WASHINGTON — Perhaps Russia is a paper bear.

The Kremlin fired back at President Trump’s dig that Russia looks like a “paper tiger” by bizarrely insisting it is actually a “bear” that’s still a formidable military power despite its failure to conquer Ukraine.

“Russia is by no means a tiger. Russia is traditionally seen as a bear. There is no such thing as paper bears. Russia is a real bear,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told RBC Radio in an awkward response. “There is nothing paper about it.” 3

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On Tuesday, Trump dramatically declared for the first time that he now believes Ukraine can fully repel Russian invaders to reclaim all of its land and “maybe even go further than that.”

The president lauded Ukraine’s fighting spirit and chided Russia’s failures to subdue it

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