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Posted on May 25, 2025
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Add as preferred source on GoogleTrump criticizes Putin for bombing Ukraine, considering sanctions amid ongoing conflict and casualties.
By Jeff Mason
MORRISTOWN, New Jersey (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday expressed deep unhappiness at Russia's weekend bombing of Ukraine, saying of Russian President Vladimir Putin, "I'm not happy with Putin."
"I don't know what's wrong with him. What the hell happened to him? Right? He's killing a lot of people. I'm not happy about that," Trump told reporters at the airport in Morristown, New Jersey, as he prepared to return to Washington.
Trump spoke in reaction to a Russian barrage of 367 drones and missiles at Ukrainian cities overnight on Sunday, including the capital Kyiv, in the largest aerial attack of the war so far, killing at least 12 people and injuring dozens more.
Trump has been trying to get both sides to agree to a ceasefire in the three-year-old war in Ukraine and he spoke for more than two hours with Putin last week.
He raised the possibility of imposing more sanctions on Russia in response to the ongoing attacks.
"Always gotten along with him, but he's sending rockets into cities and killing people, and I don't like it at all," Trump said.
(Reporting by Jeff Mason and Steve Holland; editing by Diane Craft)
Trump expressed deep unhappiness at Putin's bombing of Ukraine, stating, 'I'm not happy with him.' He criticized Putin for killing many people.
The Russian attacks included a barrage of 367 drones and missiles targeting Ukrainian cities, marking the largest aerial assault of the war so far.
Trump mentioned the possibility of imposing more sanctions on Russia in response to the ongoing attacks on Ukraine.
The conflict in Ukraine has been ongoing for three years.
Trump spoke for more than two hours with Putin last week, trying to facilitate a ceasefire between the conflicting sides.
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