Ukraine brushes off links to alleged Trump gunman

Ukraine on Monday dismissed links to Ryan Wesley Routh, the man who authorities arrested Sunday for allegedly attempting to shoot former United States President Donald Trump.

Last year, 58-year-old Routh told the New York Times he was willing “to fight and die in Ukraine” in a comment for an article about American volunteers aiding Ukraine’s war effort against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion.

Routh also filmed videos on Ukraine’s Independence Square, presenting himself as a recruiter for the International Ukrainian Military Intelligence unit for volunteer fighters, calling for more foreigners to join the Ukrainian army.