United States President Donald Trump again criticized Russian dictator Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, stating that he defends “a lot of nonsense” to maintain the invasion in Ukraine.
“Putin tells us a lot of nonsense if you want to know the truth,” said the US president. “He is very kind all the time, but ends up defending a nonsense,” Trump continued, raising his tone against Kremlin’s boss for not wanting to end the three -year war in Eastern Europe, who has already caused a high number of civilians.
Trump’s comments were made after the announcement on Tuesday that the United States will send more defense weapons to Ukraine. “Putin is killing a lot of people, I’m not satisfied with him, so we will send some defensive weapons to Ukraine I already took,” he said earlier.
When questioned by reporters about a bill presented in the Senate that establishes new sanctions against Russia, the president replied that he was “considering this very seriously.”
According to Trump, the legislation will be evaluated based on its impact and strategic utility, not committing to politically support the cause so far.
Trump and Putin last talked last Thursday, when the Russian regime reported that he is not willing to give up his war goals.
The president of the United States told reporters the next day that dialogue with the Russians did not lead to progress. “We had a telephone conversation. It was quite long and talked about many topics, including Iran. We also talked about the war in Ukraine and I’m not happy with it, I’m not,” Trump told the press before boarding the presidential Air Force One plane last Friday.
On Tuesday, Kremlin reacted by minimizing Trump’s latest statements about Putin and the sending of more weapons to Ukraine.
“It must be clarified that there is no definitive information on whether deliveries (from weapons to Ukraine) has been completed or interrupted. There have been many contradictory statements. Regarding supplies that arrive in Ukraine in the United States, it will still be necessary to clarify this as well,” said Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov at his daily press conference.
The White House ensured that the break in certain arms shipments to Ukraine, announced last week, is temporary and is due to a routine review of the Military Assistance Program to foreign allies.
Among the material affected by the suspension would be interceptors for Patriot Air Defense Systems, Precision Artillery Projects and F-16 planes.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced last Friday after a telephone conversation with Trump, that both agreed to work together to strengthen Ukraine’s air defense capabilities.
