Long Bitter Foes, US and Russia Face Prospect of Talks After Trump Election Win

Relations with Moscow—and the fate of Ukraine—take center stage as Trump gears up to return to the White House.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands before a meeting in Helsinki, Finland, on July 16, 2018. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images

News Analysis

In the run-up to the U.S. election, former President Donald Trump pledged to quickly end the war in Ukraine. Now that he has secured a second term in office, speculation is rife as to how he intends to do so.