President Donald Trump has expressed doubts that Russian President Vladimir Putin desires to finish its battle with Ukraine which has raged for greater than three years.
Trump took to Reality Social on Saturday to precise his rising frustration with the Russian chief in per week that noticed Russia launch a lethal missile assault on Kyiv. The Thursday attack on Ukraine killed 12 individuals and injured no less than 90, together with kids.
“There was no cause for Putin to be capturing missiles into civilian areas, cities and cities, over the previous couple of days,” Trump wrote, shortly after he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the Vatican on Saturday for Pope Francis’ funeral.
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are seen in a break up picture. (Reuters)
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“It makes me assume that perhaps he doesn’t need to cease the battle, he’s simply tapping me alongside, and needs to be handled in a different way, by way of ‘Banking’ or ‘Secondary Sanctions?’ Too many individuals are dying!!!”
The put up comes as a peace deal seems nowhere in sight regardless of ongoing negotiations and Trump repeatedly claiming on the marketing campaign path that he would finish the battle inside 24 hours of taking workplace.
Trump mentioned Saturday that the killings within the battle are “worse than something since World Battle II.”
President Donald Trump meets face-to-face with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the primary time since their Oval Workplace spat in February. (Vatican and Ukraine Ambassador to Holy See)
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On Thursday, Trump pleaded with Putin to finish the battle.
“I’m not proud of the Russian strikes on KYIV. Not crucial, and really dangerous timing. Vladimir, STOP! 5,000 troopers per week are dying. Let’s get the peace deal DONE,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
The assault on Kyiv got here a day earlier than Particular Envoy Steve Witkoff’s fourth go to to Moscow.
Trump had expressed hope over Easter that Russia and Ukraine might attain a deal this week, saying that when an settlement was reached, they might be capable to “begin to do huge enterprise with the USA of America…”
Trump met face-to-face with Zelenskyy in Rome on Saturday, the primary time since their notorious Oval Workplace spat in February.
Ukrainian searchers clear the rubble after a Russian ballistic missile assault in Kyiv, Ukraine, early Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photograph/Efrem Lukatsky)
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Neither Ukrainian nor White Home officers gave many particulars on the assembly; nonetheless, White Home Communications Director Steven Cheung mentioned it was “a really productive dialogue.”
Trump also took intention at former presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama in his Saturday put up, blaming Biden for the battle happening underneath his watch and Obama for Russia taking Crimea.
“That is Sleepy Joe Biden’s Battle, not mine,” Trump raged. “It was a loser from day one, and may have by no means occurred, and wouldn’t have occurred if I have been President on the time. I’m simply making an attempt to scrub up the mess that was left to me by Obama and Biden, and what a multitude it’s.”
Fox Information’ Rachel Wolf contributed to this report.
