By Olivier Acuña Barba •
Printed: 26 Could 2025 • 22:03
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This weekend, Russia carried out its largest aerial assault on Ukraine | Credit: zef artwork/Shutterstock
It’s been a protracted couple of days in Russia’s Ukraine invasion. Moscow launched 367 drones and missiles, killing 13 Ukrainians. President Donald Trump known as his Russian counterpart “loopy” for the assault, and the Kremlin responded by saying he’s emotional, whereas Germany accredited Kiev’s use of long-range missiles towards their enemy.
The US president went on Reality Social on Sunday and mentioned that “one thing has occurred” to Putin. “He has gone completely CRAZY!”, Trump mentioned. “He’s needlessly killing lots of people, and I’m not simply speaking about troopers. Missiles and drones are being shot into Cities in Ukraine, for no cause in anyway.”
Russia’s downfall, in keeping with Trump
Trump additionally warned Russia towards making an attempt to regulate all of Ukraine. “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 would result in the downfall of Russia!” Nevertheless, his rant didn’t cease there; he additionally lashed out towards Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
He’s doing Ukraine no favours
“President Zelenskyy is doing his Nation no favours by speaking the way in which he does. All the pieces out of his mouth causes issues, I don’t prefer it, and it higher cease,” warned Trump.
After which in an try and distance himself once more, he mentioned: “This can be a Conflict that may by no means have began if I have been President. That is Zelenskyy’s, Putin’s, and Biden’s Conflict, not ‘Trump’s,’ I’m solely serving to to place out the massive and ugly fires which have been began via Gross Incompetence and Hatred.”
He did, nevertheless, later inform a reporter that he would contemplate extra sanctions on Russia to additional punish them for doing all the pieces however displaying a willingness to enter peace talks with Ukraine.
Russia’s largest aerial assault but
Trump’s feedback adopted Russia’s largest mixed aerial assault because the begin of its invasion simply over three years in the past. No less than 13 individuals have been killed and dozens injured in Ukraine throughout the night time between Saturday and Sunday after Moscow fired 367 drones and missiles.
On Monday, in accordance to the BBC, the Kremlin claimed Trump was displaying indicators of “emotional overload” after he known as Putin “completely loopy.”
Dmitry Peskov, Putin’s spokesman, mentioned the feedback have been “linked to an emotional overload of everybody concerned”.
Peskov mentioned the newest aerial assaults have been a response to Ukrainian assaults on Russia’s “social infrastructure”.
The Russian defence ministry mentioned that air defence methods destroyed 20 Ukrainian drones over a number of Russian areas.
Zelensky mentioned on Sunday there was no “navy sense” to Russia’s aerial assaults, however as a substitute was a transparent sign that Putin needs to proceed the struggle and destroy lives.
Germany approves use of long-range missiles
Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, in the meantime,e mentioned that Ukraine’s allies had eliminated all vary limits on provided arms, amid reviews he would give Kyiv Taurus missiles.
Merz mentioned there have been “now not” vary restrictions on arms provided to Ukraine.
“Which means Ukraine can now defend itself, for instance, by attacking navy positions in Russia, with only a few exceptions. It didn’t do this till just lately. It might probably now do this,” Merz mentioned.
Reuters reported that Zelensky was because of journey to Berlin on Wednesday, though this has not been confirmed.