Russian MP Leonid Slutsky wrote in a Telegram post that “the sanctions against Russia, which Trump is forced to impose, are meaningless and useless.”

He added that “Brussels, Paris, and London are trying to obstruct the US president’s team’s diplomacy with one goal: to continue profiting from trading in Russophobia.”

He also stated that the United States should “reconsider its stance” towards European countries that “are imposing a scenario of escalating the Ukrainian conflict.”

This came in response to US President Donald Trump’s remarks that Washington might change its position towards Russia and Ukraine if no progress is made in resolving the conflict in Ukraine.