Trump ‘very angry’ with Putin approach to Ukraine ceasefire and threatens secondary tariffs on Russian oil – Russia-Ukraine war live
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Mon, 31 Mar 2025 10:47:13 +0300
US president takes aim at Russian presidents criticism of Volodymyr Zelenskyys credibilityWelcome back to our live coverage of Russias war on Ukraine.
We are leading todays blog with Donald Trump saying he was very angry and pissed off over Vladimir Putins approach to a ceasefire in Ukraine, in comments that mark a huge shift in tone in the way the US president usually speaks about the Russian leader.Trump also took aim at the Russian presidents criticism of Volodymyr Zelenskyys credibility, despite the US President having previously called his Ukrainian counterpart a dictator without any evidence to back his unfounded claim up.Donald Trump said Volodymyr Zelenskyy wants to back out of a critical minerals deal, which would grant the US access to Ukraines rare mineral reserves.
Hes trying to back out of the rare earth deal and if he does that hes got some problems, big, big problems, Trump told reporters yesterday.
He wants to be a member of Nato, but hes never going to be a member of Nato.
He understands that.Russia bombed the city of Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine for the second night in a row, injuring two people, sparking fires and damaging a kindergarten and private houses, Ukrainian officials said early on Monday.
The attacks lasted most of the night, said Kharkivs mayor, Ihor Terekhov.
Zelenskyy on Sunday said Moscow had fired more than 1,000 drones in the past week and called for a response from the US and other allies.Russias defence ministry claimed on Sunday that its forces had gained control over Zaporizhzhia settlement in Ukraines Donetsk region.
The village is unrelated to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is in another region.
The Russian claim was reported by Reuters, which said it was not able to verify it.
The village is 7km from the border of Ukraines central Dnipropetrovsk region.
The Donetsk region borders Dnipropetrovsk to the east.The Ukrainian air force said Russia launched 131 drones and two ballistic missiles during overnight attacks, 57 of which were shot down and another 45 drones did not reach their targets, likely due to electronic countermeasures.
The military did not specify what happened to the remaining 29 drones.Russias air defence units intercepted and destroyed 66 Ukrainian drones overnight, the Russian defence ministry said this morning.
41 of the drones were destroyed over the border Bryansk region, 24 over the Kaluga region and one over the Kursk region.
There were no immediate reports of any casualties.
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