Ukraine-Russia war latest: Poland scrambles jets in response to major Russian drone attack on Ukrainian cities
US president Donald Trump said he was “very disappointed” in Russian president Vladimir Putin over ongoing strikes in Ukraine.
He had hoped a meeting with the Russian leader in Alaska last month would help peace talks – but no deal or follow up meeting has been agreed since.
“I’m very disappointed in him – he knows. We have a great relationship,” Trump told the Scott Jennings Radio Show.
“Very disappointed, thousands of people are dying. They’re not Americans that are dying, but they’re Russians and they’re Ukrainians, and there are thousands,” he said.
It comes as the original 2 September deadline set by Trump for the Kremlin to reach a peace deal has passed.
In the weeks that followed, Russia has significantly amped up its missile and drone attacks on Ukrainian cities, a development Trump’s treasury secretary Scott Bessent has called “despicable”.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia was engaged in a new troop buildup along certain sectors of the frontline and was still launching strikes on Ukrainian targets.
He said Russian forces had targeted Ukraine with 150 drones overnight, more than 50 in the morning and “dozens” more in the evening.
