Vladimir Putin will not even speak to Ukraine about returning their captured sailors.
From Reuters:
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday there had been no discussion with Ukraine about the possible release of the Ukrainian sailors who were seized along with their ships by Russia last month.
Putin spoke with reporters on the sidelines of a G20 summit in Buenos Aires. Russia is resisting international calls to release three Ukrainian naval ships that its border patrols fired upon and seized in the strait near Russian-annexed Crimea last weekend.
Moscow accused the 24 sailors of illegally crossing the Russian border.
He clearly thinks he can do whatever he want without any consequences.
He’s still open to talking to Trump:
Putin said he would not introduce tit-for-tat restrictions on the entry of Ukrainians into Russia after Kiev imposed a ban on Russian males aged 16 to 60 from entering its territory.
After U.S. President Donald Trump canceled a planned meeting with Putin at the G20 summit, citing the military tensions with Ukraine, the Russian leader said there were no pre-conditions for future bilateral talks.
“It is regrettable that we can’t succeed in holding a full-scale meeting, which is long due,” Putin said, adding that issues of strategic stability would be of paramount importance.
Which is odd because Nikki Haley gave a pretty strong condemnation of Russia’s acts. I’m guessing he knows that doesn’t mean much if Trump doesn’t back it up. And there is no sign of that happening.
We do know one thing – Trump has been harder on Russia than all previous presidents combined!
I’m very concerned that Russia will be fighting very hard to have an impact on the upcoming Election. Based on the fact that no President has been tougher on Russia than me, they will be pushing very hard for the Democrats. They definitely don’t want Trump!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 24, 2018
Also, it’s a good thing we have Trump because him being friends with Russia really gets the liberals angry!!
Some people HATE the fact that I got along well with President Putin of Russia. They would rather go to war than see this. It’s called Trump Derangement Syndrome!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 18, 2018
LOL! Dumb liberals! Also #MAGA!!!