Moscow, Russia
CNN
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President Trump effectively handed Vladimir Putin an extraordinary green light: 50 days to finish a brutal summer attack in Ukraine before facing consequences.
Those who were threatened only if there is no contract to end the war by the end of that period in early September 100% tariffs on Russia and secondary sanctions on Russia’s trading partners will begin.
It must seem like eternity now that millions of sleepless Ukrainians endure the escalating Russian onslaught of deadly missiles and mass drone attacks in towns and cities.
But in Moscow, officials quietly sigh in relief. After all, it could have been much worse for them.
If President Trump wanted it, or if it was much higher, the sanctions could have been immediate. For example, the 500% tariff rate proposed in a partisan bill in the US Senate.
It is not that new threats of sanctions will not change courses in the Ukrainian Kremlin.
And it’s far from there.
Russia is already one of the most heavily approved countries in the world, punishment for alleged US election interference, as well as malignant activities from Crimea to Syria, Britain and beyond.
The Kremlin has already established a complex set of flexible workarounds to lift the vulnerable economy while refusing to change its behavior.
“Life has shown that the decision to sanction against Russia has not produced any consequences,” commented Anatoly Aksakov, a leading Russian MP, when asked about the threat of the latest sanctions.
“They will lead Russia to move forward with confidence, develop its economy and implement a structural restructuring of its national economy,” he added.
Additionally, Kremlin insiders suspect that the 50-day window before the new US sanctions is enough time for a military push in Ukraine to be rewarded.
“In 50 days, how much can we change both on the battlefield and on the moods of the powerful people in the US and NATO,” said Konstantin Kosachev, a well-known Russian senator on social media.
“But our mood will not be affected,” he vows, claiming that Russia sees it as having a long-term approach to Ukraine, and the Western government, particularly the Trump administration, is considered whimsical.
Still, Russia is really on the verge of prospects for US weapons and even defensive patriot missile defense systems, and is flowing back to Ukraine.
Moscow sees almost daily aerial barrages of Kiev and other Ukrainian towns and cities as essential aspects of current military pushes, along with grinding attacks at the frontlines of Ukraine.
The idea is that Ukraine’s determination to continue the fight will wear down. That political will in Europe is declining, And the country will ultimately do so Succession.
But the outcome is lower with contracts that provide more US Patriot missile defense systems, which provide umbrella protection from air attacks.
And annoyed Russian politicians have accused President Trump of talking about peace and accusing him of extending the war behind the scenes.
“Ukraine, this man is deceiving you!” He was declared Leonid Kalashnikov, an outspoken Communist MP.
“He hopes to continue this war, but in his own hands it is not,” Kalashnikov added.
On TV in the state, strictly controlled by the Kremlin, the U-turn on Washington’s weapons provision to Ukraine is scheduled to be round, with President Trump being compared to his predecessor and being widely underspended in Russia.
“Trump is currently following in the footsteps of Joseph Biden (former US President) and has a promising weapon in Ukraine to bring Moscow to the negotiation table,” said Olga Skabeyeva, a well-known Prokremlin host.
“Biden has been doing this for the last three and a half years. But as we know, he wasn’t successful,” she scrunched.
