Kremlin responds to Trump being ‘unhappy’ after Putin call on July 3rd
by RT [7-4-2025 published].
(It is interesting that Russia's "root causes" of the Special Military Operation (SMO) have been know by everyone prior to Feb 2022 when the SMO was started. On the other hand, NATO & the US have always wanted to inflict enough damage to Russia that it could be broken up and the individual parts becoming more subservient to the West, primarily the US. From a military standpoint, it is obvious that this fantasy will never happen. Therefore, Trump will never be in a position to "make a deal" that looks like he has won, while ignoring the "root causes" important to Russia. Of course, Trump's ego is involved & he is having a hard time admitting that Russia is winning and NATO & the US have already lost. He could have saved the many hundreds of lives he keeps lamenting about if he was willing to admit this and taken the appropriate steps to bring this to a close on terms that would have satisfied Russia. The longer Trump ignores these realities, the harder it will be for the US & NATO as Russia dictates the settlement terms. — RAD)
Moscow is “paying very close attention” to any statements coming from the US president, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said.
Russia takes all statements from US President Donald Trump seriously, but has a vital interest in achieving its goals in the Ukraine conflict, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. His comments followed Trump’s remarks that he was “unhappy” about the lack of progress toward peace.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Trump spoke by phone on Thursday in a call that lasted over an hour, covering the Ukraine conflict, the situation around Iran, broader Middle East tensions, and Russia-US cooperation, according to senior Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov.
Trump later lamented that he had made “no progress” in convincing Putin to end the fighting, while the Kremlin noted the leaders discussed the possibility of new direct talks between Moscow and Kiev.
Commenting on Trump’s remarks, Peskov told reporters on Friday that “without a doubt, we pay very close attention to all statements by President Trump.” He added that Moscow is “interested in achieving our goals during the special military operation, and preferably by political and diplomatic means.”
“However, since that is not possible at this stage, we continue our operation,” Peskov stated.
According to Ushakov, Putin told Trump that while Russia is ready for negotiations it will not back down from eliminating “the well-known root causes that led to the current state of affairs.” The sides, he added, confirmed their interest in a number of promising projects in economy, notably the energy sector and space exploration.
Despite Trump’s disappointment over Ukraine, Ushakov described the call as “candid, business-minded, and concrete.”
The US president has positioned himself as a key mediator in the Ukraine conflict. He has held at least six official phone calls with Putin, focusing not only on the hostilities but also on restoring Russia-US ties, which deteriorated to an all-time low during the previous US administration.
In recent months, Russia and Ukraine also held two rounds of talks. Although no breakthroughs were achieved, a series of prisoner exchanges took place. Moscow continues to insist that Ukraine recognize the new territorial reality on the ground, agree to neutral status, demilitarization, and denazification – demands that Kiev has rejected.