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U.S. President Donald Trump on April 24 criticized Russia's strike on Kyiv that killed not less than 9 civilians and injured 90, calling it "not crucial."
"I’m not pleased with the Russian strikes on Kyiv. Not crucial, and really dangerous timing. Vladimir, Cease!" Trump mentioned on the Reality Social platform, addressing the Russian chief by his first title.
Trump urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to "get the peace deal completed," stopping wanting additional criticism.
Russia launched the lethal assault amid Trump's effort to dealer a peace deal in Ukraine and Kyiv's requires an unconditional ceasefire, which Moscow continues to reject.
Trump's diplomatic outreach has largely favored Russia, together with his reported peace proposal providing U.S. de jure recognition of Russia's management over Crimea, a ban on Ukraine's membership in NATO, and nearer financial cooperation.
After President Volodymyr Zelensky dominated out formally ceding the occupied peninsula to Russia, Trump criticised him at size and referred to as his place "dangerous to the peace negotiations."
Peace efforts stand on shaky floor because the deliberate ministerial talks between Ukraine, the U.S., and European allies in London on April 23, which had been meant to hash out a united place on a peace deal, had been postponed after U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio skipped the assembly.
The assembly was as a substitute held on a technical stage, with the events praising it as "constructive" however saying no breakthrough. Trump's Particular Envoy Steve Witkoff can be anticipated to go to Russia on April 25 for his fourth assembly with Putin.
The Kyiv IndependentVolodymyr Ivanyshyn