WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump made it clear he is losing patience with Vladimir Putin, leveling some of his sharpest criticism at the Russian leader as Moscow pounded Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities with drones and missiles for a third straight night.
\n\u201cI\u2019ve always had a very good relationship with Vladimir Putin of Russia, but something has happened to him. He has gone absolutely CRAZY!\u201d Trump wrote in a social media post on Sunday night.
\nTrump said Putin is \u201cneedlessly killing a lot of people,\u201d pointing out that \u201cmissiles and drones are being shot into Cities in Ukraine, for no reason whatsoever.\u201d
\nThe attack was the largest aerial assault since Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of the country in February 2022, according to Ukrainian officials. At least 12 people were killed and dozens injured.
\nThe US president warned that if Putin wants to conquer all of Ukraine, it will \u201clead to the downfall of Russia!\u201d But Trump expressed frustration with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as well, saying that he is \u201cdoing his Country no favors by talking the way he does.\u201d
\n\u201cEverything out of his mouth causes problems, I don\u2019t like it, and it better stop,\u201d Trump wrote on social media.
\nThe president has increasingly voiced irritation at Putin and the inability to resolve the now three-year-old war, which Trump promised he would promptly end as he campaigned to return to the White House.
\nHe had long boasted of his friendly relationship with Putin and repeatedly stressed that Russia is more willing than Ukraine to reach a peace deal.
\nBut last month, Trump urged Putin to \u201cSTOP!\u201d assaulting Ukraine after Russia launched another deadly barrage of attacks on Kyiv, and he has repeatedly expressed his frustration that the war in Ukraine is continuing.
\n\u201cI\u2019m not happy with what Putin\u2019s doing. He\u2019s killing a lot of people. And I don\u2019t know what the hell happened to Putin,\u201d Trump told reporters earlier Sunday as he departed northern New Jersey, where he spent most of the weekend. \u201cI\u2019ve known him a long time, always gotten along with him, but he\u2019s sending rockets into cities and killing people and I don\u2019t like it at all. \u201d
\nA peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine remains elusive. Trump and Putin spoke on the phone this past week, and Trump announced after the call that Russia and Ukraine will \u201cimmediately\u201d begin ceasefire talks. That conversation occurred after Russian and Ukrainian officials met in Turkiye for the first face-to-face talks since 2022. But on Thursday, the Kremlin said no direct talks were scheduled.
\nThe European Union has slapped new sanctions on Russia this month in response to Putin\u2019s refusal to agree to a ceasefire. But while Trump has threatened to step up sanctions and tariffs on Russia, he hasn\u2019t acted so far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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