Kyiv Independent: 'Impossible to believe' -- in Kyiv, Trump's stance on Russia stuns after yet another deadly attack

[Dennis Donovan]

Kyiv Independent - 'Impossible to believe' — in Kyiv, Trump's stance on Russia stuns after yet another deadly attack

by Chris York and
Natalia Yermak
April 24, 2025 6:54 PM


U.S. President Donald Trump has once again failed to condemn his Russian counterpart in the aftermath of yet another devastating missile attack on Ukraine, casting further doubt on Washington's ability to fairly broker a peace in the country.

"I am not happy with the Russian strikes on Kyiv. Not necessary, and very bad timing. Vladimir, Stop!" Trump said on the Truth Social platform, after 12 people were killed in Kyiv overnight on April 24, and nearly 80 others were injured.

Trump urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to "get the peace deal done," stopping short of directly condemning him.

At the scene of one of the residential buildings devastated in last night's attack, the Kyiv Independent asked some of the survivors if they thought the Trump administration was actually provoking such attacks by taking such a soft stance toward Russia.

"Yes, I think so," 30-year-old linguist Polina Levytska, who survived with her mother and two cats, said.

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[kacekwl]

1. What happened to the

republican conservative chant " better dead than red" ?

[Tommy Carcetti]

3. That only dealt with Soviet communism, of course.

Once that pesky thing went away a couple of decades ago, everything Russian is just fine and dandy.

[Irish_Dem]

2. Trump doesn't care if he is killing people with his comments.