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Posted on July 9, 2025
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Add as preferred source on GoogleThe Kremlin remains calm regarding Trump's criticism of Putin over Ukraine, focusing on repairing US-Russia relations despite potential sanctions.
MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin, asked on Wednesday about U.S. President Donald Trump's criticism of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said that Moscow was "calm" regarding the criticism, and that it would continue to try to fix a "broken" U.S.-Russia relationship.
In a call with reporters, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: "We are quite calm about this."
"We expect to continue our dialogue with Washington and our line on repairing the rather broken bilateral relations," he added.
Trump said on Tuesday he had approved sending U.S. defensive weapons to Ukraine and was considering additional sanctions on Moscow, underscoring his frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Trump pledged as a presidential candidate to end the war within a day but has not been able to follow through on that promise and efforts by his administration to broker peace have come up short.
Peskov said that Trump had come to an understanding that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine would not be easy to resolve.
He said: "We also heard a very important statement by Trump that the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict turned out to be much more difficult than he thought from the very beginning."
(Reporting by Dmitry Antonov, Writing by Felix Light; editing by Guy Faulconbridge and Gleb Bryanski)
The Kremlin stated that it is 'calm' regarding Trump's criticism of Putin and expects to continue dialogue with Washington.
Trump mentioned that he approved sending U.S. defensive weapons to Ukraine and is considering additional sanctions on Moscow.
Peskov noted that Trump has come to understand that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is more difficult to resolve than initially thought.
Trump had pledged as a presidential candidate to end the war within a day, but he has not been able to fulfill that promise.
The Kremlin expects to continue its dialogue with Washington and aims to repair the currently strained bilateral relations.
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