I n just three weeks, President Donald Trump has exploded long-standing U.S. foreign policy and sided with Russia against Ukraine and

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the first contact with the U.S. gives some hope that the Ukraine war will be resolved. Putin stated this on Thursday at the Federal Security Service meeting.

Vladimir Putin has described initial contacts with the Trump administration as “inspiring a certain degree of hope”, his most positive remarks since US-Russia talks began on ending the war in Ukraine.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin told the FSB security service on Thursday that initial contacts with the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump gave grounds for hope.

The first contacts with the new American administration give us some hope,” the Russian president said in televised comments on Thursday.

If anyone thought Mr Merz was being alarmist, they were swiftly disabused. On February 24th, on a UN resolution that blamed Russia for invading Ukraine, America voted against its European allies and sided with Russia and North Korea.