Trump diverges from his earlier promises to make pressure on both sides | Mariia Zolkina
Mariia Zolkina, Head of the Regional Security and Conflict Studies Department at the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation and a researcher at the London School of Economics, for Al Jazeera English on Trump push for the start of negotiations: "While the very fact that Trump called Putin first shouldn't over exaggerated, however the content of this conversation and other signals are challenging and worrying for Ukraine. Thus, Trump diverges from his earlier promises to make pressure on both sides and now we witness rather loyal and sympathising rhetoric towards Russia".