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Donald Trump has threatened Russia with much sanctions aft its biggest drone onslaught connected Ukraine since the commencement of the warfare and a bid of deadly strikes crossed the country, arsenic helium said of Vladimir Putin: "What the hellhole happened to him?"
The Ukrainian aerial unit said connected Monday that Russia had launched 355 drones and 9 cruise missiles against Ukraine overnight - "a grounds fig of drones since the commencement of the full-scale invasion".
It said it changeable down hundreds of drones, but warned the state needs "more aerial defence systems and interceptors", adding: "Strengthening the extortion of our skies is crucial."
The US president appeared aghast astatine the behaviour of his counterpart successful the Kremlin aft drone and rocket attacks successful Kyiv and different Ukrainian cities near 12 radical dormant and dozens much injured.
There were much drone strikes connected the superior connected Sunday night, according to the caput of the city's subject administration.
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Speaking to reporters astatine an airdrome successful New Jersey up of a formation backmost to Washington DC, Mr Trump said: "I'm not blessed with Putin. I don't cognize what's incorrect with him."
"He's sidesplitting a batch of people," helium added. "I'm not blessed astir that."
Mr Trump - who said he's "always gotten on with" Mr Putin - told reporters helium would see much sanctions against Moscow.
"He's sending rockets into cities and sidesplitting people, and I don't similar it astatine all," helium said.
Later, connected his Truth Social platform, the US president wrote that helium has "always had a precise bully narration with Vladimir Putin of Russia, but thing has happened to him. He has gone perfectly CRAZY!"
"He is needlessly sidesplitting a batch of people... I've ever said that helium wants ALL of Ukraine, not conscionable a portion of it, and possibly that's proving to beryllium right, but if helium does, it volition pb to the downfall of Russia!"
Mr Trump besides criticised Volodymyr Zelenskyy, saying the Ukrainian president was "doing his state nary favours by talking the mode helium does. Everything retired of his rima causes problems, I don't similar it, and it amended stop".
The Kremlin accused the US president of "emotional overload" - and said immoderate decisions the Russian person makes "are indispensable for the information of Russia".
It added enactment connected Russia's connection for a imaginable bid woody with Ukraine was ongoing.
"We are truly grateful to the Americans and to President Trump personally for their assistance successful organising and launching this dialog process," said Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov.
Russia's biggest aerial bombardment of the warfare truthful acold connected Ukraine comes contempt Mr Trump repeatedly talking up the chances of a bid agreement. He adjacent spoke to Mr Putin connected the telephone for 2 hours past week.
Mr Peskov claimed the strikes connected Ukraine struck subject targets and were successful effect to Ukrainian strikes connected Russian civilian targets.
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'Shameful' attacks
Mr Zelenskyy has said Ukraine is acceptable to motion a ceasefire deal, and suggested Russia isn't superior astir signing one.
In a connection astatine the weekend, helium urged the US and different nationalist leaders to summation the unit connected Mr Putin, saying soundlessness "only encourages" him.
Mr Trump's envoy for the country, Keith Kellogg, aboriginal demanded a ceasefire, describing the Russian attacks arsenic "shameful".
Three children were among those killed successful the attacks, explosions shaking the cities of Kyiv, Odesa, and Mykolaiv.
Before the onslaught, Russia said it had faced a Ukrainian drone onslaught connected Sunday.
It said astir 100 were intercepted and destroyed adjacent Moscow and successful cardinal and confederate regions.
The unit has escalated contempt Russia and Ukraine completing the speech of 1,000 prisoners each implicit the past 3 days.
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