The Kremlin on Friday said the Ukraine war is about Russia’s national security and not about oil prices. This is after U.S. President, Donald Trump, called for a cut in the price of oil. DAILY POST gathered that Trump on Thursday said he would demand Saudi Arabia and OPEC bring down the cost of oil.

The Kremlin has stated that Russia's aggression in Ukraine is not dependent on global oil prices. Source: European Pravda, citing the Russian news agency Interfax Details: Dmitry Peskov, spokesperson for the Russian leader,

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that he and Donald Trump should meet to talk about the Ukraine war and energy prices, issues that the U.S. president has highlighted in the first five days of his new administration.