Donald Trump warned that American troops could become involved in Russia’s war on Ukraine if the conflict “escalates to WW3”. The US President issued the warning on Fox News on Tuesday, just hours after he spoke on the phone to Vladimir Putin for about 90 minutes. After the call, Putin agreed to stop attacking Ukrainian energy facilities and infrastructure for 30 days, but hours later, Russian forces launched a widespread attack on Ukraine, striking infrastructure and hospitals.

Ukraine also appeared to have targeted the Kavkazskaya oil facility in Krasnodar, Russia. Images show the plant up in flames, with huge columns of smoke billowing from the facility. Just hours before both sides appeared to ignore pledges of a partial ceasefire, Trump issued his warning. He said: ” We want to get [the war] over with… Right now, you have a lot of guns pointing at each other and a ceasefire without going a little bit further would have been tough.” The US President added: “Look, we’re doing this – there are no Americans involved. There could be if you end up in World War III over this, which is so ridiculous. But, you know, strange things happen.”

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