Sergey Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, described Donald Trump as a "pragmatist" and his associates as "reasonable" in an interview with the Russian Defense Ministry. He also criticized the idea of European forces being present in Ukraine.

The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, praised Donald Trump for claiming that the previous U.S. support for Ukraine's efforts to join NATO was a major reason for the outbreak of the war. Many reports provided by Russian media or government representatives are elements of propaganda.

Such information is part of the information war conducted by the Russian Federation. - He is the first, and so far, in my opinion,

Putin casts the conflict in Ukraine as part of an existential battle with a declining and decadent West which he says humiliated Russia after the Berlin Wall fell in 1989 by enlar

Sergey Lavrov, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, accuses European countries of wanting to prolong the conflict in Ukraine. He stated that he does not see any role for Europe in peace negotiations.

Russia praised US President Donald Trump's "common sense" aim to end the Ukraine war but accused European countries of seeking to prolong the conflict. On Sunday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the United States still wanted to be the world's most powerful country adding that Washington and Moscow would never see eye to eye on everything.