Russia has increased its attacks on Ukraine in recent weeks, despite a successful prisoner swap last week.
Trump, once an admirer of Putin, has criticized the Russian president amid these attacks, calling him “CRAZY” and saying he is “playing with fire.”
When questioned about not imposing new sanctions on Russia, Trump stated: “If I think I’m close to getting a deal, I don’t want to screw it up by doing that. I’m a lot tougher than the people you’re talking about, but you have to know when to use that.”
“If I think it’s going to hurt a deal — this isn’t my war, this is Biden’s war, Zelenskyy’s war, Putin’s war. This isn’t Trump’s war.”
Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers killed on both sides.
Earlier Wednesday, the U.N. concluded that Russia has systematically committed war crimes against civilians in Ukraine’s Kherson region.
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