The Telegraph: Putin Has Finally Run Out Of Time
1- 29.07.2025, 8:32
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Trump has lost his patience.
Donald Trump's abrupt change of course toward Russia is upsetting the Kremlin's balance sheet and opening a new phase of international pressure on Moscow through support for Ukraine and economic sanctions.
The Kremlin's political strategy has been jeopardized after an unexpected move by US President Donald Trump. The new ceasefire deadline Trump has given Russia - not 50 days as before, but just 10-12 - could significantly change the dynamics of the conflict in Ukraine.
This is according to Samuel Ramani, a political scientist and analyst at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), in his column for The Telegraph.
"I no longer believe Putin really wants peace. If the Kremlin doesn't roll back aggression, there will be secondary tariffs and sanctions," Trump said during a briefing in The Hague.
The Russian response didn't take long. Former president and now senior Russian Security Council official Dmitri Medvedev called the U.S. actions a "step toward war," while Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov emphasized that Russia is "at war against the entire West."
The statements came amid new shelling of Ukraine, including strikes on Dnipropetrovsk region, and increased activity of the Russian army on the front.
Analysts note that Putin was counting on a change in US policy if Trump returns to power. However, the American leader's new course indicates the opposite: Washington is consolidating support for Ukraine through NATO allies.
"This time, American weapons are being purchased by Europeans. This is a new phase of common security," said NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.
A new agreement between the U.S. and the EU, European countries including Germany, Norway, Denmark, Britain and Canada are investing billions of dollars to buy U.S. weapons for Ukraine. At the same time, Trump supported increasing NATO's defense budget to 5 percent of GDP, a move he called "a great victory for Western civilization."
Economic pressure is also mounting. The U.S. could impose sweeping secondary sanctions against buyers of Russian energy. This will significantly complicate the work of the shadow fleet and intensify the macroeconomic shock for the Russian Federation.
"We are actually already on the verge of recession," Russian Economic Development Minister Maksim Reshetnikov admitted at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum.
With the labor market deficit, stagnating wages and industrial decline, the economic situation in Russia is getting worse. Analysts say the sanctions pressure could lead to serious domestic political consequences for the Kremlin.
"Trump has lost patience with Russia's delaying and obstruction tactics. The consequences of this change of heart could lead to Putin regretting that he played in Trump's favor," Ramani concluded.
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