The Kremlin said on Thursday that it assumed U.S. President Donald Trump was still committed to work towards achieving peace in Ukraine, after the U.S. leader abruptly shifted his rhetoric in Kyiv’s favour earlier this week.

Trump said on Tuesday after meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that he believed that Kyiv could recapture all of its land taken by Russia – which controls around one-fifth of the country – and that it should act now, with Moscow facing economic problems.

Trump’s vice president, JD Vance, told reporters on Wednesday that Trump was growing “incredibly impatient” with Russia because they were not “putting enough on the table to end the war.”

“If the Russians refuse to negotiate in good faith, I think it’s going to be very, very bad for their country. That’

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