Putin praises Trump but warns US missile supplies to Ukraine will damage relations - CNBC TV18

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : Putin hails Alaska's summit with Trump and reaffirms nuclear pact's extension offer At the same time, Putin hailed U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to help negotiate peace in Ukraine and described their August summit in Alaska as productive.
56% : "It was good that we made an attempt to search for and find possible ways to settle the Ukrainian crisis," he said, adding that he felt "comfortable" talking to Trump. Putin also reaffirmed his offer to the U.S. to extend their last remaining nuclear arms control pact for one more year after it expires in February.
42% : Threatening a forceful response to Western "piracy," mocking drone claims Asked about the detention of an oil tanker off France's Atlantic coast, which President Emmanuel Macron linked to Russia's so-called shadow fleet of aging tankers of uncertain ownership that are avoiding Western sanctions, Putin cast it as an attempt by Macron to distract public attention from his country's own internal problems and mockingly likened the French leader to Napoleon.
38% : " While praising Trump and trying to emphasize potential common interests, the Russian president sent a stern warning to Ukraine's Western allies against trying to seize ships that carry Russian oil to global markers.
35% : Putin dismissed Western allegations of Russia's purported aggressive plans against NATO allies as "nonsense" aimed at distracting public attention from domestic problems.
22% : Asked about Trump dismissing Russia as a "paper tiger" because of its failure to defeat its smaller neighbor after more than 3 1/2 years of fighting, Putin argued that Russia has faced all the NATO allies backing Kyiv.

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