Russian UN envoy: need to see what Trump thinks a Ukraine 'deal' means

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Russia will have to see what U.S. President Donald Trump thinks a "deal" to end the war in Ukraine means, Russia's deputy U.N. Ambassador Dmitry Polyanskiy said on Wednesday after Trump threatened tariffs and sanctions against Moscow if the conflict does not stop.

"It's not merely the question of ending the war," Polyanskiy told Reuters. "It's first and foremost the question of addressing root causes of Ukrainian crisis."

He continued: "So we have to see what does the 'deal' mean in President Trump's understanding. He is not responsible for what the U.S. has been doing in Ukraine since 2014, making it 'anti-Russia' and preparing for the war with us, but it is in his power now to stop this malicious policy."

(Reporting by Michelle Nichols, editing by David Ljunggren)

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