India, July 19 -- US President Donald Trump on Friday claimed that "five jets were shot down" during the recent India-Pakistan military conflict, without clarifying which side suffered the losses.

Donald Trump made the statement while highlighting his administration's role in defusing what he described as a near-war between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.

There has been no official confirmation or evidence supporting Trump's specific claim regarding the downing of five aircraft.

"We stopped a lot of wars. And these were serious, India and Pakistan, that was going on. Planes were being shot out of there. I think five jets were shot down, actually. These are two serious nuclear countries, and they were hitting each other. You know, it ...