Ron DeSantis comments on plans to resolve war in Ukraine 

DeSantis said this in his first interview with Fox News after running for the presidency, Ukrainska Pravda reports.

DeSantis was answering questions about his actions regarding the Russian-Ukrainian war on his first day in office. He began by criticizing the current state of the US army, saying that the army has become "politicized," "they talk about gender ideology" and "global warming."

"We need to return our military to focusing on commitment, core values and core mission," said DeSantis.

In the second part of his answer, he said he would like to see a "settlement" of the war in Ukraine. He emphasized that the US army should not be involved in the war.

"I would like to see a settlement of this (war. – ed.). I do not want to see a wider war. I think it is absolutely unknowable what it (war. – ed.) will look like in January of 2025. But I would not want to see the United States with our troops get enmeshed in a war in Russia or in Ukraine," the Florida governor said.

• Earlier, DeSantis filed documents with the US Federal Election Commission to run for president in 2024, officially confirming his participation in the Republican primaries.

• Ukraine's Foreign Ministry has invited Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to visit Ukraine, after he described the war unleashed by Russia a 'territorial dispute'

• The top two Republicans in polling for the 2024 presidential nomination, Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis, have said that defending Ukraine is not a critical US interest, remarks that will demoralize Kyiv and encourage Vladimir Putin to believe that time is on his side, the Guardian reports 

• On March 23, DeSantis admitted that he had misinterpreted the policy in Ukraine and called Putin a war criminal and "a loser from a gas station with a bunch of nuclear weapons."