President Donald Trump Donald Trump has claimed Ukraine gave Vladimir Putin “a reason to go in and bomb the hell” out of the beleaguered country this week.After enduring more than three years of Russian bombings, an invasion and the occupation of 18% of its territory, Ukraine managed to strike deep within its opponents’ land last weekend.Known as Operation Spiderweb, Kyiv used drones to target Russian air bases in a game-changing moment for the war, damaging 41 planes in total.Putin then retaliated by launching a mass missile and drone attack against Ukraine overnight on June 6.According to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, 80 people were injured and four killed, including first responders.The US president appeared to justify that deadly Russian strike when speaking to reporters on Air Force One on Friday, clearly overlooking that Putin starting the war in February 2022 by invading the country.He said: “They [Ukraine] gave Putin a reason to go in and bomb the hell out of them last night.“