U.S. President Donald Trump stated “Russia wants Ukraine to succeed,” according to an X post by @tweet4Anna_NAFO between 10:16 p.m. and 11:15 p.m. UTC on December 29, 2025. The post by @tweet4Anna_NAFO contrasted the quote with assertions that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s bombs are erasing Ukraine. Separately, an X post by @silupescu during the same period reported that Trump, at a table with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, discussed compliments Putin gave him for ending the war between Albania and Aberbaijan. In another post over the past hour, @Osinttechnical shared information on Ukrainian troops from the 1st Nuclear Power Plant Defense Battalion guarding the city of Pripyat, just south of Chernobyl. These social media reports follow President Trump’s earlier comments repeating Putin’s claims of a Ukrainian drone attack on his Novgorod Oblast residence, according to sources cited in briefings over the previous hour.
