"If we cannot achieve our goals through diplomacy, then the SVO (war in Ukraine) will continue… This is an unshakable position.
We would like Washington and NATO as a whole to take it with the utmost seriousness.".
We definitely need time to analyze what was said in Washington," Peskov said during his daily briefing on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, Mr. Trump said "at the end of 50 days, if we don't have a deal, too bad."
Speaking Monday in the Oval Office alongside visiting NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, Mr. Trump said: "We are very unhappy, I am, with Russia."
Mr. Trump again expressed his frustration with Putin, whom he recently called "absolutely crazy" for ordering strikes on civilian areas in Ukraine.
One of Putin's key demands for a ceasefire in the ongoing war is that Ukraine, and its international backers, should recognize Russian ownership of at least some of that occupied territory. »