NHL legend slams Trump as Russia is blamed for deadly missile attack on Kyiv

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NHL legend Dominik Hasek ripped President Donald Trump on social media on Thursday after Ukrainian authorities said a Russian missile attack had left several dead and dozens of others injured.

Russia struck Kyiv with drone and ballistic missiles overnight Thursday, according to the Kyiv City Military Administration. The attack, which began around 1 a.m. local time, hit at least five neighborhoods in Kyiv. In Sviatoshynkskyi district, a fire broke out in a residential building that was damaged in the attack, officials said. More fires were reported in the Shevchenkivsky and Holosiivskyi districts.

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A Ukrainian serviceman carries a dog out of a house damaged by a Russian airstrike in a residential neighborhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, April 24, 2025.  (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

The legendary goaltender used the opportunity to slam Trump.

"Tonight, Russia killed at least 9 people and injured 63 in Ukraine again. And at the same time, the Am. president (Donald Trump) is unable to condemn these terrible crimes," Hasek wrote on X. "He is unable to do everything to ensure that the greatest criminal of our time, Putin, is tried for his terrible crimes. He is unable to negotiate the high thousands of billions of Euros that Russia must pay Ukraine for all the terrible things it has done to Ukraine and its people. 

"Instead, Trump is criticizing the Ukrainian leader and the leader of the democratic world Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is defending his country and does not want to give parts of it, such as