US President Donald Trump says Russia’s Vladimir Putin is ‘enjoying with hearth’ and Russia has up to now been shielded from ‘actually unhealthy issues’.
A senior Moscow safety official has rebuked United States President Donald Trump and raised the hazard of one other world warfare breaking out after Trump mentioned Russian chief Vladimir Putin was “enjoying with hearth” by refusing to have interaction in Ukraine ceasefire talks with Kyiv.
Dmitry Medvedev mentioned World Warfare III was the one “REALLY BAD factor” in a response, late on Tuesday, to Trump, who had earlier posted a message to Putin on social media saying that “actually unhealthy issues would have already occurred in Russia” with out his intervention.
“What Vladimir Putin doesn’t realise is that if it weren’t for me, a lot of actually unhealthy issues would have already occurred in Russia, and I imply REALLY BAD. He’s enjoying with hearth,” Trump mentioned in a publish on his platform Fact Social.
Medvedev responded on the platform X: “Concerning Trump’s phrases about Putin ‘enjoying with hearth’ and ‘actually unhealthy issues’ occurring to Russia. I solely know of 1 REALLY BAD factor — WWIII.”
“I hope Trump understands this!”
Concerning Trump’s phrases about Putin “enjoying with hearth” and “actually unhealthy issues” occurring to Russia. I solely know of 1 REALLY BAD factor — WWIII.
I hope Trump understands this!— Dmitry Medvedev (@MedvedevRussiaE) Could 27, 2025
At the moment the deputy chairman of Russia’s Safety Council and a key Putin ally, Medvedev served because the Russian president between 2008 and 2012, and is understood for his sabre-rattling feedback.
He has repeatedly warned all through the course of Russia’s warfare on Ukraine that Moscow might use its nuclear arsenal.
Putin additionally raised the potential for nuclear confrontation in a state of the nation deal with in March 2024, warning Western powers of Russia’s nuclear capabilities ought to any resolve to deploy troops in assist of Ukraine.
“All the pieces that the West comes up with creates the actual menace of a battle with the usage of nuclear weapons, and thus the destruction of civilisation,” Putin mentioned on the time.
Medvedev’s public rebuke of Trump additionally comes after the US president mentioned in a publish on Sunday that Putin had “gone completely CRAZY” by finishing up in depth aerial assaults on Ukraine regardless of widespread requires a ceasefire and Washington’s pissed off makes an attempt to dealer a peace accord.
“I’ve at all times had an excellent relationship with Vladimir Putin of Russia, however one thing has occurred to him,” Trump posted on Sunday.
Trump additionally instructed reporters he was contemplating new sanctions on Russia amid the deadlock in ceasefire talks.
The confrontation on social media comes as hopes for a swift finish to Russia’s warfare on its neighbour dim. Kyiv suffered one other battlefield setback on Tuesday, with Russian forces capturing 4 villages in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy area.
Sumy Governor Oleh Hryhorov wrote on Fb that the villages of Novenke, Basivka, Veselivka and Zhuravka had been occupied by Russia, though residents had lengthy been evacuated.
Russia’s Ministry of Defence mentioned on Monday that it had additionally taken the close by village of Bilovody, implying an extra advance into Ukrainian territory, because the greater than three-year warfare grinds on.
Ukrainian officers have mentioned for weeks that Russian troops are attempting to make inroads into the Sumy area, the principle metropolis of which lies lower than 30km (19 miles) from the border with Russia.
Russian forces, attacking in small teams on bikes and supported by aerial drones, have been widening the world the place they’ve been finishing up assaults on the entrance line, a spokesperson for Ukraine’s border guard service mentioned.
Ukrainian forces final yr used the Sumy area as a launchpad to push into Russia’s neighbouring Kursk area, the place they captured an unlimited space of territory earlier than being pushed out by Russian forces final month.
