The Kremlin on Tuesday warned Russians against being carried away by what the administration of the US President Donald Trump is doing concerning Ukraine.......CONTINUE READING THE ARTICLE FROM THE SOURCE>>>>>
The Russian government told the citizens to always prepare for the worst.
It could be recalled that the US has paused military aid to Ukraine and put some intelligence sharing on hold after Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy clashed in the Oval Office last month, and Moscow’s forces have since had significant success in pushing Ukrainian forces out of Russia’s western Kursk region.
Senior Russian politicians reacted with glee to what they saw as Zelenskyy’s White House humiliation, stressing that the Ukrainian leader got what he deserved in an encounter seen as helpful to Moscow at a time when it is working to build ties with Trump’s new administration while trying to discredit Zelenskyy.
Trump adviser Elon Musk also caused a stir in Russia on Sunday by saying on X that the entire Ukrainian frontline would collapse if he turned off his Starlink communications terminals, even though he later said it was something he would never do.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov spoke at Moscow’s Higher School of Economics on Tuesday, delivering a reality check to Russians excited by Trump’s apparently friendlier behaviour towards Russia, which has completely upended the policy of the previous US administration.
“Don’t rush to put on rose-tinted spectacles. We always need to hope for the best but be prepared for the worst. And we must always be ready to defend our interests,” Peskov said.
The warning came as US and Ukrainian officials held talks in Saudi Arabia that are partly designed to determine whether Ukraine is willing to make material concessions to Russia to end the war.
If the talks go well, Kyiv hopes Trump may resume military aid and full intelligence sharing.
