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The Kremlin is still adjusting its rhetoric in response to the Trump administration\u2019s recent rejection of Russia\u2019s negotiating tactics and its recognition of Ukraine\u2019s battlefield successes, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW)<\/a>,\u00a0UATV English<\/a>\u00a0reports.<\/p>\n

According to the report, on July 9, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov sought to downplay U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s July 7 decision to grant Ukraine a license to produce Patriot missiles, stating that the United States had always provided military assistance to Ukraine. Peskov added that the Kremlin views Trump\u2019s statements as a \u201cmisunderstanding\u201d rather than an escalation. He also said that Trump did not speak by phone with Vladimir Putin on July 8, while emphasizing that Putin remains open to talks with Trump.<\/p>\n

On July 8, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova repeated the Kremlin\u2019s position that the United States remains uninterested in promoting European security and that European countries are preparing for a prolonged conflict with Russia.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe responses by Peskov and Zakharova indicate that the Kremlin has not yet developed a coordinated information response to the Trump administration\u2019s recent efforts to counter Russian narratives. For example, on July 6, Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed that no written agreement had been reached following the U.S.-Russia summit in Alaska in August 2025, undermining Russia\u2019s attempts to use the summit as leverage in negotiations,\u201d the analysts wrote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Senior U.S. officials have also recently acknowledged Ukraine\u2019s tactical and operational successes, contradicting the Russian narrative that its forces are advancing along the entire front line.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Kremlin appears to be attempting to downplay recent developments, including the significance of the Patriot licensing agreement, in order to preserve opportunities for negotiations with the United States in the hope that Russia can still secure concessions from Ukraine and its partners,\u201d ISW concluded.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As previously reported, the U.S. administration is preparing to grant Ukraine licensing rights to produce Patriot interceptor missiles.<\/p>\n

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