Russia: No Illusions About Trump, Will Robustly Defend Interests

The Russian Foreign Ministry said Wednesday that Moscow had no illusions about Donald Trump after he was elected U.S. president and would work with the new U.S. administration to robustly defend Russian national interests.

The ministry said in a statement that Moscow would remain focused on achieving the goals of what it calls its special military operation in Ukraine and that its stance on the conflict remained unchanged.