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US President Donald Trump lashed out at Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday after a weekend of some of the most violent missile and drone attacks on Ukraine in recent months - just one week after suggesting that peace talks between the two nations could begin "immediately."
Speaking to reporters, Trump expressed shock and frustration over the renewed wave of Russian assaults, which occurred even as both sides were in the midst of executing a large-scale prisoner exchange agreement.
Under the deal, around 1,000 combatants and civilians were expected to be swapped over a three-day period, culminating late Sunday.
"I'm not happy," Trump said about the attacks. "I've known him a long time, always gotten along with him, but he's sending rockets into cities and killing people and I don't like it at all. We're in the middle of talking and he's sending rockets into Kyiv and other cities. I don't like it at all.
"I'm very surprised. We'll see what we're going to do....I don't like what Putin is doing...he's killing people. Something happened to this guy and I don't like it."
Trump calls Putin "crazy" but turns blame on Biden, Zelensky
Trump later took to Truth Social to double down, calling Putin's actions "absolutely CRAZY."
"Missiles and drones are being shot into Cities in Ukraine, for no reason whatsoever," Trump wrote. "I've always said that he wants ALL of Ukraine, not just a piece of it, and maybe that's proving to be right, but if he does, it will lead to the downfall of Russia!"
Russia reportedly launched drone and missile attacks on at least 30 cities and villages on Saturday night alone, followed by more attacks Sunday that targeted Kyiv directly. The Kremlin claimed it seized three additional villages during the offensive, but Ukrainian officials rejected the claim.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky responded by calling for stronger action from the United States and the international community, warning that silence and hesitation only emboldens Russia.
"The silence of America, the silence of others in the world only encourages Putin. Every such terrorist Russian strike is reason enough for new sanctions against Russia," Zelensky said in a statement.