This was stated by diplomat and former Ukrainian ambassador to the United States, Valeriy Chaly, during an interview with Espreso TV.“Trump has hit Putin’s wallet. Let me remind you, Rosneft is basically Yukos — they raided it, threw out the owners, took it over, Sechin became head, and Putin uses it to finance his ‘family.’ His people, including relatives, are placed in Rosneft’s leadership. So this is Putin’s wallet, and he didn’t like it. In his worldview, this is ‘against the rules,’ so he’s reacting emotionally. This is the first time I’ve seen him so irritated. He’s even swallowed his pride — once again sending Dmitriev to the U.S. with commercial offers. I think their business deals didn’t work out either,” Chaly commented.According to him, Trump was dissatisfied that five meetings with Witkoff led nowhere. “The offers discussed included the Arctic and mineral resources. The Russians are offering Trump Ukrainian mineral deposits. Although the U.S. already has an agreement with Ukraine on subsoil resources, the Russians are offering Americans deposits from the occupied territories. In other words, Russian occupiers are trading what doesn’t belong to them. Apparently, this commercial plan hasn’t worked out as Putin expected,” Chaly explained.“That’s why Putin sent his envoy Dmitriev to fix the situation — because things aren’t going his way. The Americans won’t lift sanctions quickly. These are sanctions imposed by a presidential directive through the Treasury Department — not by Congress — so they can’t be easily revoked. The Russians understand this well, and it’s painful for them. But they’ll look for ways to bypass it. If China’s position changes even slightly, it could seriously hit Russia’s capabilities next year, at least in the second half of 2026,” the diplomat concluded.On October 22, the U.S. Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil, citing Moscow’s unwillingness to end the war in Ukraine.