Russian vice minister Sergi Lyabuk said on Monday that US-Russia relations are on the verge of a major collapse. The Kremlin refused to confirm the phone despite claiming that President Trump had spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the weekend.
As the Russian news agency reported in his remarks at a news briefing in Moscow TasLyabakh said tensions between Washington and Moscow were at a critical point, adding that the war in Ukraine would continue until it abandoned its goal of participating in NATO and withdraw from areas controlled by Russian troops. .
On Sunday, Trump told Air Force reporters that the US was in discussions to resolve the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, suggesting that he and Putin were communicating. This marked the first publicly recognized interaction between the US president and Russian leaders since 2022.
When asked if he had an argument with Putin, Trump said, “Let's say I have it…and I look forward to having more discussions. We must work hard to end that war.”
However, the Russian pastor appeared to show that his country was taking a tough stance with US President Trump.
“In the strict framework of US domestic politics and its foreign policy, Russia is officially labelled as the “major enemy,” as it calls us. [Russia] Officially. ”
He added that Trump's team is interested in resuming dialogue with Russia, but said there is no agreement yet with the high-level contacts.
“[The] As we think, it cannot be achieved by any means other than fully implementing what Putin was declared when he spoke to the Russian Foreign Ministry in June. Lyabakov mentioned in his remarks Monday when he criticized Putin for keeping the US. That “emperor status and domination” was “driven by aggressive messianism based on their belief in their own superiority,” he said.
“This is where we are, and the more we, the UK and others understand it, the better it will be, and this desired political solution will be closer to everyone,” Lyabakov said. I said that.
According to NBCKremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed Trump and Putin were talking and avoided saying he would not confirm or deny.
Oka reached out to the White House and the State Department for comments.
