LONDON (AP) — Joe Biden said in his first post-presidential interview that President Donald Trump’s pressure on Ukraine to give up territory to Russia amounts to " modern-day appeasement," a historically fraught term that refers to a failed effort to stop the Nazis from annexing land in Europe in the 1930s.

In his first interview since leaving office, the 82-year-old criticises his successor's handling of the war and is challenged on his own record.

Biden told BBC Radio 4s “Today” program in remarks aired Wednesday that Trump's statements about acquiring Panama, Greenland and Canada have bred distrust in Europe. But, he added, making that move earlier as some critics had suggested “would(n't) have mattered.