President Donald Trump privately admired Ukraine’s drone attack on a fleet of Russian warplanes last weekend, telling confidants it was “strong” and “badass,” Axios reported Thursday.

However, given his conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the aftermath, Trump was concerned that the remote attacks on Russian air bases will make it more difficult to reach a ceasefire between the warring countries, according to the report.

“We want this war to end. We want it to deescalate. So if Putin goes crazy in response, yeah, the president has concerns,” one source told Axios.

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