Putin to avenge destruction of Russian warplanes by Ukraine warns Donald Trump | BBC News

Vladimir Putin said he would respond very strongly to Ukraine’s drone attack on Russian airbases, while U.S. President Donald Trump warned that the recent phone call with the Russian leader would not lead to immediate peace. Putin told Trump that Ukraine had disrupted negotiations and that the Kyiv government had essentially become a terrorist organization. Trump noted that the U.S. was not warned in advance of the attack and that a two‑week deadline had been set for Putin, threatening a change in U.S. policy if peace efforts were not pursued. The conversation followed a failed second round of direct peace talks in Istanbul, where Russia rejected an unconditional ceasefire and the parties agreed only to swap more prisoners of war.