The Russian media has celebrated the White House’s new national security plan as Donald Trump seemingly softens his view of Russia as a threat and instead shifts the European Union into his firing line. The plan, last updated by Joe Biden, had emphasized the “acute threat” and “aggression” of the Russian state as being at the heart of the US’s national security plan. However, with Trump’s latest update, that view appears to have shifted.

The published White House plan instead accuses the EU of “trying to undermine political liberty and sovereignty”, a message that Putin is seemingly celebrating. The BBC’s Steve Rosenberg reported how the government paper Rossiyskaya Gazeta celebrated the move to downgrade the Russian threat, calling the briefing “revolutionary”. Another Russian outlet, Komsomolskaya Pravda, ran a piece that summarised the move as a US statement that “Moscow is no longer our enemy”. It added: “Trump has sharply changed his foreign policy priorities.

“The document talks about Europe almost with disdain, telling it to stop riding on the back of America for its defence and security. The Europeans must take care of this themselves.”

While Moskovsky Komsomolets claims that Trump is not Europe’s “daddy anymore”, writing: “The Trump administration finds itself at odds with European officials who hold unrealistic expectations for the [Ukraine] war perched in unstable minority governments.

“That’s it, the meteorite has struck, and it looks like the dinosaurs will soon be extinct.”

The news comes in the midst of a deadlock over Trump’s 28-point peace plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war, a plan which has widely been criticised for being far too favourable towards Moscow.

Amongst the stipulations are demands to surrender territory not currently occupied, whilst Russia would retain control of substantial Ukrainian land under its occupation, including Crimea, Donetsk, and Luhansk.

Ukraine would be required to conduct fresh elections within 100 days, whilst simultaneously downsizing its armed forces and relinquishing aspirations of NATO membership.

Although after several rounds of negotiations the initial plan is reported to have changed, European leaders, including Volodymyr Zelensky, descended into Downing Street on Monday to try and bolster European support.

Meanwhile, Trump has continued his criticism of Kiev, accusing Mr Zelensky of having failed to read the latest peace plan, saying he was “a little disappointed” in the Ukrainian leader, while insisting Russia’s Vladimir Putin was “fine with it”.