Vladimir Putin: “Our response to counter assaults will be lightning fast. We have all the tools for this.”

I doubt that is possible. Trump is a mature politician — more than mature, and already an experienced one.

If European states continue to plunder commercial vessels containing Russian cargo, Moscow will be forced to respond in kind,

the increasing pace of advance by units and formations of the Russian armed forces along the entire front line

Of course, such attacks have not caused, and could not cause, critical consequences. However, they do inflict damage. This is obvious, and we fully understand and acknowledge it.