Russia Ukraine battle newest: Trump warns Putin he’s ‘playing with fire’ after largest drone assault since battle started | EUROtoday

Russia launched 88 drones and 5 ballistic missiles in an in a single day assault on Ukraine, Ukraine’s air drive stated on Wednesday.

The navy stated its air defence items shot down 34 drones whereas one other 37 drones have been misplaced – in reference to the Ukrainian navy utilizing digital warfare to redirect them – or they have been drone simulators that didn’t carry warheads.

Russian air defence programs had downed 296 Ukrainian drones over 13 areas in a single day, its defence ministry stated.

Officials stated these drones have been downed over the Moscow area in addition to the Bryansk, Belgorod, Vladimir, Voronezh, Ivanovo, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tver and Tula areas.

In the earlier week, a complete of 2331 drones had been downed by Russian forces, together with 1465 Ukrainian drones over Russian areas, the nation’s defence ministry stated.

Amid a number of rounds of failed talks for ceasefire, the battle is intensifying as swarms of drones are being launched by each side whereas fierce preventing is underway alongside key elements of the entrance.

US president Donald Trump’s envoy Keith Kellogg has scolded a top Russian official for stoking fears of a Third World War.

Mr Trump took to Truth Social and said Vladimir Putin was “taking part in with hearth” and cautioned that “REALLY BAD” things would have happened already to Russia if it was not for Mr Trump himself.

“What Vladimir Putin doesn’t realise is that if it weren’t for me, lots of really bad things would have already happened in Russia, and I mean REALLY BAD. He’s playing with fire,” Mr Trump stated in a Truth Social publish yesterday.

Responding to Mr Trump, high Russian safety official Dmitry Medvedev stated: “Regarding Trump’s words about Putin ‘playing with fire’ and ‘really bad things’ happening to Russia. I only know of one REALLY BAD thing – WWIII. I hope Trump understands this!” Mr Medvedev wrote in a publish on X.

US envoy Keith Kellogg quoted Mr Medvedev’s post and called it reckless.

“Stoking fears of WW III is an unfortunate, reckless comment… and unfitting of a world power,” Mr Kellogg stated on X.

“President Trump @POTUS is working to stop this war and end the killing. We await receipt of RU Memorandum (Term Sheet) that you promised a week ago. Cease fire now,” he said.

As Washington settled in for a typically sleepy Memorial Day following the passage of Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” in the House, the president fired off one of his trademark furious rants on Truth Social, but the target was a surprise.

This time, the target wasn’t any of his domestic political foes — like the Democrats who voted in lockstep against the budget package he endorsed, or the handful of Republicans who refused to fall into line. It wasn’t even aimed at the various law enforcement figures who have attempted to hold him to account over the years.

Sunday evening’s rant was aimed squarely at Russian President Vladimir Putin. Despite what he called a “very good relationship” with Putin, Trump in his latest statement on the Ukraine-Russia war blasted the Russian leader as “absolutely crazy.”

US president Donald Trump’s envoy Keith Kellogg has scolded a top Russian official for stoking fears of a Third World War.

Mr Trump took to Truth Social and said Vladimir Putin was “taking part in with hearth” and cautioned that “REALLY BAD” things would have happened already to Russia if it was not for Mr Trump himself.

“What Vladimir Putin doesn’t realise is that if it weren’t for me, lots of really bad things would have already happened in Russia, and I mean REALLY BAD. He’s playing with fire,” Mr Trump stated in a Truth Social publish yesterday.

Responding to Mr Trump, high Russian safety official Dmitry Medvedev stated: “Regarding Trump’s words about Putin ‘playing with fire’ and ‘really bad things’ happening to Russia. I only know of one REALLY BAD thing – WWIII. I hope Trump understands this!” Mr Medvedev wrote in a publish on X.

US envoy Keith Kellogg quoted Mr Medvedev’s post and called it reckless.

“Stoking fears of WW III is an unfortunate, reckless comment… and unfitting of a world power,” Mr Kellogg stated on X.

“President Trump @POTUS is working to cease this battle and finish the killing. We await receipt of RU Memorandum (Term Sheet) that you just promised every week in the past. Cease hearth now,” he stated.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky is predicted to reach in Berlin as we speak for talks with German chancellor Friedrich Merz.

According to a press release, Mr Merz will obtain Mr Zelensky with navy honours on the Federal Chancellery at midday (10am GMT).

The newly-inducted German chancellor has ramped up the nation’s efforts to assist Ukraine combat again towards Russian aggression, aligning his efforts with these of the British and the French governments.

On Monday, Mr Merz stated his nation and different main allies are not imposing any vary restrictions on weapons provided to Ukraine because it fights the Russian invasion.

It was unclear whether or not this represented a change in coverage.

Germany has been the second-biggest provider of navy assist to Ukraine after the United States because the full-scale battle started in February 2022.

Russia ought to focus much less on president Donald Trump’s social media posts and extra on ending its battle towards Ukraine, US state division spokesperson Tammy Bruce stated final night time.

“If the Russians cared about the nature of how [peace efforts are] proceeding, they would be thinking less about [the president’s statements] and more about what they could do – which is in their hands – to stop the carnage and the slaughter that’s happening right now,” Ms Bruce stated in a press briefing.

The remarks from the US state division come shortly after the Kremlin blamed Mr Trump’s latest remarks on Vladimir Putin on “emotional overload”.

Mr Trump stated the Russian president had gone “absolutely crazy” after the weekend bombardment of Ukraine that killed at the least 12 individuals.

“We can see from the information obtained by intelligence and from open-source data that Vladimir Putin and his entourage do not plan to end the war,” the Ukrainian president stated in his nightly deal with on Monday.

“There is currently no indication that they are seriously considering peace or diplomacy. On the contrary, there is ample evidence that they are preparing new offensive operations.”

Russian troops have elevated their assaults in Ukraine’s japanese Donetsk area in latest weeks, focusing on an space 30 miles lengthy between the 2 cities of Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka, analysts monitoring the entrance line have instructed The Independent.

Russian bots are piling on president Donald Trump, and calling him a “clown,” after he publicly criticised Russian president Vladimir Putin over the battle in Ukraine.

The pro-government accounts have accused Trump of getting dementia, Newsweek reported, citing investigative Russian information outlet Agentstvo.

The battle in Ukraine is predicted to persist resulting from Russia’s reluctance to enter negotiations, Germany’s chancellor Friedrich Merz stated.

“Wars typically end because of economic or military exhaustion on one side or on both sides and in this war we are obviously still far from reaching that (situation)”, Mr Merz stated at a joint press convention with Finnish prime minister Petteri Orpo in Turku.

“So we may have to prepare for a longer duration,” Mr Merz added.