Moscow to decide 'how and when' to respond to Ukraine attack on airbases: Kremlin

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a gathering with members of the authorities via video nexus astatine the Novo-Ogaryovo authorities residence extracurricular Moscow, Russia June 4, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters

Moscow volition determine "how and when" to respond to Ukraine's attacks connected its airbases, the Kremlin said Thursday, confirming that Russian President Vladimir Putin told his US counterpart Donald Trump that Russia would retaliate.

Kyiv's play strikes connected Russian airfields heavy wrong Russia destroyed nuclear-capable craft and infuriated Moscow.

"As and erstwhile our subject deems it appropriate," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said erstwhile asked what Moscow's effect would be.

The planes were parked astatine aerial fields heavy wrong Russian territory, including successful Siberia.

After a telephone telephone with Putin connected Wednesday, Trump said connected societal media: "President Putin did say, and precise strongly, that helium volition person to respond to the caller onslaught connected the airfields."

Putin has repeatedly rejected a 30-day ceasefire successful Ukraine and connected Wednesday said that Kyiv would usage it to rearm and mobilise.

Trump's efforts to extremity the much than three-year struggle successful Ukraine person truthful acold yielded fewer results.

The Kremlin said that Putin and Trump did not hold connected a clip to conscionable during their telephone speech but that "there is an knowing that a gathering is necessary."

Ukrainian person Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly called for talks with Putin, but the longtime Russian person said Wednesday: "What tin we speech astir with terrorists?".

Published - June 06, 2025 04:28 americium IST