Bombs, Bluff, Beijing & Mockery: Putin’s April Signals to Trump

Make America Great Again: It’s time the liars and killers paid the price.

America’s path to greatness isn’t in backing down from Putin’s bluff — it’s in pushing back with maximum pressure and unwavering support for Ukraine. That’s how you force Putin’s capitulation, bring peacekeepers to Ukraine, and secure a global legacy of justice.

Executive Summary
Despite systemic problems plaguing the Russian military — from critical manpower shortages and equipment failures to a complete lack of progress along the front line, now openly acknowledged even by pro-war Russian Telegram bloggers — and despite the looming threat of an economic crisis, further fueled by plunging oil prices, Vladimir Putin continues to bluff. He boasts about imaginary battlefield victories and maintains a maximalist stance on peace talks, using the threat of closer ties with China as blackmail against the West.

Through all Kremlin-aligned propaganda channels, the message is clear: Moscow and Beijing are drawing closer in opposition to the West. Meanwhile, the White House
is mocked in Russian state media narratives, which frame the current U.S. administration as unserious, incompetent, and incapable — despite ongoing official visits between Moscow and Washington.

The Kremlin’s posture has taken a particularly aggressive turn in recent days, with terrorist-style missile attacks on Ukrainian cities — a blatant insult to anyone still hoping for a just move toward peace from Putin. These strikes are purposefully designed to maximize civilian casualties^[1]. On April 13, a key religious holiday for Orthodox Christians — Palm Sunday, which the Kremlin cynically claims to honor as part of its performative religiosity — Russia launched a missile attack on the city center of Sumy, killing over 30 civilians, including two children^[2]. Video footage confirms the use of a ballistic missile with shrapnel payload, a weapon also used in the March strike on Kryvyi Rih, which killed 21 people, nine of them children^[3]. Independent military experts have pointed out that both attacks were militarily meaningless.

On the same day, Russian Ambassador to the UK Andrei Kelin told^[4] the BBC that Moscow had no intention of backing down: “America knows our position very well. We do not want a ceasefire just to make a nice gesture… We want a full-scale solution, once and for all.” The implication was clear: Russia seeks not only the surrender of Ukraine but of the entire democratic world.

Putin’s commitment to stalling negotiations was also reflected in his April 11 meeting with Steve Witkoff in St. Petersburg. The meeting ended without any meaningful public statements or outcomes. Beforehand, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov emphasized^[5] that the goal was merely to “convey Russia’s key positions and concerns,” and noted that Putin would conduct the meeting “from a position of strength,” and “for as long as President Putin deems necessary.” Two months after the initial 90-minute call between the U.S. and Russian leaders on February 12, it’s evident that the Kremlin is deliberately sabotaging the ceasefire process — dressing it up with hollow diplomatic language and empty gestures^[6].

Putin’s bluff is particularly transparent given the …