Putin ignores Trump’s ‘Vladimir stop’ demand by launching lethal kamikaze drones

Putin has ignored President Donald Trump’s pleas to stop attacking Ukraine and launched lethal kamikaze drones killing three.

The Russian president used the drones to strike Kharkiv, triggering explosions and fires.

It came as Trump pleaded ‘Vladimir stop’ on Truth Social after the Kremlin launched a deadly attack on Kyiv killing at least 10 people.

Trump wrote: ‘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 get the Peace Deal DONE!’

In Pavlohrad overnight, three people were killed, including a child and a woman pensioner aged 76.

Eight more were wounded, with six hospitalised, as an apartment building was hit in the relentless terror strikes evidently aimed at intimidating civilians. 

Another four died and six were wounded in Russian shelling of Donetsk and Kherson regions.

‘In Pavlohrad, according to updated data, two people died,’ said head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional military administration, Serhiy Lysak.

‘Six injured people were hospitalised. One patient is in a serious condition….two more people were provided with medical assistance on the spot. Among them is a 15-year-old girl.’

Later it emerged a child had also died in Putin’s terror strike.

The latest bloodshed came hours after Trump issued a rare ‘Stop, Vladimir!’ censure after which the White House leader was asked: ‘You told Putin to stop the attacks – do you think he will listen to you?’

Trump replied: ‘I’m confident.’

His comments came after one of the dealiest attacks since the war began hit Kyiv.

At least 10 people were killed and more than 70 wounded in the missile attacks with apartment blocks and homes hit. 

Six children and a pregnant woman were also rushed to hospital in the deadly assault.

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