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Trump Warns Putin He’s “Playing with Fire” as Medvedev Threatens World War III

Persistent Russian drone and missile strikes in Ukraine have triggered US sanctions demands, spurring Zelenskyy’s call for a Trump-Putin-Ukraine summit.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks to the media during a press briefing after his phone talks with the US president, in Kyiv, on May 19, 2025, amid the Russian invasion on Ukraine.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a briefing in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Overview

  • President Trump posted on Truth Social that Putin is “playing with fire” and warned “really bad things” would have happened to Russia without his intervention.
  • Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev responded on X by warning that the only “REALLY BAD” outcome would be World War III, drawing criticism from US envoy Keith Kellogg as reckless.
  • Russia launched its largest aerial assault since the invasion began, deploying over 900 drones and missiles and capturing multiple villages in Ukraine’s Sumy border region.
  • The US and European allies have demanded an immediate, unconditional ceasefire and are considering tougher sanctions targeting Russia’s banking and energy sectors.
  • Volodymyr Zelenskyy proposed a trilateral summit with Trump and Putin to press Moscow to halt its offensive and submitted a peace memorandum request that Russia has yet to fulfill.