Ukrainians living in North Yorkshire contemplate uncertain future
The US President's urging Russia's leader to make a peace deal
Ukrainians living in North Yorkshire say the future remains uncertain - despite Donald Trumps claims he can help end the war.
Vladamir Putin says he's ready for contact with the new US President.
Maryna Kapas-Romaniuk lives in York with her son after fleeing the conflict: "It is unpredictable, we want to believe that peace will come one day but it is very difficult to predict now how the war will impact your future."
"More than 55% of Ukrainians think Donald Trump will be good for Ukraine and he will help us, but a lot of politicians they say things to win the election, so what he will do, we don't know."
Meanwhile her family remain in Ukraine living under the constant threat of bombs: "It is very difficult if every day there are a lot of drones above your head, my Mum just returned from us at the end of December, she was with us for one month, but after one month in Ukraine she feels exhausted."
"She's worrying a lot and to be honest, before going to sleep she doesn't even know if she should change into pyjamas or no, because you don't know if you will awake in the morning."
Meanwhile the Kremlin has insisted that a settlement in Ukraine could not be facilitated by a drop in global oil prices, as US President Donald Trump has suggested.
Speaking by video from the White House to the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Mr Trump said on Thursday that the Opec+ alliance of oil exporting countries shares responsibility for the nearly three-year conflict in Ukraine because it has kept oil prices too high.
"If the price came down, the Russia-Ukraine war would end immediately," Mr Trump said.
Energy sales form a large part of Russia's earnings.
Asked about Mr Trump's comments, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov affirmed Moscow's view that the Ukrainian conflict was triggered by the West's refusal to take into account Russian security interests.
"The conflict doesn't depend on oil prices," Mr Peskov said in a conference call with reporters.
"The conflict is ongoing because of the threat to Russia's national security, the threat to Russians living on those territories and the refusal by the Americans and the Europeans to listen to Russia's security concerns. It's not linked to oil prices."