Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kremlin bristles at Trump after he compares war to ‘kids fighting in a park’
The Kremlin criticised comments made by US president Donald Trump as he compared the war between Russia and Ukraine to “kids fighting in a park”.
Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Friday that Trump had a right to his own opinion, but for Russia the conflict was “an existential question” about “our national interests” and “the future of our country.”
The Kremlin has repeatedly made baseless claims that its act of aggression against Ukraine represents an “existential” battle against NATO expansion and western influence. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has been called a crime of aggression under international law
Earlier on Thursday, Trump said of the conflict that “sometimes you see two young children fighting like crazy, they hate each other and they’re fighting in a park.”
At least four people have been killed and over 40 injured in a massive aerial attack from Moscow, hours after the US president warned Putin’s response to a significant Ukrainian drone strike on Russian airbases “will not be pretty”.
Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia “targeted almost all of Ukraine” with over 400 drones and more than 40 missiles.
