Overview

• Presidential aide Yury Ushakov made the remarks in an interview with journalist Pavel Zarubin on Rossiya 1 aired on October 12, 2025.
• He characterized European attitudes toward Russia as a unified or consolidated hostility.
• He said this hostility is difficult to break through, using the metaphor of an 'American drill.'
• State agency RIA Novosti published the quotation the same day, circulating the comments widely.
• The statement fits ongoing official messaging that portrays Europe as uniformly antagonistic toward Russia.