Donald Trump, the president of the United States, has threatened new sanctions while criticizing Russia’s military actions in Ukraine as “disgusting.”
“Russia,” I find it repulsive what they are up to. On the same day that more than two dozens of people were killed in Moscow’s attacks on Kyiv, Trump declared to reporters that he thought it was “disgusting.”
Trump added that he intends to visit Russia next along with Steve Witkoff, his special envoy currently in Israel.
Before Trump’s efforts to mend ties with the Kremlin slowed to a grinding halt, Russian President Vladimir Putin had already met Witkoff numerous times in Moscow.
Washington is threatening severe economic sanctions against Moscow if it doesn’t ratchet up hostilities in Ukraine until the end of the week.
Trump reiterated Thursday’s deadline.
“We’re going to impose sanctions,” The US president made reference to Putin, saying, “I don’t know whether sanctions bother him.
Trump has previously vowed that any new regulations could lead to “secondary tariffs” aimed at China and India, two of Russia’s remaining trading partners. This would stifle Russia even more, but there would also be significant international unrest.
The US president made his own rosy predictions for the conclusion of the conflict in Ukraine, which had been raging since Russia’s invasion of its neighbor in February 2022.
Trump has recently expressed his frustration with Putin over the unrelenting offensive Moscovite has been taking.
‘Regime change’ is a call for it.
Following a Russian attack the day before, Kyiv’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Friday that rescue operations were complete.
“Unfortunately, there are currently 31 known fatalities, including five children,” according to the report. He wrote on social media that the youngest child was only two years old.
The president also stated that Russia launched attacks on Ukraine in July using nearly 260 drones and more than 3,800 missiles.
Zelenskyy urged his allies to “regime change” in Russia in a separate statement on Thursday, just after the deadly attack in Kyiv.
Zelenskyy said he believed Russia could be “pushed” to end the war during a conference on Thursday marking the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki Accords’ signing.
Moscow will continue to try to destabilize neighboring countries even after the war is over, he said, “but if the world doesn’t want to change the regime in Russia.”
Ukraine was the primary target of Russia’s missile launches from late on Wednesday through early on Thursday, according to the Ukrainian air force, firing at least 300 drones and eight cruise missiles.
Meanwhile, the Russian army claimed to have taken control of Chasiv Yar, a crucial hill town in eastern Ukraine, which the two parties have engaged in months of bloody hostility.
Moscow has increased its deadly aerial assaults on Ukraine in recent months of the conflict, putting pressure on US forces to put an end to its nearly three-and-a-half-year invasion.
In response to Kyiv’s growing drone and missile attacks, Germany announced on Friday that it would start delivering two more Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine asap.
Source: Aljazeera
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