President Donald Trump’s threats to heavily arm Moscow to end its war in Ukraine have been frowned upon by some Russian politicians and nationalists who say his strategy is bad for a deal. is
Trump said on Wednesday he would likely impose new sanctions, taxes and tariffs on Russia, whose economy he says is failing, and Moscow’s allies, unless President Vladimir Putin defuses the conflict. For “soon” do not contract with them.
In an apparent attempt to balance his threat with praise, Trump spoke of the need to never forget that Russia helped the United States win World War II and falsely said that the then-Soviet The Union lost 60 million people in the conflict, compared to 26.6 million according to Russian officials.
Putin and Trump have yet to speak on the phone since his inauguration and, with relations with the new administration at an early stage, the Kremlin dismissed Trump’s threat as “no one in particular here.” No new elements appeared.”
“We carefully record all the nuances,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. To communicate.
Peskov took issue with Trump’s statement about World War II, saying it was the Soviet Union that played the biggest role in the victory over Nazi Germany. He also pointed out Trump’s mistake on the number of people killed in the war.
Others spoke more bluntly, saying what they attributed to Trump’s tough attitude toward Russia made a peace deal less likely.
Konstantin Kosachev, deputy chairman of Russia’s upper house of parliament, noted that Trump did not make any demands on Ukraine in the same post on Truth Social.
“This confirms that their level of understanding of the causes, current state and prospects for resolving the Ukrainian crisis is almost at the same level as the course of World War II,” Kosachev said in a statement. And he had an understanding of the consequences.” “That is to say, less than a skirting board, which cannot but cause regret and concern.”
Influential war bloggers read by millions of Russians and licensed by the authorities expressed outrage.
One of them, Voenkor Kotonok, said Trump’s statement was “insulting, arrogant and self-satisfied”. Another war correspondent, Alexander Coates, speculated that the Middle East ceasefire had given Trump a false sense of omnipotence.
“Russia is not the Gaza Strip. And opening a dialogue with an ultimatum is not the most short-sighted move by a leader who claims to be a peacemaker. Moscow will never agree to any compromise negotiated through blackmail and threats.” Will not agree to contract,” Coates wrote.
Former Kremlin adviser Sergei Markov said Trump’s actions so far showed he would not be able to bring peace to Ukraine, while Vladimir Solovyov, host of a high-profile state media talk show, said Trump’s threats It turns out that they are enemies.
“Is this any way to talk to Great Russia?” An exasperated Solovyov told his audience.
Abbas Gilyamov, a former Putin speechwriter now designated a “foreign agent” by Russia, was among those who said he thought Trump’s strong-arm approach could backfire. Yes, this is a reference to the belief that Putin does not like to do anything under public pressure. Can be interpreted as a sign of weakness.
“Trump could afford to take his time (on Ukraine), but he has decided not to drag things out and is slowly starting to apply pressure (on Russia),” Galiamov wrote on his blog. wrote on his blog.
“There is a danger that Putin will back down and become a stalemate.”
