Trump Says Putin Has “Gone Absolutely CRAZY” After Russian Leader’s Latest Attack Against Ukraine

President Donald Trump referred to as President Vladimir Putin of Russia “absolutely CRAZY!” in a Truth Social submit Sunday night after Russian forces introduced a barrage of 367 drones and missiles impacting all Ukrainian areas, together with the capital Kyiv, within the biggest aerial assault of the conflict to this point.

“I’ve always had a very good relationship with Vladimir Putin of Russia,” Trump wrote, “but something has happened to him. He has gone absolutely CRAZY! He is needlessly killing a lot of people, and I’m not just talking about soldiers.”

The weekend moves killed no less than 12 other people, together with 3 youngsters within the northern area of Zhytomyr, in step with Ukrainian officers.

Trump additionally criticized President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, announcing he “is doing his Country no favors by talking the way he does” and that the whole thing “out of his mouth causes problems, I don’t like it, and it better stop.” The president additionally referred to Russia’s ongoing conflict in Ukraine as “Zelenskyy’s, Putin’s, and Biden’s War, not ‘Trump’s.’”

“I am only helping to put out the big and ugly fires,” he wrote,” which have been began thru Gross Incompetence and Hatred.”

Earlier within the day, talking with journalists on the airport in Morristown, New Jersey, Trump mentioned of Putin: “I don’t know what’s wrong with him.”

“I have no idea what the hell took place to Putin. I’ve identified him a very long time. Always gotten along side him. But he is sending rockets into towns and killing other people, and I do not adore it in any respect. We’re in the course of speaking and he is taking pictures rockets into Kyiv and different towns,” Trump advised journalists.

“What the hell happened to him?” the president endured.“Right? He’s killing a lot of people. I’m not happy about that.”

Russia’s latest strikes in Ukraine “appeared to be another setback to U.S.-led peace efforts, as Putin looks determined to capture more Ukrainian territory and inflict more damage,” the Associated Press studies. The multi-day barrage got here after Kyiv had permitted an unconditional 30-day ceasefire in March proposed by way of the United States—person who Moscow successfully rejected, in step with Ukrainian officers. The New York Times writes of Russia’s weekend assault: “The overnight strikes underscored how months of diplomatic efforts to broker a cease-fire have failed to yield a breakthrough as President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has dragged his feet on agreeing to any temporary truce, adding conditions that he knows Ukraine will not accept.”

Trump’s fresh feedback about Putin “sending rockets into cities and killing people” come after Russia’s conflict in Ukraine surpassed its 3rd yr in February. As of that month, over 12,654 civilian males, girls, and youngsters were killed, and over 29,392 injured, in accordance to the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission. The complete quantity of dying and destruction is hard to measure as Russia continues to ramp up its army offenses.