conflict in eastern ukraine between government forces and pro—moscow rebels in donetsk and luhansk have. there is talk of a warmer relationship between washington and moscow. that has left ukraine feeling like it has been sidelined. my feeling like it has been sidelined. my guest is the vice prime minister for european integration. is her country out in the cold internationally? vice prime minster ivanna klympush—tsintsadze, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me here. donald trump has said of vladimir putin that they would probably get along and have a good relationship. his election is probably bad news to ukraine, isn't it? since his inauguration, we have only had supportive messages from the us administration and we have had very clear signals from donald trump himself during his recent meeting with the president of ukraine, petro poroshenko, when he confirmed the willingness to continue sanctions with regard to russian aggression against ukraine, to support further ukrainian reforms, and to make sure that america is staying engaged in trying to sort out the conflict that we a