Politicians in Kyiv have welcomed Donald Trump’s announcement that billions of dollars worth of US military equipment will be sent to Ukraine, while officials in Moscow dismissed his threat of sanctions against Russia as hot air. Zelenskyy also said he had had a “productive” discussion in Kyiv with Keith Kellogg, Trump’s special representative to Ukraine. One former Ukrainian military officer said it was unlikely to make a meaningful impression on the Kremlin, or act as a strong deterrent. Podolyaka and other commentators pointed to the main Moscow stock index, which gained more than 2.5% after Trump’s announcement. Some voices in Moscow, however, lamented that Trump’s once-positive relationship with Putin may have fundamentally shifted.