Trump Says Putin Has 'Gone Absolutely Crazy,' Weighs More Sanctions on Russia

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

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

Mr. Trump posted the remark on Truth Social on May 26 as sleeping Ukrainians woke to a third consecutive night of Russian aerial attacks. The Ukrainian Air Force said Russia had launched 355 drones and nine cruise missiles against Ukraine between the evening of May 25 and the morning of May 26, a huge salvo that the air force's spokesman told Reuters made it Russia's largest drone attack of the war to date.

"Something has happened to him (Putin). He has gone absolutely CRAZY!" Mr. Trump said of the Russian President on the Truth Social platform, referring to the latest attack by Russia.

"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!"