On the night of 5 to 6 June Russia carried out a massed rocket and drone attack in the territory of Ukraine, hitting, among others, Kiev, large cities and western regions of the country. According to president Volodymyr Zelenski, 4 people were killed, including rescuers, and 80 were injured.
The attack occurred the day after Russia's leader Vladimir Putin announced a retaliation for Ukrainian Operation "The Spider" – a massive drone attack from June 1 to 4 key Russian military airports.
According to the Ukrainian side, 41 aircraft were destroyed or damaged, including strategical bombers and uncommon reconnaissance aircraft A-50. Kiev claims that the operation has disabled 34 percent of the Russian strategical bomber fleet – this is 1 of Ukraine's bravest moves since the beginning of the full-scale war.
Donald Trump about Ukraine. "They gave Putin a reason"
Asked by journalists about the Russian attack Donald Trump stated that the Ukrainians "give Putin a reason to step in and bomb them all over last night". - That's what I don't like about it. As I saw it, I thought, "Well, there's gonna be a hit now," added the American President, referring to Operation Spider.
Trump already on June 5 warned that Russia's consequence "will not be pretty". “I don’t like it, I said: don’t do it, you shouldn’t do it, you should halt it,” said the president, quoted by The Kyiv Independent.
Despite repeated calls for the end of the war, the US leader continues to avoid imposing further sanctions on Russia. late asked by journalists in the Oval Office about the possible deadline for introducing fresh sharpenings towards Moscow, he replied enigmatically "Yes, I have this word in my head", without giving any details.
Donald Trump had previously explained that he was refraining from fresh sanctions as he hoped to rapidly scope a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine. If I think we're close to an agreement, I don't want to spoil it. But if Moscow continues to delay, I am ready to act – he assured.
In turn, in view of the expanding Russian attacks, Trump late admitted that he was the 1 stopping the West from further force on Russia.
"Wladimir Putin doesn't realize that if it wasn't for me, many truly bad things would have happened to Russia already – and truly bad things. He plays with fire" – wrote on fact Social on May 27, after 3 days of intense Russian attacks on Ukraine.
