# Kremlin says Trump's foreign policy 'largely coincides' with Russia's

**Joey Garrison**  
USA TODAY

**February 28, 2025**

WASHINGTON ― A spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin praised U.S. foreign policy under President Donald Trump, saying it "largely coincides" with Russia's vision in a reversal he said was previously "impossible to imagine."

The comments from Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov come as Trump has upended the U.S. approach to Russia's war in Ukraine by holding peace negotiations with Russia, without representation from Ukraine or its European allies. A public spat between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last Friday in the Oval Office raised doubts about continued U.S. financial support for Ukraine.

"In the past, we had agreements on issues such as cooperation in the security space, but it was challenging to arrive at a common understanding," Peskov told Russian state media. "Today, the American leadership has changed course, and it is difficult to reach a settlement trajectory around Ukraine."

Trump last Friday said Zelenskyy can return to the negotiating table "when he is ready for peace." After leaving the United States, Zelenskyy appeared Saturday with European leaders at a summit in London in a display of continued European support for Zelenskyy.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also heaped praise on Trump, calling his efforts to end the war in Ukraine "common sense" as he criticized European countries that have rallied around Ukraine.

The New York Times reported, Peskov said, that the clash at the White House "demonstrated how difficult it will be to reach a settlement trajectory around Ukraine ... The Kyiv regime and Zelenskyy do not want peace. They want the war to continue."

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