Russia’s Putin says ready for dialogue with ‘courageous’ Trump

The Russian person congratulates Trump connected winning the US election, saying helium was acceptable for talks with the Republican president-elect.

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has congratulated Donald Trump connected winning the United States election, saying Moscow was acceptable for dialog with the Republican president-elect.

In his archetypal nationalist remarks since Trump’s win, Putin connected Thursday praised the US leader’s courageousness during an assassination attempt astatine a run rally successful Butler, Pennsylvania, connected July 14.

“He behaved, successful my opinion, successful a precise close mode – courageously, similar a existent man,” Putin said astatine the Valdai treatment club, an planetary forum, successful the Russian Black Sea edifice of Sochi.

Asked whether helium was unfastened to holding talks with Trump, the Russian person said, “Ready”.

Putin, 72, besides said that Trump’s comments “about the tendency to reconstruct relations with Russia, to assistance extremity the Ukrainian crisis, successful my opinion, deserves attraction astatine least”.

The Kremlin earlier welcomed Trump’s assertion that helium could negociate an extremity to the struggle successful Ukraine “in 24 hours” but emphasised that it would hold for factual argumentation steps.

During his statesmanlike run successful the US, Trump said that helium could bring peace to Ukraine wrong 24 hours if elected, but helium has fixed fewer details connected however helium would question to extremity the biggest onshore warfare successful Europe since World War II.

As to what helium expects from a 2nd Trump administration, Putin said, “I don’t cognize what volition hap now. I person nary idea.”

“For him, this is inactive his past statesmanlike term. What helium volition bash is his matter,” Putin said.

Earlier, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that Moscow remembered Trump’s words connected resolving the warfare successful Ukraine but that the incoming US president “exaggerated” the velocity astatine which helium could bash it.

“If the caller medication is going to look for peace, not for the continuation of the war, it volition beryllium amended successful examination with the erstwhile one,” Peskov said.

Meanwhile, Ukraine is scrambling to enactment unit connected its allies for much enactment successful its combat against Russia pursuing Trump’s victory. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was among the archetypal satellite leaders to congratulate Trump.

“We agreed to support adjacent dialog and beforehand our cooperation. Strong and unwavering US enactment is captious for the satellite and for a conscionable peace,” Zelenskyy said successful a station connected X connected Wednesday.

But successful his program to extremity the war, Trump suggested that Ukraine mightiness person to cede territory to Russia to scope a bid deal, thing Ukraine has rejected and US President Joe Biden ne'er suggested.

Speaking to European leaders astatine a acme successful Hungary, Zelenskyy blasted those urging him to springiness successful to immoderate of Putin’s hardline demands and urged Europe and the US not to loosen ties pursuing the predetermination of Trump.

“There has been overmuch speech astir the request to output to Putin, to backmost down, to marque immoderate concessions … It’s unacceptable for Ukraine and unacceptable for each Europe,” Zelensky said.

“We request capable weapons, not enactment successful talks. Hugs with Putin won’t help. Some of you person been hugging him for 20 years, and things are lone getting worse,” helium said.

Zelenskyy besides urged Europe and the US to sphere their beardown ties pursuing Trump’s victory.

“We bash anticipation that America volition go stronger. This is the benignant of America that Europe needs. And a beardown Europe is what America needs. This is the transportation betwixt allies that indispensable beryllium valued and cannot beryllium lost,” helium said.

Meanwhile, reports accidental Biden plans to unreserved billions of dollars successful information assistance to Ukraine earlier helium leaves bureau successful January.

Since Russia’s full-scale penetration of Ukraine successful 2022, the US has already provided much than $64.1bn successful subject assistance to Ukraine, according to the information by the US Department of State.