The Kremlin on Wednesday rejected the central arguments for U.S. President Donald Trump’s rhetorical U-turn on the war in Ukraine, saying it would provide the U.S. with “real information” on what was happening on the battlefield.

In an abrupt rhetorical shift in Ukraine’s favour, Trump said on Tuesday he believed that Kyiv could recapture all of its land taken by Russia – which controls around one-fifth of the country – and that it should act now with Moscow facing “big” economic problems.

The Kremlin countered that the Russian economy was stable, despite some problems caused by sanctions, and that Russian forces’ slow but steady advance in Ukraine was part of a deliberate strategy, with Kyiv, not Moscow, on the back foot.

“As far as we understand, President Trump’s statements were made

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