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The Irish Sun
21 hours ago
- Politics
- The Irish Sun
Kremlin issues biggest insult to Trump yet comparing him to Biden and says impending peace deadline is step towards WAR
ONE of Vladimir Putin's top lackeys has blasted Donald Trump's Ukraine ceasefire deadline as a "threat and a step towards war". Dmitry Medvedev, one of the Russian tyrant's closest allies, even compared Trump to "Sleepy Joe" Biden in his incendiary remarks. Advertisement 9 US President Joe Biden participates in a meeting with then NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg Credit: Getty 9 Donald Trump smiles while exiting Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House Credit: The Mega Agency 9 Service members of the 48th Separate Artillery Brigade fire a self-propelled howitzer towards Russian troops Credit: Reuters 9 Cars burn at a car parking after a Russian drone strike Credit: Reuters 9 Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev Credit: Getty It comes after Trump slashed his 50 day deadline for a peace deal down to "10 to 12" days - bringing it forward to the end of next week. The US president has grown increasingly frustrated at the Russian tyrant's unwillingness to agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine. Trump said: "I'm disappointed in President Putin, very disappointed in him. "So we're going to have to look and I'm going to reduce that 50 days that I gave him to a lesser number." Advertisement read more in world news Trump had promised during his election campaign last year to bring the war to end within 24 hours of assuming office. The White House has threatened bruising sanctions against Moscow if Vlad fails to comply with Trump's demands. "There's no reason in waiting, we just don't see any progress being made," Trump said. Trump has also floated the prospect of secondary sanctions that would affect those who buy oil from Moscow. Advertisement Most read in The US Sun Exclusive Latest Russia's Foreign Ministry retorted that the " language of ultimatums, blackmail, and threats" is unacceptable to the Kremlin. Putin strikes Ukraine maternity ward in another outrageous snub to Trump But ex-Russian President Medvedev has now taken to social media to further furiously attack Trump's ultimatum. 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". Advertisement 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!" His "Sleepy Joe" remark is a reference to Trump's famous insult against former President Joe Biden - who rallied the West's initial response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Medvedev, who is now deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, Advertisement In a deranged rant, he said: "We need to act accordingly. To respond in full. And if necessary, launch preemptive strikes." Despite Trump's pushes for a ceasefire, Russia's brutal attacks on Ukraine have only intensified in recent weeks. In one heinous attack, Head of the Ukrainian president's office Andriy Yermak said: "The Putin regime, which through certain individuals also threatens the USA, must face economic and military strikes that will deprive it of the ability to wage war." Advertisement And over the past 24 hours alone, seven civilians were killed and 21 injured in Russian strikes across the war-ravaged country, the Kyiv Independent has reported. Washington-based think tank the Institute for the Study of War has warned that Putin uses this sense of conflict with the West to stir up support for the invasion at home. "Kremlin officials continue to frame Russia as in direct geopolitical confrontation with the West in order to generate domestic support for the war in Ukraine and future Russian aggression against NATO," the think tank said. 9 The damaged ward in a hospital which was hit by a Russian missile strike Credit: Reuters Advertisement 9 Deputy head of Russia's Security Council Dmitry Medvedev delivers a speech Credit: Reuters 9 Donald Trump saluted the Marine Guard Credit: Splash 9 Russia's Deputy head of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev Credit: Reuters
Scottish Sun
21 hours ago
- Politics
- Scottish Sun
Kremlin issues biggest insult to Trump yet comparing him to Biden and says impending peace deadline is step towards WAR
ONE of Vladimir Putin's top lackeys has blasted Donald Trump's Ukraine ceasefire deadline as a "threat and a step towards war". Dmitry Medvedev, one of the Russian tyrant's closest allies, even compared Trump to "Sleepy Joe" Biden in his incendiary remarks. Advertisement 9 US President Joe Biden participates in a meeting with then NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg Credit: Getty 9 Donald Trump smiles while exiting Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House Credit: The Mega Agency 9 Service members of the 48th Separate Artillery Brigade fire a self-propelled howitzer towards Russian troops Credit: Reuters 9 Cars burn at a car parking after a Russian drone strike Credit: Reuters 9 Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev Credit: Getty It comes after Trump slashed his 50 day deadline for a peace deal down to "10 to 12" days - bringing it forward to the end of next week. The US president has grown increasingly frustrated at the Russian tyrant's unwillingness to agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine. Trump said: "I'm disappointed in President Putin, very disappointed in him. "So we're going to have to look and I'm going to reduce that 50 days that I gave him to a lesser number." Advertisement Trump had promised during his election campaign last year to bring the war to end within 24 hours of assuming office. The White House has threatened bruising sanctions against Moscow if Vlad fails to comply with Trump's demands. "There's no reason in waiting, we just don't see any progress being made," Trump said. Trump has also floated the prospect of secondary sanctions that would affect those who buy oil from Moscow. Advertisement Russia's Foreign Ministry retorted that the "language of ultimatums, blackmail, and threats" is unacceptable to the Kremlin. Putin strikes Ukraine maternity ward in another outrageous snub to Trump But ex-Russian President Medvedev has now taken to social media to further furiously attack Trump's ultimatum. 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". Advertisement 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!" His "Sleepy Joe" remark is a reference to Trump's famous insult against former President Joe Biden - who rallied the West's initial response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Medvedev, who is now deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, previously said Moscow should consider bombing the West - and claimed NATO is effectively at war with Russia. Advertisement In a deranged rant, he said: "We need to act accordingly. To respond in full. And if necessary, launch preemptive strikes." Despite Trump's pushes for a ceasefire, Russia's brutal attacks on Ukraine have only intensified in recent weeks. In one heinous attack, Russian barrages hit a maternity hospital in the Dnipropetrovsk region. Head of the Ukrainian president's office Andriy Yermak said: "The Putin regime, which through certain individuals also threatens the USA, must face economic and military strikes that will deprive it of the ability to wage war." Advertisement And over the past 24 hours alone, seven civilians were killed and 21 injured in Russian strikes across the war-ravaged country, the Kyiv Independent has reported. Washington-based think tank the Institute for the Study of War has warned that Putin uses this sense of conflict with the West to stir up support for the invasion at home. "Kremlin officials continue to frame Russia as in direct geopolitical confrontation with the West in order to generate domestic support for the war in Ukraine and future Russian aggression against NATO," the think tank said. 9 The damaged ward in a hospital which was hit by a Russian missile strike Credit: Reuters Advertisement 9 Deputy head of Russia's Security Council Dmitry Medvedev delivers a speech Credit: Reuters 9 Donald Trump saluted the Marine Guard Credit: Splash
Metro
22-07-2025
- Metro
Mystery over death of Ukrainian anti-organised crime chief in Benidorm pool
A former official at Ukraine's Interior Ministry has been found dead at the very same Spanish resort where a Russian military defector was murdered. Ihor Hrushevskyi, the ex-head of the anti-crime police unit, was discovered in the town of Villajoyosa, a few miles from the resort popular with British tourists for its packaged holidays. The 61-year-old was floating face-down in the communal pool – no deeper than 1.5 metres – of the Cala Alta house complex, El Español reported. Neighbours pulled him out, performing CPR, but they were unable to save him and when paramedics arrived at the scene, he was pronounced dead. While there were no obvious signs of violence, blood was coming from one ear, so foul play has not been ruled out. The incident happened in the morning of June 29, but the identity of the man was only revealed this week. It was just a few months ago that Hrushevskyi had purchased a flat in one of the blocks and he was still renovating. His death comes a little more than a year after Maksim Kuzinovm – an ex-Russian helicopter pilot, who had deserted to Ukraine – was killed there. Police found his bullet-riddled body in the underground parking garage of that same resort. A burnt-out car apparently used by his attackers was found near the scene of the crime. The 28-year-old fled Russian and landed a Mi-8 helicopter in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv in August, 2023, while flying between two Russian bases. He had reportedly contacted the Ukrainian secret service to inform them of his decision to defect and they had promised him £397,000, protection for his family and new documents. More Trending A state TV report from October, in which Russian propagandists branded Kuzminov 'a traitor to the motherland', claimed that Russian intelligence operatives had received orders to assassinate him. Sergei Naryshkin, Russia's foreign intelligence chief, said at the time: 'In Russia it is customary to speak either good of the dead or nothing at all. 'This traitor and criminal became a moral corpse at the very moment when he planned his dirty and terrible crime.' Ukrainian officials have not yet commented on Hrushevskyi's death. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@ For more stories like this, check our news page. MORE: Girlfriend's tribute to 'inspirational' hockey player who died at Ibiza Rocks hotel MORE: First look inside Putin's secret 'death' factory where teenagers build drones MORE: Nato scrambles warplanes for 13th time in weeks after latest Putin attack
