In the United States, President Donald Trump “is not happy”, but “not surprised” with Russia’s night air strike to Ukraine, the White House told Thursday (28).
Since the beginning of the war, with at least 19 dead, including four children, according to authorities.
“He was not happy with the news, but was not surprised either,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters, adding that Trump was watching the events “closely.”
Trump, she said, wants the end of the war, but both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, “must want her to end too.”
Leavitt also predicted that the president “will make some additional statements about it later” without giving further details.
Trump’s envoy to Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, described the attacks on a social media publication at the beginning of the day as “Flagrant” and warned that “the peace that the president seeks.”
After a sudden increase expecting Trump’s meeting with Putin in Alaska,
The White House had indicated that the next step would be a bilateral meeting between Putin and Zelensky, but Kremlin ruled out this possibility in the near future.