The Kremlin countered that the Russian economic system was steady, regardless of issues in some sectors attributable to sanctions
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The Kremlin on Wednesday (September 24, 2025) rejected the central arguments for United States President Donald Trump’s rhetorical U-turn on the war in Ukraine, as nationalists and political insiders reacted with a mix of defiance and mockery. Trump on Tuesday mentioned he believed Ukraine may retake all its land managed by Russia and that Kyiv ought to act now with Moscow going through “huge” financial issues, in a sudden and placing rhetorical shift in Ukraine’s favour.
The Kremlin countered that the Russian economic system was steady, regardless of some issues attributable to 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.
“So far as we perceive, President Trump’s statements had been made after speaking with (Ukrainian President) Zelenskyy and, apparently, below 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 instructed reporters.
“The truth that Ukraine is being inspired in each doable strategy 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 converse for themselves,” he mentioned.
Although Russia has continued to grind forwards in lots of areas, it has not made a serious breakthrough in Ukraine for a while.
Russia rejects Trump’s ‘paper tiger’ remark
“Russia isn’t a tiger however is extra related to a bear,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov mentioned in an interview with the RBC radio station, after Trump referred to as Russia a “paper tiger.”
“Paper bears do not exist.” Although 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 fingers of the battle 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 reasonably positioned the onus squarely on Ukraine itself and the European Union.
“Sure, Trump immediately instructed the world about his love for Ukraine. He hoped it might ‘regain the territories it had in 1991 and, who is aware of, perhaps even go additional,” mentioned Konstantin Malofeyev, an ultra-nationalist tycoon and political influencer.
“However the primary level… is that the U.S. is washing its fingers of the matter. The European Union can pay for the whole lot. To place it much more merely: Trump has despatched Ukraine to combat in opposition to Russia alongside Europe whereas shopping for weapons from the U.S.”
Overseas 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 Overseas Minister Sergei Lavrov would maintain talks with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a while 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 army 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 referred to as a properly thought-out technique.
“We’re going ahead very fastidiously to minimise losses and in order to not 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’s troublesome to think about somebody like him nonetheless in workplace as president of an incredible energy,” Mr. Rogozin wrote on Telegram.
Margarita Simonyan, considered one of Russia’s prime state media executives, likened Mr. Trump to a tarot card reader promising his consumer—Ukraine— the unimaginable when he spoke of Kyiv with the ability to retake territory.
“Trump debuts because the tarot card reader telling the thrice-divorced woman that she goes to fulfill that billionaire prince in spite of everything, so long as she buys the magic crystals,” Ms. Simonyan wrote on X.
Printed – September 24, 2025 04:55 pm IST
