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Trump on Russia strikes on Kyiv: 'Vladimir, STOP!"
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Posted on April 24, 2025
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on April 24, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026
Trump criticizes Putin for missile strikes on Kyiv, urging an end to the attacks amid ongoing tensions between Russia and Ukraine.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump turned his criticism on Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday after Russia pounded Kyiv with missiles and drones overnight, saying "Vladimir, STOP!"
"I am not happy with the Russian strikes on KYIV. Not necessary, and very bad timing," Trump wrote in a social media post a day after saying Ukraine's leader was hampering peace talks on ending Russia's war in Ukraine.
The Kremlin did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
When asked about the Russian strikes on Kyiv at a briefing earlier on Thursday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia was continuing to hit "military and military-adjacent targets."
Trump's rare rebuke of Putin followed his criticism of Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday for saying Ukraine would not recognize Russia's occupation of Crimea - a longtime Kyiv stance.
"This statement is very harmful to the Peace Negotiations with Russia," Trump said in a social media post.
Trump, who argued with Zelenskiy in a disastrous Oval Office meeting in March, said Crimea was lost years ago "and is not even a point of discussion."
(Reporting by Doina Chiacu and Susan Heavey; Editing by Frank McGurty)
The main topic is Trump's criticism of Putin for Russia's missile strikes on Kyiv and the ongoing tensions in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Trump urged Putin to stop the missile strikes on Kyiv, calling them unnecessary and poorly timed.
The Kremlin stated they were targeting military and military-adjacent sites in Kyiv.
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