The Kremlin countered that the Russian financial system was steady, regardless of some issues brought on by sanctions, and that Russian forces’ sluggish however regular advance in Ukraine was a part of a deliberate technique, with Kyiv, not Moscow, on the again foot.
“As far as we perceive, President Trump’s statements had been made after speaking with (Ukrainian President) Zelenskyy and, apparently, underneath the affect of a imaginative and prescient set out by Zelenskyy. This imaginative and prescient contrasts sharply with our understanding of the present state of affairs,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov advised reporters.
“The undeniable fact that Ukraine is being inspired in each doable option to proceed hostilities and the argument that Ukraine can win one thing again is, in our view, a mistaken argument… The dynamics on the entrance strains communicate for themselves,” he mentioned.
Though Russia has continued to grind forwards in lots of areas, it has not made a significant breakthrough in Ukraine for a while.
Russia rejects Trump’s ‘paper tiger’ remark
“Russia shouldn’t be a tiger however is extra related to a bear,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov mentioned in an interview with the RBC radio station, after Trump known as Russia a “paper tiger.”
“Paper bears don’t exist.” Though angered by what they noticed as Trump’s insulting rhetoric, Russian nationalists and political insiders interpreted his flip-flop as an indication that he was washing his arms of the warfare in Ukraine after his unsuccessful and unrealistic makes an attempt to dealer a fast peace deal.
They famous that he had not promised any extra U.S. assist to Kyiv, however fairly positioned the onus squarely on Ukraine itself and the European Union.
“Yes, Trump suddenly told the world about his love for Ukraine. He hoped it would ‘regain the territories it had in 1991 and, who knows, maybe even go further,” mentioned Konstantin Malofeyev, an ultra-nationalist tycoon and political influencer.
“But the main point… is that the U.S. is washing its hands of the matter. The European Union will pay for everything. To put it even more simply: Trump has sent Ukraine to fight against Russia alongside Europe while buying weapons from the U.S.”
Foreign Minister to set out Russia’s stance
Mr. Peskov, the Kremlin spokesperson, acknowledged the shift in Trump’s rhetoric in favour of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, whom Trump met on Tuesday (September 23), however mentioned that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov would maintain talks with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio afterward Wednesday (September 24) and set out Russia’s stance.
Mr. Peskov mentioned there have been no issues with macro-economic stability and rejected Trump’s criticism of the Russian navy after the U.S. President mentioned Moscow had been combating “aimlessly” in Ukraine.
Russia’s incremental advances in Ukraine had been the results of what he known as a nicely thought-out technique.
“We are going forward very carefully to minimise losses and so as not to destroy our offensive potential,” mentioned Mr. Peskov.
Dmitry Rogozin, a senator who has fought in Ukraine, mentioned Trump was attempting to fire up bother.
“His rhetoric is so undignified that it is difficult to imagine someone like him still in office as president of a great power,” Mr. Rogozin wrote on Telegram.
Margarita Simonyan, one among Russia’s high state media executives, likened Mr. Trump to a tarot card reader promising his consumer—Ukraine— the unattainable when he spoke of Kyiv with the ability to retake territory.
“Trump debuts as the tarot card reader telling the thrice-divorced lady that she is going to meet that billionaire prince after all, as long as she buys the magic crystals,” Ms. Simonyan wrote on X.








