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STORY: :: Newsweek Romania ROUTH: "I think everybody around the globe should be motivated to come here and support the Ukrainians, support the army." The Ukrainian government on Monday (September 16) denied any links to this American accused of trying to assassinate former U.S. President Donald Trump. :: May 17, 2022 Kyiv's comments came after it emerged that the reported suspect, Ryan Routh, had traveled to the country in hopes of volunteering to help Ukraine fight back against Russia's invasion. :: June 14, 2022 :: Kyiv, Ukraine ROUTH: "So me, you know, a lot of the other conflicts are gray. But this conflict is definitely black and white. This is about good versus evil." In this 2022 interview, Routh told Newsweek Romania he'd initially hoped to fight, but was rejected from combat because of his age, and his lack of military experience... ROUTH:: "My initial goal was to come and fight." ... and said he shifted his goals and was instead recruiting others to take up arms. ROUTH: "If you want to fight, come here and see me. And I'll put you in a unit so you can go fight." The U.S. Secret Service on Sunday said it had foiled what the FBI called the second apparent assassination attempt on the Republican candidate for president in two months. The Secret Service said its agents were accompanying Trump on the golf course on Sunday, when one spotted a gun barrel in some bushes near the property line. Agents engaged the gunman and fired at him. The gunman dropped his rifle and fled in a black car. Sheriff's deputies in neighboring Martin County stopped the suspect and took him into custody. JOURNALIST: "So you are working with the International Legion?" ROUTH: "Yes." JOURNALIST: "And you are trying to convince people to help, to donate and to join." ROUTH: "Yeah. Yeah." :: January 3, 2023 Hundreds of non-Ukrainians have been fighting against Russian forces. But the International Legion, where many of these fighters serve, said it had no links with Routh. A Legion official told CNN that Routh had sent emails offering to recruit foreign volunteers, but Ukraine's military thought he was "delusional" and did not take the offers seriously. Ukrainian officials said they had nothing to do with him. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he was glad to hear Trump was safe, and that there was no place for violence in politics anywhere.