US President Donald Trump on Monday vowed to eradicate any build-up of Iranian weapons, months after US and Israeli airstrikes on Tehran's nuclear sites.
"I hope they're not trying to build up again because if they are, we're going have no choice but very quickly to eradicate that buildup," Trump told a joint news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Florida.
The US president also criticised an alleged Ukrainian drone attack on Russian leader Vladimir Putin's residence — which Kyiv denies — saying it was "not the right time," amid talks to end Moscow's invasion.
"You know who told me about it? President Putin, early in the morning, he said he was attacked. It's no good," Trump told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, adding that he was "very angry about it."
"It's a delicate period of time. This is not the right time. It's one thing to be offensive because they're offensive. It's another thing to attack his house. It's not the right time to do any of that."
Russia accused Ukraine of having fired dozens of drones at one of President Vladimir Putin's homes, an accusation that Ukraine called a "lie" aimed at undermining US-led efforts to end the war.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who does not typically announce drone strikes, said Ukraine had fired "91 long-range unmanned aerial vehicles" at Putin's residence in the Novgorod region between late Sunday and early Monday, all of which were shot down.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who met Trump on Sunday for talks on ending the war, called Russia's claim "a complete fabrication" designed to derail the peace process and suggested Moscow was preparing to intensify its bombardment of Ukraine.
Trump's statement came at a time when he is hosting Netanyahu in Florida for crucial talks on moving to the next stage of the fragile Gaza truce plan.
Trump played down reports of tensions with Netanyahu, saying that "he can be very difficult" but that Israel "might not exist" without his leadership following Hamas's October 7, 2023, attacks.
