U.S. President Donald Trump has come to grasp that Russian President Vladimir Putin misled him about being prepared for peace with Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron mentioned on Could 26, in response to the French TV channel BFM.
"I feel President Trump realizes that when President Putin advised him he was prepared for peace, he lied to him," Macron mentioned throughout a go to to Hanoi. "What's taking place in Ukraine is unacceptable and very critical. You’ll be able to't say you're prepared to speak after which bomb."
Russia launched a three-day wave of aerial assaults from Could 24 to Could 26, firing greater than 600 drones and dozens of missiles throughout Ukraine.
Ukraine's Air Power mentioned Russia launched 9 Kh-101 cruise missiles from Tu-95MS bombers and a report 355 Shahed-type drones and decoys in a single day on Could 26.
Trump, who has repeatedly pressed for a ceasefire and held a two-hour telephone name with Putin on Could 19, expressed sturdy disapproval of the newest escalation.
"I'm not proud of Putin," he advised reporters on Could 25, including on Fact Social that the Russian president has gone "completely" loopy.
"I've all the time mentioned that he needs all of Ukraine, not only a piece of it, and perhaps that's proving to be proper," Trump wrote. "But when he does, it is going to result in the downfall of Russia!"
Regardless of acknowledging Putin's escalatory habits, Trump additionally criticized President Volodymyr Zelensky, with whom he has had a strained relationship.
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Zelensky on Could 25 condemned the U.S. for its lack of response to the huge Russian assault, calling for stronger sanctions and saying that "America's silence… solely encourages Putin."
"Likewise, President Zelensky is doing his nation no favors by speaking the way in which he does," Trump posted. "The whole lot out of his mouth causes issues, I don't prefer it, and it higher cease."
Macron mentioned the newest bombardments have been additional proof that Moscow just isn’t negotiating in good religion. "This doublespeak reveals the inauthentic nature of the discussions which will have taken place," he mentioned.
The U.S. president's strategy to negotiations frustrates European allies, a lot of whom sought his assist for a joint U.S.–EU ultimatum demanding an unconditional ceasefire beginning Could 12 and more durable sanctions on Moscow.
In Washington, Republican lawmakers have echoed the decision for punitive actions in opposition to Moscow. U.S. Particular Envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg advised Fox Enterprise that the "Russian Sanctions Act of 2025 is able to go."
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham mentioned on Could 1 that the laws consists of sweeping monetary penalties and 500% tariffs on nations that proceed shopping for Russian oil, gasoline, or uranium.
Kellogg reacted to Russia's in a single day large-scale assault on Ukraine on Could 25, calling for an finish to hostilities.
"The indiscriminate killing of ladies and kids at night time of their properties is a transparent violation of the 1977 Geneva Peace Protocols designed to guard innocents. These assaults are shameful," Kellogg wrote on X with out explicitly naming Russia.
Regardless of Russia's refusal to just accept a ceasefire, no new U.S. sanctions have been imposed to this point.
The Kyiv IndependentMartin Fornusek