U.S. President Donald Trump stated Friday that he was “very sad” about his phone name with Vladimir Putin on the warfare in Ukraine, saying the Russian chief simply needed to “hold killing folks.”
“It is a very powerful state of affairs. I advised you I used to be very sad with my name with President Putin. He desires to go all the way in which, simply hold killing folks, it is no good,” Trump advised reporters aboard Air Power One.
Trump additionally hinted that he might lastly be able to toughen sanctions towards Russia, having held off for the previous six months whereas he tried to influence Putin to finish the warfare.
“We speak about sanctions loads,” Trump stated. “He understands that it might be coming.”
Trump added that he and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in the meantime, had a “very strategic name” on Friday, as issues mounted in Kyiv over U.S. navy help deliveries.
Zelensky stated earlier that the 2 leaders had agreed to work to “strengthen” Ukraine’s air defenses, following Russia’s largest drone and missile barrage of the invasion thus far.
Trump stated he had additionally mentioned sending Patriot interceptor missiles to Ukraine in a separate name with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Friday, though he had not but agreed to take action.
Merz “feels they need to be protected,” Trump stated.
