© Reuters. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends a gathering between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Moscow, Russia December 7, 2023. Sputnik/Sergei Bobylev/Pool by way of REUTERS
(Reuters) – Russia is watching as U.S. army help for Ukraine declines and Kyiv suffers setbacks on the battlefield, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov stated in interviews made public on Wednesday.
Peskov was talking to Russian media after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accomplished talks in Washington to safe greater than $60 billion in new army help, held up by disputes in Congress.
“The Kyiv regime promised them that if you give us $100 billion, we will have a victory on the battlefield,” Peskov advised the day by day Izvestia.
“The Americans now understand that they were duped. There is no victory on the battlefield and, to be sure, Ukrainian forces are rapidly losing their positions. This is an inevitable process.”
Individuals, Peskov stated, “are truly in the first instance beginning to ask themselves the question: just what are they spending this money on?”
With substantial funding up within the air, Peskov referred to Biden’s announcement of a $200 million assist allocation, saying it was “quite a modest sum in their thinking”.
“This of course puts the Kyiv regime in difficulty and we are going to be following this situation,” he stated.
Twenty-one months into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and a 12 months after Ukraine regained giant chunks of occupied territory, the entrance traces have modified little in current weeks. Zelenskiy rejects any notion that the battle is in a stalemate however acknowledges {that a} Ukrainian counteroffensive launched in June with Western help has made restricted progress.
Peskov, interviewed by the Russia 24 tv channel, stated Ukraine had promised “phenomenal victories” within the counteroffensive launched as spring climate improved.
“But the snow went away and nothing happened. And the snow fell again and still there is nothing. And Americans are asking, should they still be doing this?” Peskov stated.
Biden advised Zelenskiy throughout talks on Tuesday that he wouldn’t stroll away from Ukraine and nor would the American folks.
U.S. lawmakers pursued debate on Wednesday on the query of offering assist to Ukraine and Israel, with Republicans tying each points to a U.S. border safety deal.
Zelenskiy’s go to to Washington ended with no dedication for extra U.S. help for Ukraine. Mike Johnson, the Republican speaker of the Home of Representatives, wouldn’t conform to help Biden’s request to offer Ukraine $61.4 billion.
