CHANGE: Trump says NATO countries should shoot down Russian aircraft that violate their airspace.

“Yes, I do,” Trump said when posed a question about NATO shoot-downs during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.

Later, he stopped short of saying the United States would join in the effort to shoot down violating Russian aircraft.

“Depends on the circumstance,” he said. “But you know, we’re very strong toward NATO.”

NATO members have scrambled in recent weeks after Russian drones and aircraft violated their airspace.

Related: What Turkey’s Shootdown of a Russian Jet Taught NATO — and Why It Matters Now.

The idea is to avoid a repeat of the Turkey’s 2015 shootdown, when things got noticeably tense