TRUMP: THEY GAVE PUTIN A REASON TO BOMB THE HELL OUT OF THEM’: As is President Donald Trump’s habit, when Ukraine takes action to strike back at Russia, Trump finds a way to accuse Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of undermining peace efforts by provoking the Russians.

US President Donald Trump has suggested that Ukraine itself provoked the Russian strikes by conducting Operation Spider's Web. Source: Trump speaking to journalists on board Air Force One Details: Responding to a journalist's question about whether Operation Spider's Web had changed his view of what advantages Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy holds,

Well, they gave Putin a reason to step in and wipe them out last night. That’s what I didn’t like about it. When I saw it — the strikes on Russian airfields — I said, ‘Here it goes, now there will be a strike,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine is ready for a ceasefire if Russia halts its attacks, accusing Vladimir Putin of seeking Ukraine’s “total defeat.” Zelensky urged the US to lead peace efforts,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejected President Donald Trump’s idea that Russia and Ukraine are like kids at the playground who would be better off fighting for a while before being pulled apart.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian officials understand Russian leader Vladimir Putin “much better” than President Trump, who has repeatedly said Putin wants peace, even as he rejects U.