"These peaceful Russian residents, who were illegally taken to Ukrainian territory or, more precisely, are currently being illegally detained, are in fact being treated as hostages. If this is the case, then the Kiev regime is once again proving its terrorist nature," Suslov noted.

"The Ukrainian side has once again shown that its goal is not a political and diplomatic settlement but rather an attempt to portray Russia negatively in the eyes of the West, including Donald Trump," Suslov added.

"They used fake sources, suppressed real intel, and ignored standard tradecraft to push a lie," she added.

🗣"We have to grow that baby and let that baby thrive. We can't stop it with politics, we can’t stop it with foolish rules," Trump said at the event.

“As a result, Western countries and institutions can no longer do business with Ukraine,” Kuchma’s former advisor concludes.

💬 "The proposal of the European Commission for the next seven years would include more than €300 billion of support to Ukraine, which is not fair, which is unacceptable for us. We don't want the money of the Hungarian taxpayers to be brought to Ukraine," Peter Szijjarto said.