Putin mocks Trump with new strikes on Ukraine after Zelensky failed to win promise on Tomahawk missi

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Putin mocks Trump with new strikes on Ukraine after Zelensky failed to win promise on Tomahawk missiles from US president

Daily Mail
By SABRINA PENTY
18 October 2025



Vladimir Putin made new brutal strikes on Ukraine despite telling Donald Trump he wants to 'end the war', while the US president rejected Volodymyr Zelensky's demands for American missiles.

Russian explosions rocked the regions of Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Poltava, and Zaporizhzhia overnight.

The Ukrainian navy was forced to destroy a Russian marine drone that was 'threatening civilian shipping', with impressive footage capturing the moment it was detonated.

Russia's overnight strikes across Ukraine triggered a fire at a civilian food warehouse in the Poltava region, and destroyed residential and administrative buildings.

Putin's latest attack comes after Trump on Friday refused Ukraine's demands for Tomahawk missiles in a tense meeting in Washington between the US president and Zelensky.

Trump expressed hopes to resolve the war 'without thinking about Tomahawks'.

'We need Tomahawks. One reason we want this war over is because it's not easy for us to keep sending massive weapons,' he said, citing the need to preserve US military readiness.

In response, Zelensky proposed a mutual production deal: US missiles for Ukrainian drones — a capability-sharing agreement to strengthen both countries' defense industries.

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[BobfromWB]

Putin mocks Trump with new strikes on Ukraine after Zelensky failed to win promise on Tomahawk missiles from US President who wholeheartedly concurred with Putin's quabash on sending Tomahawks.

47 issues statement of disappointment with best bro, Putin on the new strikes with air-burst drones. Putin promises to investigate and get to the bottom of the errant military behavior. 47 congratulates Putin in his acumen and investigation. Putin promises to serve 47 more of his gourmet borscht when they meet with Putin supporter, Orban, in Hungry.

[MeganC]

Death to Russia. Enough is enough! 

[libertybele]

Death to Russia. Enough is enough! 

...and how exactly do you propose to accomplish that?  Nuke Russia??  Wipe out an entire country and population???  Kidnap Putin?  Seriously ..... reality needs to set in here.

[Kamaji]

...and how exactly do you propose to accomplish that?  Nuke Russia??  Wipe out an entire country and population???  Kidnap Putin?  Seriously ..... reality needs to set in here.

Give Ukraine the ability to destroy by drone strike every Russian oil refinery and oil field.

[libertybele]

Give Ukraine the ability to destroy by drone strike every Russian oil refinery and oil field.

IIRC we already gave Ukraine drones .... so here we sit, yet we continue to enable Ukraine ... and we continue to sit.

[Kamaji]

IIRC we already gave Ukraine drones .... so here we sit, yet we continue to enable Ukraine ... and we continue to sit.

So, what is the price of your freedom?  Given your performance here, I imagine it's rather cheap.  Shouldn't cost more than a few bucks to turn you into a "good German".

[BobfromWB]

IIRC we already gave Ukraine drones .... so here we sit, yet we continue to enable Ukraine ... and we continue to sit.

The drones we gave them were unsuited for that battlefield; they were too few, too complicated to use, on top of that, they were ineffective.

Your thesis seems to be surrender to Russia because Ukrainian freedom is A. none of our business, or B. too expensive, or C. both.

[libertybele]

The drones we gave them were unsuited for that battlefield; they were too few, too complicated to use, on top of that, they were ineffective.

Your thesis seems to be surrender to Russia because Ukrainian freedom is A. none of our business, or B. too expensive, or C. both.

I have NOT said anything about surrendering.  Not once, nor implied.  Zelenskyy has been given a lot of assistance from the U.S. and Putin continues ....   how long now have we fueled this war?

[MeganC]

I have NOT said anything about surrendering.  Not once, nor implied.  Zelenskyy has been given a lot of assistance from the U.S. and Putin continues ....   how long now have we fueled this war?

Dammit, WE have not fueled this war!!! The goddamned Russians are fueling this war!!!!

[Kamaji]

I have NOT said anything about surrendering.  Not once, nor implied.  Zelenskyy has been given a lot of assistance from the U.S. and Putin continues ....   how long now have we fueled this war?

Yes, you have.

And we haven't fueled the war, the Russians have.

Wow.  Two lies in one post.

[BobfromWB]

I have NOT said anything about surrendering.  Not once, nor implied.  Zelenskyy has been given a lot of assistance from the U.S. and Putin continues ....   how long now have we fueled this war?

Then you should reread what you wrote for the implied messages in it. How long does it take to vanquish an invader bent on taking all of Europe? Should we wait until Putin swallows the Baltics? Or what?

But that is kind of beside the point now, as 47 is now trying to force Ukraine to surrender to Russia, after he drank the KoolAid Putin served him in The Phone Call.