“On July 14, US President Donald Trump said during a meeting with NATO General Mark Rutte, who plans to give Ukraine weapons for “billions of dollars”, which NATO will purchase”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
Trump stated that the Russian economy works “very bad” and that Russia is using its assets for war, not for trade. ISW believes that Russia’s loss on the battlefield is a key factor in its economic troubles, since Moscow suffers from the consequences of increased and unstable costs of war, increasing inflation, significant labor shortages and reducing the Russian sovereign welfare fund.
“Increasing pressure on Russian troops on the battlefield will jeopardize Putin’s efforts aimed at balancing between” oil and weapons “, and can make Putin face a difficult choice before he would like it. Forcing Putin either to make unpopular decisions, or to face a script for which Russia will not be able to continue the war at the current rate, it can bring Putin at the negotiating table, ready to offer concessions to finish war on conditions acceptable to Ukraine and the United States, ”the report reads.
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ISW analysts have repeatedly evaluated that the Kremlin has been using different methods within the wider efforts aimed at delaying the negotiation process and continuing the war to ensure additional territorial gains on the battlefield.
On July 14, US President Donald Trump said during a meeting with NATO General Mark Rutte, who plans to give Ukraine a billion dollars that will be purchased by NATO. He called Patriot Air Defense Systems among military equipment, which is planned to be provided to Ukraine.
At the same time, Trump noted that “dissatisfied” of Russia’s policy, which has recently increased air attacks on Ukraine. He reported that the United States is planning to impose 100 percent secondary duties if the peace agreement is not reached within 50 days.
Earlier, the US edition of AXIOS, citing two sources, wrote that one of the things that persuaded Trump to give Ukraine a weapon was a telephone conversation with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, which took place on July 3. Then the leader of the Russian Federation clearly made it clear that he plans to continue escalation.