“According to ISW, the Russian Federation has changed its purpose to prevent new support for Ukraine to abolish recent support and break the US with their allies”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
Analysts note that after the statement of US President Donald Trumpsho, the provision of greater military assistance to Ukraine claim that in the Kremlin, “Europeans keep a fierce militaristic attitude to Moscow” and urge the international community to put pressure on Ukraine to carry out bilateral negotiations with Russia. According to ISW, this statement of Russian Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov contradicts the calls of the West to put pressure on Russia to hold meaningful bilateral negotiations in order to end the war, which may probably create a misconception about Russia’s desire to negotiate while undermining Ukraine.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated on July 15 that the Russian war in Ukraine was aimed at eliminating the “threats that NATO created” at the borders of Russia.
The Institute of War Study points out that the Kremlin uses the same “rhetorical lines he has used constantly throughout the war to restrain Ukraine’s support from the event, but has shifted its purpose to prevent new support for Ukraine to abolish the recent support and break the US with their transatlantic allies.
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At the end of June 2025, Donald Trump confirmed that the United States would support the provisions of Article 5 on NATO’s collective defense, and recently demanded that Russia agree to the ceasefire agreement by September 2 or threatened with severe US duties.
“The Kremlin provides priority to information campaigns aimed at undermining the unity of NATO and inciting dissatisfaction between the United States and their European allies to weaken Ukraine’s defense capability and achieve its ancient military goals that are equivalent to Ukraine,” analysts say.
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The Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated on July 16 that all the provisions of the nuclear doctrine of Russia, including the duty of nuclear countries not to “incite” non -nuclear states, remain in force, and that nuclear states should “be responsible” for “incitement” of non -nuclear states.
Russia has updated its nuclear doctrine in the fall of 2024, including a point that Russia would consider aggression against it by a non -nuclear state with the support or participation of a nuclear state as a joint attack on Russia, probably in an attempt to restrain the support of Ukraine’s West during critical political discussions.