Russia on Wednesday asserted its economic stability and reported military advances in Ukraine, dismissing U.S. President Donald Trump ’s remarks encouraging Kyiv to exploit Russian weaknesses and reclaim all occupied territory.

In a sudden and striking rhetorical shift, Trump said on Tuesday that he believed Ukraine could retake all the land seized by Russia, which currently controls about a fifth of the country.

“Putin and Russia are in BIG Economic trouble, and this is the time for Ukraine to act,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov attributed Trump’s comments to the fact that he had just met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

“Of course, President Trump heard Zelenskyy’s version

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