Russia said Wednesday it would press on with its military offensive in Ukraine, and rejected US President Donald Trump's claim that Kyiv's army could retake territory seized by Russian forces.

The Kremlin also pushed back at Trump's characterisation of Russia as a "paper tiger", a day after the US leader dismissed Russia's army and said he could see Ukraine winning back every inch of land captured by Russia's forces.

Trump's remarks, which followed talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the United Nations, were a major pivot in his stance on the three-and-a-half-year conflict, which he had at one point boasted he could end in hours.

In Moscow, Russians who spoke to AFP brushed off Trump's comments.

"America and Ukraine as a whole have absolutely no chance of defeating Rus

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