
US President Donald Trump hoped to bring a swift end to Russia's war in Ukraine, but six months into the office, he was only left to voice disappointment with Russia's Vladimir Putin following their phone call last week, over Putin’s ongoing reluctance to end the three-year-long war in Europe.
Putin is digging in for a long political battle of influence with Washington. Serbia, a Western Balkan country also friendly to Russia, seems to be now a new target, after it has come to light that Serbia was supplying Ukraine with arms for quite some time, since the war began.