednesday the US move of sending an aircraft carrier strike group closer to Israel,
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