State Department Claims The U.S. Will Apply “Maximum Pressure” On Russia

The United States State Department has claimed that the empire will apply “maximum pressure” on Russia if peace talks with Ukraine fail. The ruling class added that the U.S. president has already warned Russia’s ruler, Vladimir Putin, against “playing with fire,” Tammy Bruce, the State Department spokesperson, said.

The US president’s patience has “worn thin.” So much so that he has expressed his frustration in his recent posts on Truth Social, Bruce told Fox News in a clip posted by Fox and Friends on Monday.

Earlier this week, Trump stated that Russian President Vladimir Putin had gone “crazy” following a series of retaliatory strikes carried out by Moscow in Ukraine, adding that the Russian president is “playing with fire.” Moscow, in turn, suggested that Trump might not be well-informed about mass Ukrainian attacks against Russian civilians. He added that “really bad things” would have already happened to Russia if it weren’t for the U.S. ruler.

The tweet was responded to by Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia and former Russian president, in another social media post on Tuesday. “Regarding Trump’s words about Putin ‘playing with fire’ and ‘really bad things’ happening to Russia. I only know of one REALLY BAD thing — WWIII. I hope Trump understands this!” Medvedev wrote.

However, according to the media’s own reporting on the increasing tensions surrounding this war, Russia appears to be the side most ready to come to talks. Without much to offer, and facing down the barrel of losing this war, Ukraine continues to attack the much militarily mightier nation.

Over the past week, the Russian Defense Ministry has reported intercepting more than 2,300 Ukrainian drones targeting Russian cities, including several hundred that were headed towards the Russian capital, RT reported. 

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”America is ready to do a maximum pressure framework on Russia,” Bruce said, warning that Moscow will “soon understand” Trump’s commitment to achieving a settlement of the Ukraine conflict. Following Trump’s outburst on social media, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov suggested that Western media outlets were pressuring the US president and were “effectively engaged in a campaign aimed at derailing the peace process and provoking the United States into imposing new sanctions.”

Ukraine and Russia are both currently vying for the U.S. to approve of their side of the war.

Top Putin aide Yury Ushakov has suggested that Trump is “not sufficiently informed” about ongoing Ukrainian attacks on Russian cities. “Trump knows only about the retaliatory measures we are taking,” he said, adding that Russia strikes only target military infrastructure or defense industry facilities.

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has similarly noted that Trump is only getting “filtered” information on the conflict, which is “prepared by those who want to draw America into more aggressive action against Russia, in support of the Kiev regime.”

If the U.S. can remain more neutral and continue to force Ukraine to come to the table by condemning attacks on Russia, this war could be over soon. On the other hand, it seems like the West wants it to continue, and it recently decided long-range missiles can be used to attack Russia.

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