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Created: 2025-07-15 23:00:19 UTC

For a long time, President Trump avoided directly criticizing Russian President Vladimir Putin.

But this month, Trump expressed frustration over Moscow’s attacks on Ukraine, making his strongest comments yet in support of Kyiv.

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