Trump, Russia and Ukraine

Trump’s strength and unpredictability can help end the war in Ukraine, Zelenskyy says
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is “strong and unpredictable” and those qualities can be a decisive factor in his policy approach to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Zelensky Says Trump's 'Unpredictability' Could End War With Russia
During his campaign, Trump claimed he could end the nearly three-year-long conflict in Ukraine within a single day.
Ukraine's Zelenskiy: Trump can be decisive in helping stop Russia's Putin
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump could be decisive in the outcome of the 34-month-old war with Russia and help stop Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin.
Russia said it's been listening to Trump's plans for peace in Ukraine and is 'not happy, of course'
Trump's plans for negotiating a ceasefire are becoming clear. But Russia's not happy with them.
Russia Rejects Donald Trump's Ukraine Peace Plan
Trump said he would end the war in Ukraine "within 24 hours," but Sergey Lavrov has poured cold water on plans to halt the fighting revealed in an interview.
Trump exposes his weak negotiating skills with backward approach to Russia-Ukraine war
Three years after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine has cut off Russian natural gas supplies to Europe, not only blocking a major customer of Russia's gas but eliminating a point of leverage Russia could use against Europe in discouraging assistance to Ukraine.
Russia rejects Trump transition team’s floated ideas to end the war in Ukraine
Russia’s foreign minister Monday rejected the peace proposal being floated around by President-elect Donald Trump’s team to end the war in Ukraine.
Zelensky Says Ukraine War Will End Once Trump Takes Power
Despite previous clashes regarding a peace plan, Volodymyr Zelensky has said that he believes the president-elect can achieve peace.
Zelenskiy says US will be alongside Ukraine's efforts to stop Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said late on Tuesday that no one would give peace to his country as a gift, but he believed the United States would stand alongside Kyiv as it fights to stop Russia's 34-month invasion.
Zelenskyy says Trump could be decisive in stopping war in Ukraine
For us, this is the most important thing," Zelenskyy said in an interview with Ukrainian television. Zelenskyy said Trump had told him he would be one of the first to visit Washington after the presidential inauguration later this month.
Ukraine’s Zelensky says Trump ‘capable of stopping Putin’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview that President-elect Trump is “capable of stopping” Russian President Vladimir Putin and that he will be a key factor in the outcome of the war in Eastern Europe,
The biggest threat to Putin’s regime is Donald Trump
Vladimir Putin’s plan to outlast Joe Biden and an exhausted West has run into an unpleasant surprise – Donald Trump is ...
Ukraine’s president calls Trump ‘strong and unpredictable,’ hopes he will help end ‘hot’ war
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says President-elect Donald Trump is “strong and unpredictable” and that he can not ...
Are Russian Sanctions Working? Debate Gains New Urgency With Trump.
The president-elect has said he will use sanctions sparingly while vowing to end the war in Ukraine, renewing questions over ...
Send British troops to Ukraine to secure Trump’s peace deal, urges Jeremy Hunt
Former foreign secretary warns that European forces will have to police any treaty as there is no way president-elect will send US troops ...
Russians Respond to Donald Trump's Greenland Proposal
Officials and political pundits in Moscow have voiced their support for President-elect Donald Trump's recent pitch to buy ...
Kremlin supporters tout Trump takeover threats as aiding Putin’s expansionist goals
By talking of making Canada the 51st state, “Trump is basically saying, ‘Russians, you can take the Baltics,’” said TV host ...
US imposes sanctions on Russian and Iranian groups over disinformation targeting American voters
The U.S. has imposed sanctions on two groups linked to Russian and Iranian disinformation campaigns targeting this year's ...
Trump, Putin advisers trade barbs heading into new year
The year is ending with a pair of sharp messages between top advisers to Russian leader Vladimir Putin and the incoming U.S.