President Vladimir Putin has concluded that military escalation is the best way to force Ukraine into talks on his terms and that Donald Trump is unlikely to do much to bolster Kyiv’s defenses, according to people close to the Kremlin.
Russian forces have already stepped up their attacks on military and civilian targets in Ukraine since the two leaders met in Anchorage last month and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy rejected Putin’s demand to give up more territory in eastern Ukraine. Putin intends to continue targeting Kyiv’s energy network and other infrastructure, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing sensitive information.
The talks in Alaska left Putin convinced that Trump has no interest in intervening in the conflict, they added.
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*From Bloomberg News*
President Vladimir Putin has concluded that military escalation is the best way to force Ukraine into talks on his terms and that Donald Trump is unlikely to do much to bolster Kyiv’s defenses, according to people close to the Kremlin.
Russian forces have already stepped up their attacks on military and civilian targets in Ukraine since the two leaders met in Anchorage last month and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy rejected Putin’s demand to give up more territory in eastern Ukraine. Putin intends to continue targeting Kyiv’s energy network and other infrastructure, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing sensitive information.
The talks in Alaska left Putin convinced that Trump has no interest in intervening in the conflict, they added.
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That’s because Trump has been ordered not to intervene
Hasn’t that been the case since Trump took office?
Because Trump won’t care
Agent Krasnov does what he is told, so yes .
I’ve said it before, but Putin could decide to attack US soil and Trump wouldn’t do anything.
On the other hand, Trump won’t force Ukraine to stop attacks on Russia’s oil refineries.
In fairness Trump may have directly told him that is the case
I’ll save you the read. The author is stating the obvious.
TACO TACO TACO 🌮
TACO strikes again!
Putin is eating his lunch. And now NATO hates the U. S.
Does anyone know what year this war started? Who was president during that time and didn’t intervene?
The weakest US president ever. This is why you don’t elect people with no backbone. We are not one year in.
TACO won’t do anything
Of course he won’t do anything. Trump only do something if it directly benefit himself.
Yes he will. He’ll act like a puppet on a string because that’s what he is.
How can he? It’s safe to say that Trump is compromised by both Russia and Israel
TACO won’t act… FTFY
True.
Hey just wait 2 weeks, this time for real
TACO Trump
I mean Putin isn’t wrong to think that. He is definitely in the wrong to do that though.