Ukraine-Russia warfare newest: Trump warns Putin’s revenge for drone assault ‘not going to be pretty’ | EUROtoday

Donald Trump has warned that Vladimir Putin’s response to a signifiant Ukrainian drone assault on Russian airfields will “not be pretty”.

The US President stated that Mr Putin had informed him in a cellphone name on Thursday that Moscow would strike again following Operation Spiderweb, which focused Russia’s nuclear-capable long-range bombers.

“They went deep into Russia and he [Putin] actually told me we have no choice but to attack based on that, and it’s probably not going to be pretty,” he stated.

“I don’t like it, I said don’t do it, you shouldn’t do it, you should stop it.”

Mr Trump added that there was “a lot of hatred” between Ukraine and Russia however that he remained hopeful {that a} ceasefire settlement may very well be reached to “stop the bloodshed”.

His feedback got here as he welcomed German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to the Oval Office within the first assembly between the 2 leaders.