Eastern Europe | Trump: Russia might be a paper tiger / Russia: We are not paper tiger, we are bear

Pars Today - The U.S. Treasury Secretary said that Washington does not intend to use its own forces in the Ukraine conflict.

According to Pars Today, citing IRNA, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday that the US will under no circumstances deploy its forces in the Ukraine conflicts. He added: "We will sell weapons to the Europeans, and they can transfer those weapons to Ukraine."

White House: We profit from selling weapons to Ukraine

Meanwhile, Caroline Levitt, the White House spokesperson, announced that the United States benefits from the new weapons sales to Ukraine because these weapons are no longer being donated to Ukraine for free, and member countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) are now paying for them.

Trump: Russia might be a paper tiger

On Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump argued that Ukraine could win its war against Russia, reclaim the territories it has lost, and "perhaps even go beyond that." He described the Russian army as a "paper tiger."

Russia: We are not a paper tiger, we are a bear

In this regard, Dmitry Peskov, the spokesperson for the Russian presidency, said on Wednesday in response to Trump's remarks that Russia is closer to a bear than a tiger, and there is no such thing as a paper bear. He said that Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly emphasized the necessity of addressing the root causes of the conflict in Ukraine.

Rubio: Our patience with Moscow is not infinite

On the other hand, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio also warned at a UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine that America's patience with Russia is not infinite, and if negotiations fail, Washington is ready to impose additional economic costs on Moscow.

Sachs: Trump is neither knowledgeable nor stable

This comes as Jeffrey Sachs, an American analyst, reacting to the sudden shift in the U.S. position on Ukraine, said that the Trump administration does not have an experienced and stable team. "It is a small group that improvises everything. Trump himself is neither knowledgeable, nor stable, nor solution-oriented. Three years ago, a draft peace agreement was on the table in Istanbul, but today, instead of peace, the war continues; this is a failure of American policy and a failure of European policy."

Brazil: There is no military solution for Ukraine

In other news, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the President of Brazil, told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York on Wednesday that achieving peace in Ukraine is only possible through negotiation. He emphasized: "There is no military solution to the war in Ukraine."