India, July 15 -- United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday said his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky should not target Moscow.

This comes hours after a Financial Times report stated that he had asked Zelensky whether he could strike Moscow.

During a phone call with the Ukrainian President on July 4, Trump had allegedly asked whether Ukraine could strike Russian capital Moscow and St Petersburg if the US provides them with long-range weapons.

Zelensky replied in the affirmative to the question, Bloomberg reported quoting a person who had been briefed about the conversation.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, when asked about Trump's query, said that the US President was "merely asking a question" and not "enco...