🇷🇺 Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a wide-ranging series of statements regarding the Ukraine war, NATO defense spending, and future peace efforts — expressing readiness for continued negotiations and acknowledging Trump’s efforts in ending the conflict.
🗣️ Putin Key Statements — June 27, 2025:
• Russia ready to return 3,000 bodies of Ukrainian soldiers as part of prisoner exchanges.
• Ongoing communication between Russian and Ukrainian negotiators is described as “positive.”
• Russia is open to a third round of negotiations, aiming to finalize mutual memoranda with Ukraine.
• NATO’s increased defense spending is “based on a false narrative of Russian aggression,” Putin says.
• Defense spending in Russia will be reduced in the future, unlike the West.
• Western arms buildup, he warns, will only reduce living standards — not enhance security.
• Putin emphasizes Russia’s sovereign right to determine its own threat level and defense posture.
• On the U.S., Putin praises Trump, saying the American president “is genuinely working” toward ending the war.
These remarks reflect a softening tone from Moscow — at least rhetorically — as diplomatic channels remain open, albeit fragile.
