Tuesday, May 27, 2025 - Russia has accused US President Donald Trump of suffering an 'emotional overload' after the US President labelled Vladimir Putin 'absolutely crazy' for his brutal missile attacks on Ukraine.
When asked about Trump's remarks, Kremlin
spokesman Dmitry Peskov hit back but also thanked the President for
helping to enable ceasefire talks.
'We are really grateful to the Americans and to President
Trump personally for their assistance in organising and launching this
negotiation process,' he said.
'Of course, at the same time, this is a very crucial moment,
which is associated, of course, with the emotional overload of everyone
absolutely and with emotional reactions,' he then added.
The reaction came following one of Moscow's biggest
aerial attacks on Ukraine since the war began, with Russian forces bombarding
civilian areas across the country, forcing NATO to scramble warplanes from
Poland for the second night in a row.
The massive overnight attack saw Russia launch 355 drones, a
new record high - as well as nine cruise missiles, according to the Ukrainian
Air Force.
Making no mention of the deadly attacks staged just hours
earlier, Peskov once again made what appears to be an empty promise that Moscow
is working towards peace.
He insisted that officials are working on a proposal but
have not yet submitted it. 'Work is continuing. This is a serious draft, a
draft of a serious document that demands careful checks and preparation,' he
claimed.
In a phone call with Trump last week, Putin said Russia and
Ukraine would work on a memorandum relating to a peace accord, prompting new
accusations from Kyiv and Western allies that Moscow was stalling and had no
serious interest in peace.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that
Moscow would be ready to hand Kyiv a draft document outlining conditions for a
long-term peace accord once a prisoner exchange agreed at talks in Istanbul was
completed.
That swap, which saw both Russia and Ukraine hand over 1,000
people, was completed on Sunday, Russia's defence ministry said.
Peskov said work towards a peace deal would continue based
upon agreements reached in Istanbul, with the prisoner exchange as the first
stage.
President Trump last night accused Putin of needlessly
killing a lot of people', and threatened tougher sanctions in response.
'Missiles and drones are being shot into Cities in Ukraine,
for no reason whatsoever,' Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.
'I've always said that he wants ALL of Ukraine, not just a
piece of it, and maybe that's proving to be right, but if he does, it will lead
to the downfall of Russia,' he added
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