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US President Donald Trump has claimed that his counterpart in Moscow has gone crazy, as Russia ramped up a major drone offensive on Ukraine on Sunday

Earlier, Ukraine had launched several drone attacks on Russia. Washington claimed that Ukraine “for no reason whatsoever.” Earlier last week, Ukrainian forces launched several drone attacks inside Russia, with at least officials confirming 764 drones were intercepted over the  Russian territory between Tuesday and Friday. 

 

The helicopter carrying Russian President Vladimir Putin was reportedly caught in the “epicentre” of a massive drone raid while he was visiting the Kursk Region on Tuesday. In response, the Russian military conducted a major strike against a drone and missile production plant in Kyiv on Saturday, followed by additional reported strikes on Ukrainian military facilities on Sunday. 

 

During his media interaction on Sunday, Trump claimed Moscow’s response was unwarranted and added he was “surprised” by what he was seeing.

“I’m not happy with what Putin’s doing,” he said. “We’re in the middle of talking and he’s shooting rockets into Kiev and other cities. I don’t like it at all. We’ll see what I’m going to do.” 

 

“I’ve always had a very good relationship with Vladimir Putin of Russia, but something has happened to him. He has gone absolutely CRAZY!” Trump added in a post on Truth Social, claiming that “missiles and drones are being shot into cities in Ukraine for no reason whatsoever.” Meanwhile, he also criticised Zelensky for his remarks on Washington being silent over the drone strikes inside Ukraine. 

 

“Likewise, President Zelensky is doing his country no favours by talking the way he does. Everything out of his mouth causes problems. I don’t like it, and it better stop,” Trump said, adding that the conflict in Ukraine is “not his war.” Furthermore, the Russian foreign ministry said that the increase in drone attacks was a trick to derail the ongoing negotiations between Moscow and Washington. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that “some European nations led by the UK, France, Germany, and the EU leadership,” who are supporting Kyiv and want the conflict to continue, bear some responsibility for the drone raids. The attacks came at a time when both sides exchanged a record number of prisoners during the first phase of the prisoner swap deal.