Vladimir Putin: “successes that we know don’t actually exist”

Enemy forces are attempting to maintain their positions, but under the pressure of our troops they are sustaining heavy losses and are being forced to withdraw.

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

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

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.