His team says it can be reversed if he shows good faith to "achieve peace," hours after Trump warned that it won't "last long" if he doesn't want to reach an agreement with Russia. First, there were praises for Putin and Russia and the idea that the new administration "trusts" Moscow more than Kiev.

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that pausing U.S. military aid to Ukraine would be the best contribution to the cause of peace, but cautioned that Russia needed to clarify the details of the move by U.S.

U.S. officials said the halt in military funding, an extraordinary pressure tactic, would be lifted if Ukraine’s president shows an openness to peace talks.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's influential sister said Tuesday that the deployment of a U.S. aircraft carrier to South Korea would prompt Pyongyang to bolster its nuclear arsenal and ramp up military provocations.

North Korea's Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un, criticised the U.S. Trump administration for stepping up "provocations" and said it justified the nuclear state increasing its nuclear deterrent,