Putin is ‘destroying’ Russia – POLITICO

Journalists repeatedly requested Trump about his guarantees to finish Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — and reminded him he had promised to take action on his first day in workplace.

“I’ve one other half of the day left,” Trump joked, then added he needs to get it wrapped up quickly.

Trump stated Putin could not be proud of the sluggish progress of his struggle towards Ukraine — practically three years after he ordered an all-out assault, and 11 years after disguised Russian troops first entered Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula.

“He’s grinding it out. Most individuals thought it might final about one week and now you’re into three years. It isn’t making him look good,” Trump stated.

“We’ve got numbers that nearly one million Russian troopers have been killed. About 700,000 Ukrainian troopers are killed. Russia’s larger, they’ve extra troopers to lose however that’s no solution to run a rustic,” he added.

Ukraine has beforehand denied Trump’s whole, claiming it has misplaced greater than 43,000 troopers killed in motion, and greater than 370,000 wounded. The Kremlin doesn’t reveal its official variety of casualties, however Ukraine estimates that in 2024 alone Russia misplaced 150,000 troopers killed and greater than 400,000 wounded.