Trump Claims Ukraine Gave Putin A Reason To 'Bomb The Hell Out Of Them' – Forgetting 1 Obvious Detail

President Donald Trump Donald Trump has claimed Ukraine gave Vladimir Putin “a reason to go in and bomb the hell” out of the beleaguered country this week.After enduring more than three years of Russian bombings, an invasion and the occupation of 18% of its territory, Ukraine managed to strike deep within its opponents’ land last weekend.Known as Operation Spiderweb, Kyiv used drones to target Russian air bases in a game-changing moment for the war, damaging 41 planes in total.Putin then retaliated by launching a mass missile and drone attack against Ukraine overnight on June 6.According to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, 80 people were injured and four killed, including first responders.The US president appeared to justify that deadly Russian strike when speaking to reporters on Air Force One on Friday, clearly overlooking that Putin starting the war in February 2022 by invading the country.He said: “They [Ukraine] gave Putin a reason to go in and bomb the hell out of them last night.“That’s the thing I don’t like about it. When I saw it I said, ‘here we go, now it’s going to be a strike’.”Putin had confirmed that Russia intended to enact revenge on Ukraine during a phone call with Trump earlier this week.The US president also said on June 5 that he knew Russia’s response was “not going to be pretty”, adding: “I don’t like it, I said, don’t do it, you shouldn’t do it, you should stop it.”Since being re-elected and returning to office in January, Trump has repeatedly tried to broker a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia – even if it means resolving the war on Putin’s terms, and forcing Ukraine to cede its occupied land.But, despite the president’s repeated attempts to push the two sides into a truce, he is yet to impose any further sanctions on Moscow.Trump said on Friday that there was a deadline whereby he expected Russia to have agreed to a ceasefire or face sanctions from the US – but noted that it was “in my brain” and offered no further specifics.He has previously said that he thinks a peace deal could be in reach and he does not want to “screw it up” by putting sanctions on Russia.Trump also suggested he had shielded Putin from the worst consequences of his invasion last month.He wrote on Truth Social: “What Vladimir Putin doesn’t realise is that if it weren’t for me, lots of really bad things would have already happened to Russia, and I mean really bad. He’s playing with fire.”According to Reuters news agency, the US also believes that Putin has not completed his retaliatory strikes yet – but the next phase could come within days.Related...Trump: Musk Faces 'Serious Consequences' If He Backs Dems Over Budget BillJD Vance Tells Theo Von That Musk Made A 'Huge Mistake' Going After TrumpZelenskyy Rejects Trump's 'Children Fighting' Analogy And Says Putin Is A 'Murderer'

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