Putin, Ukraine and Donald Trump
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Trump Claims Putin Has Never Fooled Him
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Daniel Martindale, a U.S. citizen who helped the Kremlin target Ukrainian troops and was then spirited out of eastern Ukraine by Russian special forces, has received a Russian passport in Moscow. Russian state television broadcast a report on Tuesday showing Martindale,
He's killing too many people," Trump said. "So we're sending some defensive weapons to Ukraine."Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Trump did not approve the weapons pause,
A Russian official says American Daniel Martindale has been rewarded with citizenship for spying on Ukraine, "by decree of our President Vladimir Putin."
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Daily Express US on MSNPutin awards U.S. citizen with Russian passport after helping Russian interests in UkraineDaniel Martindale has been given Russian citizenship after helping Vladimir Putin's interests in the Ukraine war
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Vladimir Putin’s conduct has prompted Donald Trump’s shift as Russia’s war effort in Ukraine has gotten only more aggressive.
President Trump reveals how Russian leader 'talks nice, then bombs everybody' as the U.S. prepares to send Ukraine Patriot missiles under a NATO agreement.
I am very disappointed with President Putin,” Trump said July 13. “I thought he was somebody that meant what he said."
“Putin will not negotiate as a loser,” one of his longtime associates tells TIME by phone from Moscow. “He knows that winners don’t get punished, and if he wins, all of this” — the sanctions, the tariffs — “will go away.”