Trump to call Putin TODAY to ‘stop the bloodbath' in Ukraine after war's ‘biggest drone strike' and Vlad's warning
TRUCE HOPES Trump to call Putin TODAY to 'stop the bloodbath' in Ukraine after war's 'biggest drone strike' and Vlad's warning
PRESIDENT Donald Trump is to call mad Vladimir Putin today to "stop the bloodbath" in Ukraine.
It comes a day after Russia launched its largest drone attack since the start of the war - despite engaging with Ukraine in face-to-face peace talks in Turkey on Friday.
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Resident Vadym Tsybenko, 22-year-old, stands next to his house and a house of his neighbours, heavily damaged by a Russian drone strike on Sunday
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Russian large landing ship Peresvet conducted war games in the waters of the Sea of Japan
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U.S. President Donald Trump reacts as he visits the Abrahamic Family House during his visit in Abu Dhabi on Friday
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Russian President Vladimir Putin talks on the phone in January 2023
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Trump announced plans to speak with Putin at 10:00am local time to put an end to what he calls a 'bloodbath' and "a very violent war" that 'should have never happened'.
The US president said he'll follow up with a call to Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky and later consult with NATO leaders.
Trump said on Truth Social on Sunday: "HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE A PRODUCTIVE DAY, A CEASEFIRE WILL TAKE PLACE, AND THIS VERY VIOLENT WAR, A WAR THAT SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED, WILL END."
It comes after Russia unleashed the "war's biggest drone attack" overnight on the weekend - the largest Ukraine had seen since 2022.
A harrowing 273 exploding drones were fired across the Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk regions.
Putin also bluntly told Trump to stop trying to dictate terms to him for a ceasefire and an end to the bloodshed in the conflict.
The Russian dictator told Kremlin-controlled state TV: 'You know, the Americans — the American people and the American leadership, including the president — have their own national interests.
'We respect that. We proceed from the assumption that we will be treated the same way.'
But the tyrant went a step further, warning he plans to finish what he started three years ago in seeking to invade and control Ukraine.
'We have enough strength and resources to bring what was started in 2022 to its logical conclusion with the result that Russia needs,' he said.
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Meanwhile Zelensky met with US vice president JD Vance and secretary of state Marco Rubio in Rome following Pope Leo's inauguration on Sunday.
The Ukrainian president revealed that the meeting was "good" and "reaffirmed that Ukraine is ready to be engaged in real diplomacy and underscored the importance of a full and unconditional ceasefire as soon as possible."
And Putin staged his latest war games in a show of strength to the West.
Large landing ship Peresvet staged war games in the Sea of Japan, using a 122-mm Grad-M multiple launch rocket systems hit targets more than a whopping six miles away.
AK-176 and AK-630 artillery units were used to destroy sea and air targets, and 12.7-mm heavy machine gun crews successfully exploded a balloon and mock sea mine.
There was no immediate sign of Russia conducting a Yars intercontinental missile test, which Ukrainian military intelligence warned was imminent.
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