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President Donald Trump expressed fresh frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin, expressing displeasure over the Kremlin’s ongoing military operations, while the US leader is demanding an end to the war in Ukraine.
“I’m not thrilled with Putin, he’s killing a lot of people,” Trump said Saturday during a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. Trump spoke hours after the brazen US raid that captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, who is now headed to the US to face federal drug trafficking, conspiracy and weapons charges.
“I thought the easiest thing would be, Russia, Ukraine. It’s not,” Trump said, referring to his promise to end the conflict on his first day back in office.
The comments were the latest display by Trump of growing resentment toward Moscow following renewed diplomatic pressure in recent weeks, with Trump recently meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the two expressing hope they were moving toward a peace deal.
Putin dashed those hopes on Monday, telling the US president he would re-evaluate Moscow’s negotiating stance and claiming Ukraine had targeted one of his residences in a drone strike.
Trump initially told reporters he was “very angry” about the alleged attack on Putin’s residence, even as Ukrainian officials denied Moscow’s account and called the allegations an attempt to derail peace talks.
Trump later signaled his skepticism over Russian claims and his disappointment in the Russian leader with a social media post that shared the New York Post editorial. That op-ed sharply criticized the Kremlin and called on the US president to increase penalties on Moscow.
The US President said on Saturday that he wants the killings from both sides, including the attack on Kiev, to stop. Russia has stepped up its attacks on Ukrainian cities and energy infrastructure.
He said of the war, “I’m not happy about it. I thought it would be something that would be resolved.” “I think we’re making progress, but this is a war that should never have happened.”
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