US president says Russian counterpart ‘doing what anybody else would do’ as Ukraine faces escalating aerial attacks

Donald Trump has said Vladimir Putin was “doing what anybody would do” after Russia launched a massive missile and drone strike on Ukraine days after the US cut off vital intelligence and military aid to Kyiv.

Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on Friday Trump said he finds it “easier” to work with Russia than Ukraine and that Putin “wants to end the war”.

“I’m finding it more difficult, frankly, to deal with Ukraine. And they don’t have the cards,” Trump said. “In terms of getting a final settlement, it may be easier dealing with Russia.”

Asked whether the Russian leader was taking advantage of the pause in US intelligence sharing and military aid to Ukraine, Trump replied: “I actually think he is doing what anybody else would do.”

  • partial_accumen@lemmy.world
    14·
    2 days ago

    Ukraine was to cease NATO membership plans; downsize its military forces; forbid foreign countries from hosting military bases; and pay reparations.

    That’s none of Putin’s fucking business. Ukraine is a sovereign country that can make its own decisions about its future. If your bullshit reasoning is reasonable, if Putin takes Ukraine fully are you justifying Putin invading Poland and Romania for being in NATO with foreign miltary bases too?

    • NimdaQA@lemmy.world
      120·
      2 days ago

      It stopped being a sovereign nation after the illegitimate coup which occured in 2014.

      • partial_accumen@lemmy.world
        7·
        2 days ago

        Yanukovych was a Putin laptop that was thrown out by the citizenry as well as the Ukrainian military. You’ll find Yanukovych in Russia now, but I probably don’t have to tell you that. You’re probably closer to him than I am.

        • NimdaQA@lemmy.world
          111·
          2 days ago

          Yanukovych was a Putin laptop that was thrown out by the citizenry as well as the Ukrainian military. You’ll find Yanukovych in Russia now, but I probably don’t have to tell you that. You’re probably closer to him than I am.

          He was thrown out due to a false flag operation where pro-maidan snipers shot their own protestors in order to incite public backlash against Yanukovych.

          This has been confirmed by several hundred witness testimonies including wounded protestors, 2,000 videos, and 6,000 photos, 30 gigabytes of radio intercepts, and forensic examinations.

          Yeah, I would be getting the fuck out of dodge and be escaping to Russia too if far right snipers shot their own fellow protestors and managed to convince the populace including your own armed forces that it was you who done it.