New sanctions against Russia now a possibility

'Unhappy' US president raises issue of sanctions in response to the Kremlin's large-scale aerial attack on Ukraine for three consecutive nights. By Reuters

- 

US President Donald Trump said Russian President Vladimir Putin had "gone absolutely CRAZY" by unleashing the largest aerial attack of the war on Ukraine last weekend and that he was weighing new sanctions on Moscow, though he also scolded Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Trump posted the remark on Truth Social as sleeping Ukrainians woke to a third consecutive night of massive Russian aerial attacks, listening for hours to drones buzzing near their homes and eruptions of Ukrainian anti-aircraft fire.

The Ukrainian air force said Russia had launched 355 drones and nine cruise missiles against Ukraine on Sunday night into the early morning hours of Monday, 26 May.

"Something has happened to him. He has gone absolutely CRAZY!" Trump said of Putin on Truth Social on Sunday.

"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!"

Trump also criticised Zelensky, posting that the Ukrainian leader "is doing his country no favours by talking the way he does. Everything out of his mouth causes problems, I don't like it, and it better stop."