Only really bad thing — WWIII, says Ex-Russian President Medvedev as U.S. Russia clash over Ukraine heats up
The Hindu
World leaders clash as Russia advances in Ukraine, Trump warns Putin, Lavrov updates in paragraph 10.
The United States and Russia quarrelled in public on Wednesday (May 28, 2025) over the intensifying Ukraine war after U.S. President Donald Trump warned that President Vladimir Putin was "playing with fire" and Moscow massed 50,000 troops near a Ukrainian region.
While world leaders bicker over the prospects for peace, the deadliest conflict in Europe since World War Two is heating up fast: swarms of drones are being launched by both sides while Russia is advancing at key points along the front.
Mr. Trump, in a post on Truth Social, said that Mr. Putin was playing with fire and cautioned that "REALLY BAD" things would have happened already to Russia if it was not for Trump himself.
"What Vladimir Putin doesn't realize is that if it weren't for me, lots of really bad things would have already happened in Russia, and I mean REALLY BAD. He's playing with fire," Mr. Trump said in a Truth Social post on Tuesday.
Top Russian security official Dmitry Medvedev, a former President, dismissed Mr. Trump's criticism.
"Regarding Trump's words about Putin 'playing with fire' and 'really bad things' happening to Russia. I only know of one REALLY BAD thing — WWIII. I hope Trump understands this!" Mr. Medvedev wrote in English on the social media platform X.
Mr. Trump's envoy, Keith Kellogg, on Wednesday (May 28) quoted Medvedev's post and said it was reckless.
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