U.S. President Donald Trump voiced anger at Russian President Vladimir Putin for feedback he made about Ukrainian chief Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
In an early Sunday morning telephone interview with NBC Information, Trump mentioned he was “angry, pissed off” when Putin “started getting into Zelenskyy’s credibility.”
He was referencing feedback Putin made Friday about quickly placing Ukraine below exterior governance. Trump
Putin repeated his declare that Zelenskyy, whose time period expired final yr, lacks the legitimacy to signal a peace deal. Underneath Ukraine’s structure it’s unlawful for the nation to carry nationwide elections whereas it’s below martial regulation.
“If a deal isn’t made, and if I think it was Russia’s fault, I’m going to put secondary sanctions on Russia,” Trump informed Kristen Welker, including that there could be “a 25 to 50-point tariff on all oil.”
“Anybody buying oil from Russia will not be able to sell their product, any product, not just oil, into the United States,” he mentioned.
Nonetheless, Trump reiterated that he and Putin have a “very good relationship.”
Russian assault on Kharkiv kills 2 and wounds dozens
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian drones hit a army hospital, purchasing middle and condominium blocks in Ukraine’s second-largest metropolis of Kharkiv, killing two folks and wounding dozens.
Ukraine’s Common Workers denounced the “deliberate, targeted shelling” of the army hospital late Saturday. Among the many casualties have been service members who have been present process therapy, it mentioned. Regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov mentioned these killed have been a 67-year-old man and a 70-year-old lady.
In response to Ukrainian authorities and army analysts, Russian forces are making ready to launch a contemporary army offensive within the coming weeks to maximise strain on Kyiv and strengthen the Kremlin’s negotiating place in ceasefire talks.
Ukraine’s air drive reported that Russia fired 111 exploding drones and decoys within the newest wave of assaults in a single day into Sunday. It mentioned 65 of them have been intercepted and one other 35 have been misplaced, doubtless having been electronically jammed.
Zelenskyy mentioned Sunday that over the previous week “most regions of Ukraine” got here below Russian assault. Writing on X, he mentioned “1,310 Russian guided aerial bombs, over 1,000 attack drones — mostly ‘Shaheds’ — and nine missiles of various types, including ballistic ones” had been launched in opposition to Ukraine.
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Zelenskyy additionally repeated his assertion that “Russia is dragging out the war,” echoing feedback he made Thursday in Paris that Russia is prolonging ceasefire talks “just to buy time and then try to grab more land.”
Russia’s Ministry of Protection, in the meantime, mentioned its air protection programs shot down six Ukrainian drones. It additionally claimed Sunday that its troops had taken management of a village in Ukraine’s partly occupied Donetsk area. The Russian declare couldn’t be independently verified, and Ukraine didn’t remark.
