US President Donald Trump said Russia just wanted to “keep killing people” and hinted at sanctions after Moscow launched its largest ever drone and missile attack on Ukraine in the three-year-old war.<\/p>\n
Trump said Friday he was “very unhappy” about his telephone call with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, saying: “He wants to go all the way, just keep killing people, it’s no good”.<\/p>\n
The US president said he and Putin talked about sanctions “a lot”, adding: “He understands that it may be coming”.<\/p>\n
Hours-long Russian bombardments sent Ukrainians scurrying for shelters across the country and came after the call between Trump and Putin, which ended without a breakthrough.<\/p>\n
AFP journalists in Kyiv heard drones buzzing over the capital and explosions ringing out throughout the night as Ukrainian air defense systems fended off the attack.<\/p>\n
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky also spoke to Trump Friday and said they agreed to work on bolstering Kyiv’s defenses.<\/p>\n
“We spoke about opportunities in air defense and agreed that we will work together to strengthen protection of our skies,” Zelensky said on social media after the call.<\/p>\n
Tymur, a Kyiv resident who said he had experienced previous Russian attacks, told AFP that the assault in the early hours of Friday felt different from others.<\/p>\n
“Nothing like this attack had ever happened before. There have never been so many explosions,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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