Trump Admonishes Putin Over Airstrikes On Kyiv: ‘Vladimir, STOP!’

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he is “not happy” with Russia’s major missile and drone attack on Kyiv, Ukraine, adding that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s latest offensive was “not necessary and very bad timing.”

Russia hammered the Ukrainian capital early Thursday morning, killing at least eight people and wounding around 70 more, NBC News reported. The attack was the deadliest bombing on Ukraine since last summer and comes as the Trump administration struggles to negotiate a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine and end a war that has entered its fourth year.

“I am not happy with the Russian strikes on KYIV. Not necessary, and very bad timing. Vladimir, STOP! 5000 soldiers a week are dying. Lets [sic] get the Peace Deal DONE!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

Russia fired more than 70 missiles at Kyiv, 48 of which were shot down by Ukraine’s missile defense system. Kyiv was also attacked by 140 drones in the overnight bombing and shot down 64 of them, according to the Ukrainian Air Force. Six children and a pregnant woman were among the wounded.

“The search is continuing for people under rubble. … Mobile telephones are heard ringing beneath rubble. The search will continue until it becomes clear that they have got everyone,” the State Emergency Service wrote on Telegram, according to Reuters.

Trump Special Envoy Steve Witkoff is supposed to meet with Putin in Moscow this week, and it’s unclear if Russia’s attack on Kyiv will change those plans. Top Trump administration officials, including Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, have warned that the United States will walk away from negotiations with Ukraine and Russia if progress on the peace talks isn’t made soon.

After Russia’s attack on Kyiv, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said that the “brutal strikes show that Russia, not Ukraine, is the obstacle to peace.”

“Moscow, not Kyiv, is where pressure should be applied,” Sybiha added.

Trump has grown increasingly frustrated with both Putin and Zelensky, and earlier this week, he blasted Zelensky again after the Ukrainian president said his country would never recognize Russia’s occupation of Crimea. Trump called Zelensky’s comment “very harmful to the Peace Negotiations with Russia,” adding that “Crimea was lost years ago under the auspices of President Barack Hussein Obama, and is not even a point of discussion.”

The president then blasted Zelensky, saying he continues to make “inflammatory statements” that make it “difficult to settle this War.”

“He can have Peace or, he can fight for another three years before losing the whole Country,” Trump continued. “I have nothing to do with Russia, but have much to do with wanting to save, on average, five thousand Russian and Ukrainian soldiers a week, who are dying for no reason whatsoever.”

Earlier this week, The Daily Wire’s Ben Shapiro traveled to war-torn Kyiv for an exclusive 60-minute, face-to-face interview with Zelensky, which will be released in two parts on the Ben Shapiro Show on Thursday and Friday.

Speaking in front of the Saint Sophia Cathedral, Shapiro questioned Zelensky on several topics, including his tense March meeting with President Trump, the substantial amount of American taxpayer money Ukraine is receiving, and prospects for peace with Russia.