A Russian spokesperson responded on Monday after President Donald Trump said he was “very angry” and “pissed off” by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s criticism of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s leadership amid the negotiation process of a peace deal in Ukraine.
In an interview with NBC News on Sunday, Trump said, “If Russia and I are unable to make a deal on stopping the bloodshed in Ukraine, and if I think it was Russia’s fault — which it might not be — but if I think it was Russia’s fault, I am going to put secondary tariffs on oil, on all oil coming out of Russia.”
The 47th president told the outlet that he was “very angry” and “pissed off” when Putin criticized Zelensky’s leadership. Trump also claimed that Putin’s comments were “not going in the right location.”
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Following Trump’s comments regarding his frustration with Putin’s criticism of Zelensky, Trump addressed the issue with reporters Sunday on Air Force One, saying, “I don’t think he’s going to go back on his word. You’re talking about Putin. I don’t think he’s going to go back on his word. I’ve known him for a long time. We’ve always gotten along well.”
“I was disappointed in a certain way some of the things that were said over the last day or two having to do with Zelensky,” Trump added. “He considers Zelensky not credible. He’s supposed to be making a deal with him whether you like him or you don’t like him. So I wasn’t happy with that. But I think he’s going to be good.”
In response to Trump’s comments, Dmitry Peskov, a Kremlin spokesperson, told Reuters on Monday that while Russia is still “working on” a peace deal with Ukraine, the peace deal is a “time-consuming process.”
Peskov told Reuters, “We are continuing to work with the American side, first of all to build our bilateral relations, which were badly damaged during the previous (U.S.) administration.”
“And we are also working on the implementation of some ideas related to the Ukrainian settlement,” the Russian spokesperson added. “This work is underway, but so far there are no specifics that we could or should tell you about. This is a time-consuming process, probably due to its complexity.”
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