【Text by Observers Net, Liu Bai】 While canceling the summit between heads of state, the Trump administration has also imposed additional sanctions on Russian oil companies. The U.S. actions have drawn sharp criticism from Russia. On October 23, Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Russian Federation Security Council, directly accused the United States of becoming an enemy of Russia on social media "Telegram", and stated that President Trump has officially embarked on a war path against Russia.

Reuters reported that Trump once called Russia a "paper tiger" and announced on the 22nd the cancellation of the planned U.S.-Russia summit in Budapest, Hungary, while the U.S. Treasury imposed sanctions on two of Russia's largest oil companies.

"Trump canceled the Budapest summit. The U.S. has implemented a new round of sanctions against us," wrote Medvedev on social media. "What else? Besides the infamous 'Tomahawk' missiles, will there be new weapons?"

On October 14, Medvedev delivered a speech at a forum. Visual China

"If anyone still harbors illusions, it's time to wake up. The United States is our enemy, and their talkative 'peacemaker' has officially embarked on a war path against Russia."

"Yes, he hasn't yet actively fought on the side of the Nazis in Kyiv, but now this is his conflict, not Biden's old fool's farce!"

"Of course, some will say he had no choice, that Congress pressured him, etc. But this cannot change the core fact: these decisions he made are acts of war against Russia. And now Trump has completely aligned with the crazy Europeans."

Medvedev said, "However, Trump's repeated swings have one obvious benefit: we can use all kinds of weapons, attack all the Nazi strongholds without any hesitation, and no longer pay attention to those unnecessary negotiations."

"We will achieve victory where it is possible to win, that is, on the battlefield, not at the negotiating table; by eliminating the enemy, not by reaching meaningless 'agreements'."

Trump confirmed on the 22nd that he had canceled the recent plan for a meeting between leaders of the U.S. and Russia, because "the timing didn't feel right," and currently the meeting "could not achieve the goal," and he would meet with Putin "at some time in the future."

Ukraine has been hoping to obtain "Tomahawk" missiles from the U.S. The Russian side has repeatedly warned that if the U.S. provides "Tomahawk" missiles to Ukraine, it will escalate the situation. Trump said he would not teach other countries how to operate "Tomahawk" missiles.

At the same time, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced sanctions against Russia's two largest oil companies, Lukoil and Rosneft, as well as their subsidiaries. Trump said, "It's time, we've waited a long time," hoping the sanctions measures would not last long, and the Ukraine-Russia conflict could subside.

Regarding the latest U.S. sanctions, Maria Zakharova, a spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry, said at a press conference that this would not cause trouble for Russia, and the Russian side already had a "strong immunity" against such restrictions.

"We believe this move will have extremely counterproductive effects," Zakharova said, adding that the U.S. actions are not conducive to sending a signal for resolving the Ukraine-Russia conflict through negotiations.

She also said that regarding the framework of solutions for the Ukraine issue discussed by both sides, the Russian side believes there are no major obstacles.

When asked about the new sanctions against Russia and the reason for Trump's cancellation of the U.S.-Russia summit, Secretary of State Rubio told reporters on the 22nd: "We still hope to meet with the Russian side."

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