BRUSSELS – America’s European allies are insisting that the West must not compromise on its principles or weaken its support for Ukraine, in response to a call this week between President-Elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Mr. Trump’s comments during the election campaign about seeking a better relationship with Russia rattled Eastern European officials. Those worries were accentuated with a Kremlin report of a Nov. 14 phone call between Mr. Trump and Mr. Putin that said the two leaders agreed on a collaborative dialogue based on “principles of equality, mutual respect and noninterference.”
