“And now, the United States, by helping Ukraine, is making money by selling expensive energy resources to the Europeans, by not giving most of the money, for example, for its satellites. It places orders in the country in its military industry, creating new opportunities for the country,” Peskov said. “New taxes, new jobs for the economy, development of new technologies, etc., so, in every case this is a successful business,” he told reporters, as reported by Sputnik.
Moscow believes that arms supplies to Ukraine hinder a settlement and directly involve NATO countries in the conflict. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that any shipment containing weapons to Ukraine would be a legitimate target for Russia. He said that the United States and NATO are not only supplying weapons to Kiev, but also training personnel in the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy and other countries.
The Kremlin said Western arms supplies to Ukraine were not helping to start peace talks.
On Tuesday, Donald Trump signed an executive order suspending foreign development assistance for 90 days to evaluate these programs’ compliance with U.S. foreign policy.
At the same time, Peskov noted that Russia is ready to conduct an equal dialogue with the United States.
“We, of course, closely monitor all statements and statements. We carefully note all the nuances, we remain ready for dialogue, and President Putin has repeatedly spoken about this. For an equal dialogue, for a dialogue based on mutual respect.” Peskov told reporters: “This dialogue took place between the two presidents again during Trump’s first presidency, and we are waiting for the signals, waiting for the signals that have not yet reached us.”
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he is not looking for ways to hurt Russia because he loves the Russian people and has always had a very good relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin. However, the 47th President threatened on the same day that if an agreement was not reached on Ukraine, he would impose more taxes, tariffs and sanctions on anything Russia sells.
Commenting on this development, Peskov said that there is nothing new in Trump’s methods.
“You know, we don’t see any new elements here. You know, during his first term, Trump was president of America, and he often resorted to sanctions methods. He likes these methods, at least he liked them during his first presidency,” Peskov told reporters. .
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