The Irish Sun
17-07-2025
- Politics
- The Irish Sun
‘WW3 has ALREADY begun – and Putin should strike the West', madcap ex-Russian president says in explosive Kremlin threat
VLADIMIR Putin should bomb the west as WW3 has already begun, Dmitry Medvedev has threatened. The ex-Russian president has issued the explosive warning just days after 7 Putin has bombed Ukraine with ballistic missiles - with his top ally now saying the West should be bombed Credit: Reuters 7 Putin's rockets are bombing Ukraine nightly in a horror air campaign Credit: Alamy 7 Dmitry Medvedev pictured with Vladimir Putin Credit: East2West Putin's lieutenant raged that Nato and the West was effectively already at war with Russia as he pushed the Kremlin's world view that they are the victims. That's despite it being Medvedev accused the US and Europe of an attempt to 'destroy' Russia which is 'hated by the West', he claimed. Diplomats say his remarks give an indication of thinking among some within the Moscow political elite. Read more on world news He said: "What is happening today is a proxy war, but in essence it is a full-scale war (launches of Western missiles, satellite intelligence, etc), sanctions packages, loud statements about the militarisation of Europe. "It's another attempt to destroy the 'historical anomaly' hated by the West - Russia, our country." Medvedev's madcap raging comes after Trump agreed to sell missile defence systems to Ukraine and to if Moscow did not reach a peace agreement with Ukraine within 50 days. Medvedev even said Russia should think about bombing the West. Most read in The US Sun He said: "We need to act accordingly. To respond in full. And if necessary, launch preemptive strikes." Despite saying Russia may need to bomb the West first, he said that any Putin blitzes Ukrainian shopping centre with half-ton glide bomb killing two He said: "I would add that this nonsense is being deliberately thrown into the information space in order to destabilise an already difficult situation. "This is another flank of the West's open war against us." In his lunatic ravings, Medvedev also pushed the idea that Ukraine is governed by Nazis - despite Volodymyr Zelensky being Jewish. The fabrication is a key justification in the Kremlin's ambition to demilitarise Ukraine and keep it weak. 7 Ukrainian military recruits train in Kyiv Credit: AP 7 A Ukrainian mobile air defence unit fires in a field Credit: Reuters Medvedev's rant came as a leading Russian propagandist Col. Igor Korotchenko said Moscow must use the He asked on Kremlin-funded state TV: 'What can we do during these 50 days to persuade Ukraine to conclude a peace agreement on terms that meet the goals, principles and objectives of [Putin's war]?' A military analyst and editor-in-chief of National Defence magazine, he said: 'We can launch massive strikes against Ukraine's critical infrastructure. 'I would like to emphasise once again that this primarily means power generation facilities. 'Any Russian frontline fighter jet, using new-generation low-profile Kh-69 cruise missiles, is capable of striking and accurately destroying any thermal power plant, oil refinery, or fuel depot in a first strike without attracting the attention of enemy intelligence.' He made clear the aim was to make Ukraine so weak it is forced to sue for peace on Putin's terms. 7 Rare footage shared by the Russian Defence Ministry shows combat training of North Korean troops in Russia Credit: East2West 7 Medvedev is the deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia Credit: EPA 'Weakening the potential of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' rear support system will force Ukraine to accept Russia's terms,' he said. 'It is necessary to intensify Russian strikes….to the maximum extent possible…. 'Scaling up this approach, we can achieve success.' Trump encouraged Ukraine's President Zelensky during a phone call He apparently asked whether Ukraine could "hit Moscow" in order to "make Putin feel the pain of war", according to anonymous sources cited by the papers. Zelensky's answer was swift and direct: 'Absolutely. We can if you give us the weapons.' Putin's indifference to Trump's demand was evident just hours later when he In Sumy Oblast, Russian drones injured six people, including a 19-year-old student and 14-year-old girl, when they struck a university. Putin's soldiers killed 'in mass poisoning by laced bottles of WATER' VLADIMIR Putin's men were reportedly killed by poisoned water bottles in a suspected Ukrainian sabotage operation. At least four soldiers were said to have died in excruciating pain after drinking from bottles labelled "Our Water", allegedly supplied to the front line in a humanitarian consignment. Several others are said to be in critical condition in another major blow to The deadly incident, which unfolded in the Panteleimonivka area of Donetsk, has sparked horror and fury across pro-Kremlin military channels. Distressing footage seen by The Sun shows poisoned troops convulsing, moaning in agony, and slipping into unconsciousness as medics scramble to help.
