Trump's comments in this week's infamous interview with Politico - in which the US president called European leaders "weak" and claimed that Russia has the upper hand in the war - were "very important", the Russian power headquarters Kremlin spokesman told reporters on Wednesday.
In many ways, in terms of NATO membership, territories and how Ukraine is losing land, it is in line with our view, says Dmitry Peskov.
“Got an answer”
Trump is also praised by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, reports the Ansa news agency. In the upper house of the Russian parliament, the Federation Council, Lavrov claims that Trump is “the only Western leader” who understands war.
(...) Immediately after taking office in January, he began to show understanding for the reasons that made the war in Ukraine inevitable, he says.
The Foreign Minister also claims that Russia does not want war with Europe, but that Moscow is ready to respond if the EU sends forces to Ukraine or decides to use frozen Russian state assets to help Ukraine.
"We already have a clear answer," Lavrov said, according to the EFE news agency.
Submitting peace proposals
The two major stumbling blocks in the ongoing peace negotiations have long been the issues of land and security guarantees for Ukraine.
Kiev has expressed reluctance to parts of the peace proposal presented by the White House, and on Tuesday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that he had developed an updated draft together with allies in Europe.
"I think we will hand it over tomorrow (Wednesday)," the Ukrainian president said after a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome.
