US President Donald Trump criticized the night missile and drone attacks on the Ukrainian metropolis of Kiev by Russia, which died nine people and another 70 suffered injuries on Thursday. Russian President Vladimir Putin called on the attacks to stop, TASR reports according to AP.
“I’m not happy from Russian strikes on Kiev. They are not needed and are very badly timed. Vladimir, STOP!“He bequeathed to Trump to Putin.”5,000 soldiers die a week. Let’s conclude a peace agreement”Said the US President.
According to AP, there is a rare case of open criticism of Trump to the address of the Russian leader. After a recent attack on the Ukrainian city of sums, which killed 36 people, the US President said it was a mistake. However, he did not name Moscow as the culprit directly.
According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russia fired 70 missiles and 145 drones in Ukraine at night, most of them heading for Kiev. The attack on the Ukrainian metropolis took place at approximately 1.00 am local time (0.00 h). Other explosions were heard in Kiev about three hours later. Fires were created in the city that hit both residential and office buildings.