AI-generated image by Grok: Trump and the warring foes Putin and Zelensky.
Three and a half years after the start of the war, Russian forces have an edge over the defending Ukrainians in almost every aspect.
And Moscow is pushing the envelope with ever-bigger drone and missile attacks targeting military infrastructure all over Ukraine, including in the western regions in the deep rear.
At the same time, Russian forces are exerting pressure all over the frontline: against Sumy, Kharkov, Donetsk, Zaporozhie and Kherson.
Kiev is under constant attack of Russian drones and missiles.
Out-manned, out-gunned and out-maneuvered, the Kiev regime defenders in many places are hanging by a thread – and the overextended reserve troops have to run ‘to and fro’ to gap holes in the defense lines.
In the peace process front, the positions of Russians and Ukrainians were incompatible, and negotiations have stalled.
As the great sponsor of peace, US President Donald J. Trump is understandably dissatisfied with the ongoing conflict, and his comments increasingly highlight ‘his frustration’ with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Financial Times reported:
“Over the past week, Trump has said he will be providing additional weapons, including Patriot air defense systems, to Ukraine; signaled his willingness to embrace much tougher sanctions against Moscow; and blasted the Russian president. He also vowed to issue a ‘major statement’ on the war in Ukraine this coming Monday, without elaborating.”
Watch: ‘A lot of bullshit’ – Trump on his frustration with Putin.
President Trump: “We get a lot of bullshit thrown at us by Putin, if you want to know the truth. He’s very nice all the time, but it turns out to be meaningless.” pic.twitter.com/VMnXSTuCiK
— CSPAN (@cspan) July 8, 2025
“We get a lot of bullshit thrown at us by Putin, if you want to know the truth. He’s very nice all the time, but it turns out to be meaningless.”
This is a change in tone from months ago, when most of his criticism was reserved for Zelensky.
But many see that this does not represent a deep shift in favor of the Kiev regime.
“’This is a shot across Russia and Putin’s bow that he’s sick of being strung along’, said Max Bergmann of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think-tank. ‘But it doesn’t actually mean that the US is going to shift to being suddenly a big ally and backer of Ukraine, or more significantly than it has been’.”
Zelensky seems convinced that things are looking up for him, saying that he received ‘good political signals at the highest level’.
Trump still sees Zelensky as the biggest obstacle for peace, FT reports.
“But while Trump’s rhetoric has raised some hopes in Europe of a potential shift in his attitude, two senior officials involved in defense and security negotiations with Washington said there was still little tangible evidence of the White House taking a more pro-Kiev stance.
Western allies of Ukraine were still assuming Trump was predisposed to seeing Putin as his main negotiating partner in any settlement and Zelensky as the primary obstacle to a workable peace deal, the officials said.”
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