While talking with journalists in Washington, DC, on Sunday night, President Donald Trump was asked about Russia’s night attacks against Ukraine.
Trump expressed his dissatisfaction with Russian President Vladimir Putin for killing people while they are in conversation and mentioned that he is considering implementing more sanctions.
“I am not happy with what Putin is doing. He is killing many people, and I don’t know what the hell happened to Putin. I have known him a lot of time. I always took him, but he is sending rockets to the cities and killing people, and I don’t like it at all,” Trump said.
President Donald Trump at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on March 13, 2025, and the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, at the Kremlin in Moscow, on March 13, 2025.
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“We are in the midst of speaking, and is shooting rockets to kyiv and other cities. I don’t like it at all,” Trump added, and said he was “surprised” by the attacks.
The Ukraine Air Force said in a position to telegrade on Sunday that Russia launched a total of 367 “air attack vehicles”, including nine Balistic missiles of Iskander, 56 cruise missiles, four guided air missiles and 298 attack drones, in targets of the entire country.
The attack marks the fourth consecutive night during which Russia launched more than 100 missiles and drones to Ukraine, according to figures of the Ukraine Air Force.
The bombings came to despite the beginning of a process of exchanging prisoners of several days on Friday and ongoing peace conversations in the United States.
Later, Trump was asked if he would consider more sanctions on Russia.
“Absolutely. He’s killing many people. I don’t know what happens to him. What the hell happened to him, he is killing many people and I’m not happy with that,” Trump said.
-ABC News’ Kelsey Walsh
