Trump says Russia ‘bombing the hell’ out of Ukraine – however believes Putin needs peace
Donald Trump spoke within the Oval Workplace final night time, the place he took questions from reporters about Ukraine and Russia.
The US president, who one week in the past publicly berated Volodymyr Zelenskyy within the Oval Workplace over “playing with World Warfare Three”, mentioned Kyiv has to “get on the ball and get the job carried out”.
Trump mentioned Russia has “all of the playing cards” and mentioned it “could also be simpler” to cope with Moscow.
“They’re bombing the hell out of Ukraine… I am discovering it harder, frankly, to cope with Ukraine,” he added.
Requested if he believes Vladimir Putin when he says he needs peace, Trump mentioned: “Yeah… I imagine him”.
“I believe each events need to settle. I believe we’re going to get it settled,” he added.
Posting on social media yesterday, Trump mentioned he was “strongly contemplating” inserting extra sanctions on Russia to drive it into peace talks with Ukraine.
The president additionally acknowledged that his selections to halt navy assist to Ukraine and cease sharing intelligence with Kyiv have precipitated Russia to “hit more durable”.
“I believe he is doing what anybody else would do,” Trump mentioned.
