Ukraine-Russia war latest: Moscow kills four in massive attack after Trump warns Putin’s revenge ‘won’t be pretty’
At least four people were killed and 20 others were wounded in a massive Russian aerial attack, hours after US president Donald Trump warned that Vladimir Putin’s response to a significant Ukrainian drone strike on Russian airbases “will not be pretty”.
Ukraine’s Air Force reported Russia had launched ballistic missiles and drones into the war-torn country in the early hours today as mayor Vitali Klitschko confirmed powerful explosions going off in the Ukrainian capital. Officials said the death toll could rise as rescue workers were still looking for people under the rubble of buildings.
Casting doubts on successful peace talks between Kyiv and Moscow, Mr Trump said “sometimes you’re better off letting them fight for a while and then pulling them apart”.
He also said that he told the Russian president that the two nations at war, was like “two young children fighting like crazy in a park” during his one hour and 15 minute long phone call on Wednesday.
His comments came as he welcomed German chancellor Friedrich Merz to the Oval Office in the first meeting between the two leaders.
