Putin unleashes another night of hell on Kyiv as Trump warns Kremlin on ‘dangerous ground' after threatening war with US
VLAD'S ONSLAUGHT Putin unleashes another night of hell on Kyiv as Trump warns Kremlin on 'dangerous ground' after threatening war with US
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SIX people, including a child, have been killed in Vladimir Putin's latest deadly blitz on Ukraine.
Donald Trump has also taken a shot at a top Putin ally, telling him to "watch his words" as the two countries head towards a major bust-up.
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The moment a residential block in Kyiv was bombed overnight
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A bomb hit an apartment building in Kyiv overnight
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An injured resident stands outside his damaged house from the missile attack
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Tyrant Vlad continues to bomb Ukraine despite Trump's shortened peace deadline quickly dwindling.
Dozens have been injured in the latest salvo of missiles and drones which destroyed an apartment building and hit 27 locations in the capital overnight.
President Volodymyr Zelensky posted a video of burning ruins, saying people were still trapped under the rubble of one residential building.
He said: "Kyiv. Missile strike. Directly into a residential building. People under the rubble. All services are on site. Russian terrorists."
Heartbreaking scenes saw rescuers carrying the dead child across the rubble of the collapsed nine-storey apartment building in the Sviatoshynskyi district of Kyiv.
A report said Iskander-K cruise missiles with cluster warheads were used on Kyiv to 'increase civilian casualties'.
Trump's 10-day deadline could now see massive sanctions slapped on Russia or those who buy Moscow's oil by the end of next week.
It has only further deepened the war of words between Washington DC and Moscow, with Trump releasing a fiery post overnight.
Directed at Dmitry Medvedev, a close ally of the Russian tyrant, Trump said: "Tell Medvedev, the failed former President of Russia, who thinks he's still President, to watch his words.
"He's entering very dangerous territory!"
Medvedev had compared Trump to "Sleepy Joe" Biden in his incendiary remarks.
He warned Trump he should remember "two things" when putting down such demands and deadlines against Russia.
The Putin confidante started by saying "Russia isn't Israel or even Iran".
But in a chilling warning, he added: "Each new ultimatum is a threat and a step towards war.
"Not between Russia and Ukraine, but with his own country. Don't go down the Sleepy Joe road!"
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