Kremlin praises Trump's criticism of Ukrainian strikes deep into Russia


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  • Friday, 13 Dec 2024

FILE PHOTO: A view shows the Red Square with Lenin's Mausoleum as the Russian flag flies on the dome of the Kremlin Senate building in Moscow, Russia June 24, 2023. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/ File Photo

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Friday praised U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's criticism of Ukrainian strikes with U.S. missiles deep into Russian territory and said the position was fully in line with Moscow's own position.

Trump criticized Ukraine's use of U.S.-supplied missiles for attacks deep into Russian territory in a Time magazine interview published on Thursday, comments that suggest he could alter U.S. policy toward Ukraine.

"The statement itself completely coincides with our position," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. He said Trump's statement was in line with "our vision of the causes of escalation".

"It appeals to us."

(Reporting by Dmitry Antonov; Writing by Maxim Rodionov; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)

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