WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s White House is now “bothsidesing” – literally – Russia’s bloody and ongoing attacks on Ukraine.

In one of her periodic briefings, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Thursday essentially equated dictator Vladimir Putin’s near-nightly slaughter of Ukrainian civilians in their homes with Ukraine’s retaliatory strikes against Russia’s oil production infrastructure.

“Perhaps both sides of this war are not ready to end it themselves,” she said.

Leavitt had been asked whether Trump had a response to Russia’s massive attack Wednesday night, using hundreds of drones and missiles, on residential areas of Kyiv, which killed some 20 civilians, including children.

By mid-afternoon, Trump’s lack of a statement condemning Putin stood in stark con

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