Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov riffed on President Donald Trump's suggestion that Ukrainians "may be Russians some day."

In an interview with US media, Trump said that one day Ukraine "could become Russia," and did not rule out that he would want to "return" all the money spent by the American government in this country, specifically, an equivalent in the form of Ukrainian rare earth metals worth $500 billion.

In a significant diplomatic development, the Kremlin endorses Donald Trump's controversial suggestion about Ukraine's future Russian alignment, while both nations continue trading strategic strikes on energy infrastructure.

The President of the United States, Donald Trump, claims that he spoke with the leader of Russia, Vladimir Putin, about ending the war in Ukraine. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov neither confirmed nor denied this information.

Russia stated its relationship with the US is "balancing on the brink of a breakup," during a press conference Monday morning.