US President Donald Trump again criticized his Russian counterpart. Vladimir Putin gave a short contribution on his social network Truth Social, in which he wrote that the Kremlin chief “plays with fire”. According to Trump, Russia would have already been a lot of bad if he was not at the forefront of the United States. Informs TASR.
Trump expressed dissatisfaction with Putin even on Sunday after Russia has taken the most massive attack by drones on Ukraine since the beginning of the war, who claimed 13 dead, including two children aged eight and 12 years old and a 17-year-old. Ukraine became the target of attacks of a similar range every night from Friday evening to Monday morning. Russia claims that this was a retaliation for the Ukrainian drone attacks against civilians in its territory.
Trump’s critical statements
“Vladimir Putin does not realize that if it were not me, Russia would have already happened a lot of really bad things, and really bad. It plays with fire!” wrote Trump on Truth Social.
Already on Sunday, in response to a journalistic question, the US President said he would consider tightening US sanctions against Russia. “Many people are killing. I don’t know what’s wrong with him. What he’s up with him, hell, he’s going to be? Killing a lot of people. I’m not excited about it,” Trump said about Putin.
Development of military conflict
Meanwhile, US President US President for Ukraine Kellogg said on Tuesday for Fox News that at least 1.2 million people died in the war between Ukraine and Russia.
“It is incredible. This is more than in World War II, it is an industrial killing. And then there is bombarding places with non -selected violence. This is not the right way,” Kellogg said, noted that Russia’s attacks on Ukrainian cities violates Geneva’s conventions it signed.
“They kill women and children regardless of rocket attacks or drone attacks. The Geneva Convention prescribes war rules. It was signed by the Russians, the United States and Ukrainians. And it was done to prevent this unexpected killing you saw over the weekend,” he added.
