Long reputed to be Russia-friendly, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has often railed against the continuation of the EU sanctions, claiming that they impose an intolerable burden on the Hungarian economy and provide no solution for the carnage in Ukraine.

Kremlin propagandists have said Moscow could benefit from the new Donald Trump administration and added that the U.S. president's talk of tariffs and what he could do to end the war in Ukraine was bluster.

The US State Department said that the 90-day freeze aims to root out waste and block so-called woke programs to expose US-funded activities 'that run contrary to our national interests'

One of the problems with Donald Trump is that he doesn’t … know stuff. Putin seemed nonplussed. So did a lot of other people. Inconveniently for the tariff-loving Trump, Russia exports almost nothing to the United States,

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda says that any peace settlement in Ukraine must involve Kyiv and come with more defense spending by regional countries to deter future Russian aggression.

He that even when a ceasefire is reached in Ukraine, ‘you cannot believe that the intentions of Russia will be just to stop and do nothing’.

Russia slammed Donald Trump’s plan for an ‘Iron Dome’ missile defence shield in a nuclear weapons space war row.Moscow said the move was designed to weaken Russian and Chinese nuclear deterrence.Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova also stressed that Russia saw the “Iron Dome” plan as confirmation of a US intention to turn space into a theatre of military confrontation.

Pres. Donald Trump suggested 40 icebreakers will be ordered as a massive addition to the United States’ current fleet of just two heavy icebreaker ships.