Trump Says He’s ‘Pissed Off’ With Putin, Threatens Sanctions | EUROtoday

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 News, 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. Under Ukraine’s structure it’s unlawful for the nation to carry nationwide elections whereas it’s below martial legislation.

“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 instructed Kristen Welker, including that there can 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.”

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian drones hit a navy hospital, purchasing middle and house blocks in Ukraine’s second-largest metropolis of Kharkiv, killing two individuals and wounding dozens.

Ukraine’s General Staff denounced the “deliberate, targeted shelling” of the navy hospital late Saturday. Among the casualties had been service members who had been present process therapy, it mentioned. Regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov mentioned these killed had been a 67-year-old man and a 70-year-old lady.

According to Ukrainian authorities and navy analysts, Russian forces are making ready to launch a contemporary navy offensive within the coming weeks to maximise strain on Kyiv and strengthen the Kremlin’s negotiating place in ceasefire talks.

Ukraine’s air pressure 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 had been intercepted and one other 35 had been misplaced, seemingly 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 towards Ukraine.

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 Defense, 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.