{"id":95087,"date":"2025-05-26T04:41:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T04:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/26\/trump-calls-putin-absolutely-crazy-after-largest-russian-attack-on-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2025-05-26T04:41:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T04:41:13","slug":"trump-calls-putin-absolutely-crazy-after-largest-russian-attack-on-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/26\/trump-calls-putin-absolutely-crazy-after-largest-russian-attack-on-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump calls Putin &#8216;absolutely crazy&#8217; after largest Russian attack on Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">US President Donald Trump has said he is &#8220;not happy&#8221; with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, following Moscow&#8217;s largest aerial attack yet on Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">In a rare rebuke, Trump said: &#8220;What the hell happened to him? He&#8217;s killing a lot of people.&#8221; He later called Putin &#8220;absolutely crazy&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky earlier said Washington&#8217;s &#8220;silence&#8221; over recent Russian attacks was encouraging Putin, urging &#8220;strong pressure&#8221; &#8211; including tougher sanctions &#8211; on Moscow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\"><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cx2rx8kxdm4o\" class=\"sc-f9178328-0 bGFWdi\" rel=\"noopener\">At least 12 people were killed and dozens injured in Ukraine overnight Sunday after Russia fired 367 drones and missiles<\/a> &#8211; the highest number in a single night since Putin launched a full-scale invasion in 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Air sirens warning of incoming drones and missiles sounded again in many regions of Ukraine early on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">At least three people, including a child, were injured in the north-eastern city of Kharkiv, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Speaking to reporters in New Jersey late on Sunday, Trump said of Putin: &#8220;I&#8217;ve known him a long time, always gotten along with him, but he&#8217;s sending rockets into cities and killing people, and I don&#8217;t like it at all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Asked about whether he was considering increasing US sanctions on Russia, Trump replied: &#8220;Absolutely.&#8221; The US president has repeatedly threatened to do this before &#8211; but is yet to implement any restrictions against Moscow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Shortly afterwards, Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social that Putin &#8220;has gone absolutely crazy&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve always said that he wants all of Ukraine, not just a piece of it, and maybe that&#8217;s proving to be right, but if he does, it will lead to the downfall of Russia!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">But the US president also had strong words for Zelensky, saying that he &#8220;is doing his country no favours by talking the way he does&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">&#8220;Everything out of his mouth causes problems, I don&#8217;t like it, and it better stop,&#8221; Trump wrote of Zelensky.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Despite Kyiv&#8217;s European allies preparing further sanctions for Russia, the US has said it will either continue trying to broker these peace talks, or &#8220;walk away&#8221; if progress does not follow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Last week, Trump and Putin had a two-hour phone call to discuss a US-proposed ceasefire deal to halt the fighting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">The US president said he believed the call had gone &#8220;very well&#8221;, adding that Russia and Ukraine would &#8220;immediately start&#8221; negotiations toward a ceasefire and &#8220;an end to the war&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Ukraine has publicly agreed to a 30-day ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Putin has only said Russia will work with Ukraine to craft a &#8220;memorandum&#8221; on a &#8220;possible future peace&#8221; &#8211; a move described by Kyiv and its European allies as delaying tactics. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">The first direct Ukrainian-Russian talks since 2022 were held on 16 May in Istanbul, Turkey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Aside from a major prisoner of war swap last week, there was little or no progress on bringing a pausing in fighting closer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Russia currently controls about 20% of Ukrainian territory. This includes Crimea &#8211; Ukraine&#8217;s southern peninsula annexed by Moscow in 2014.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c4g2wz74jdzo\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US President Donald Trump has said he is &#8220;not happy&#8221; with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, following Moscow&#8217;s largest aerial attack yet on Ukraine. 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