‘He has gone completely CRAZY!’
President Trump slammed Russian President Vladimir Putin for dispatching greater than 300 drones and missiles towards Ukraine in a number of the most intense assaults because the conflict first began, only one week after assuring that peace talks would begin “instantly.”
The lethal assaults began as a deliberate prisoner swap between the warring international locations was underway. Below the settlement, all sides is popping over round 1,000 imprisoned combatants and civilians over three days — whilst Russia continues its unrelenting barrage. The ultimate swap was set for late Sunday.
Trump instructed reporters Sunday that he’s “not completely satisfied” with the rising violence and that he has no concept “what the hell occurred to Putin.”
“I’ve identified him a very long time, all the time gotten together with him, however he’s sending rockets into cities and killing folks and I don’t prefer it in any respect. We’re in the course of speaking and he’s sending rockets into Kyiv and different cities. I don’t prefer it in any respect,” Trump mentioned.
“I’m very stunned. We’ll see what we’re going to do….I don’t like what Putin is doing…he’s killing folks. One thing occurred to this man and I don’t prefer it.”
He later doubled down on social media, writing that Putin “has gone completely CRAZY!”
“Missiles and drones are being shot into Cities in Ukraine, for no cause in any way. I’ve all the time mentioned that he needs ALL of Ukraine, not only a piece of it, and possibly that’s proving to be proper, but when he does, it can result in the downfall of Russia!” Trump wrote on Fact Social.
Russia has spent the final two days straight launching quite a few assaults throughout Ukraine, first on 30 Ukrainian cities and villages on Saturday night time and later specializing in the capital Kyiv on Sunday. Russia claimed it seized three extra villages within the assaults, which Kyiv denied.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky known as on america to take motion, noting the gall that its inaction encourages.
“The silence of America, the silence of others on this planet solely encourages Putin. Each such terrorist Russian strike is cause sufficient for brand new sanctions towards Russia,” Zelensky mentioned in an announcement on Sunday.
In early Could, Secretary of State Marco Rubio mentioned the administration would search to impose a 500% tariff on Russian oil and gasoline if there was not severe progress made in the direction of a peace settlement. However he famous that the tariffs would depend upon Trump’s will.
Trump, nevertheless, didn’t take kindly to Zelensky’s critiques.
“All the things out of [Zelensky’s] mouth causes issues, I don’t prefer it, and it higher cease. It is a Battle that may by no means have began if I had been President. That is Zelenskyy’s, Putin’s, and Biden’s Battle, not ‘Trump’s,’ I’m solely serving to to place out the large and ugly fires, which were began by way of Gross Incompetence and Hatred,” he wrote on Fact Social.
Trump beforehand promised he would finish the conflict “on day one” of his second presidential time period.
