Dar es Salaam, March 25 -- RUSSIA: Russia may have influenced members of the US administration “through information,” Ukraines Vladimir Zelensky has claimed in an interview with Time magazine.

His comments come as US President Donald Trump has acknowledged some of Moscows concerns regarding the root causes of the crisis. These include the Kremlins repeated criticisms of NATOs continued expansion towards Russias borders and its opposition to having Ukraine become a member of the bloc.

Commenting on recent Russia-US contacts, particularly the phone calls between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Zelensky lamented that the White House was being receptive to information coming out of Moscow. During the latest call...