Scottish Sun
17-07-2025
- Politics
- Scottish Sun
‘WW3 has ALREADY begun – and Putin should strike the West', madcap ex-Russian president says in explosive Kremlin threat
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) VLADIMIR Putin should bomb the west as WW3 has already begun, Dmitry Medvedev has threatened. The ex-Russian president has issued the explosive warning just days after Donald Trump imposed a 50-day peace deadline on his boss. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 7 Putin has bombed Ukraine with ballistic missiles - with his top ally now saying the West should be bombed Credit: Reuters 7 Putin's rockets are bombing Ukraine nightly in a horror air campaign Credit: Alamy 7 Dmitry Medvedev pictured with Vladimir Putin Credit: East2West Putin's lieutenant raged that Nato and the West was effectively already at war with Russia as he pushed the Kremlin's world view that they are the victims. That's despite it being Russia who has invaded another country and is continuing to wage a bloody war. Medvedev accused the US and Europe of an attempt to 'destroy' Russia which is 'hated by the West', he claimed. Diplomats say his remarks give an indication of thinking among some within the Moscow political elite. Read more on world news QUAKE SHOCK Tsunami warning issued after huge 7.3 magnitude earthquake strikes off US coast He said: "What is happening today is a proxy war, but in essence it is a full-scale war (launches of Western missiles, satellite intelligence, etc), sanctions packages, loud statements about the militarisation of Europe. "It's another attempt to destroy the 'historical anomaly' hated by the West - Russia, our country." Medvedev's madcap raging comes after Trump agreed to sell missile defence systems to Ukraine and to slap brutal 100 per cent tariffs on Russia if Moscow did not reach a peace agreement with Ukraine within 50 days. Medvedev even said Russia should think about bombing the West. He said: "We need to act accordingly. To respond in full. And if necessary, launch preemptive strikes." Despite saying Russia may need to bomb the West first, he said that any suggestion Russia would invade Nato was "complete nonsense". Putin blitzes Ukrainian shopping centre with half-ton glide bomb killing two He said: "I would add that this nonsense is being deliberately thrown into the information space in order to destabilise an already difficult situation. "This is another flank of the West's open war against us." In his lunatic ravings, Medvedev also pushed the idea that Ukraine is governed by Nazis - despite Volodymyr Zelensky being Jewish. The fabrication is a key justification in the Kremlin's ambition to demilitarise Ukraine and keep it weak. 7 Ukrainian military recruits train in Kyiv Credit: AP 7 A Ukrainian mobile air defence unit fires in a field Credit: Reuters Medvedev's rant came as a leading Russian propagandist Col. Igor Korotchenko said Moscow must use the 50-day period before sanctions are imposed by Trump to win the war by destroying Ukraine. He asked on Kremlin-funded state TV: 'What can we do during these 50 days to persuade Ukraine to conclude a peace agreement on terms that meet the goals, principles and objectives of [Putin's war]?' A military analyst and editor-in-chief of National Defence magazine, he said: 'We can launch massive strikes against Ukraine's critical infrastructure. 'I would like to emphasise once again that this primarily means power generation facilities. 'Any Russian frontline fighter jet, using new-generation low-profile Kh-69 cruise missiles, is capable of striking and accurately destroying any thermal power plant, oil refinery, or fuel depot in a first strike without attracting the attention of enemy intelligence.' He made clear the aim was to make Ukraine so weak it is forced to sue for peace on Putin's terms. 7 Rare footage shared by the Russian Defence Ministry shows combat training of North Korean troops in Russia Credit: East2West 7 Medvedev is the deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia Credit: EPA 'Weakening the potential of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' rear support system will force Ukraine to accept Russia's terms,' he said. 'It is necessary to intensify Russian strikes….to the maximum extent possible…. 'Scaling up this approach, we can achieve success.' Trump encouraged Ukraine's President Zelensky during a phone call to strike deeper inside Russia in order to crank up the pressure on Putin, the FT reported. He apparently asked whether Ukraine could "hit Moscow" in order to "make Putin feel the pain of war", according to anonymous sources cited by the papers. Zelensky's answer was swift and direct: 'Absolutely. We can if you give us the weapons.' Putin's indifference to Trump's demand was evident just hours later when he unleashed a fresh devastating blitz. In Sumy Oblast, Russian drones injured six people, including a 19-year-old student and 14-year-old girl, when they struck a university.
