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NEW YORK, October 15. /TASS/. US President Donald Trump is open to developing economic relations with Russia after the conflict in Ukraine is settled, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing sources. According to the newspaper, the US leader would first like to de-escalate hostilities between Russia and Ukraine and then present Moscow with a proposal for a long-term ceasefire. In conversations with The Wall Street Journal, US officials opined that Trump reached an agreement on Russian diesel supplies in order, first, to lower fuel prices in the US, and second, to "offer economic and political benefits" to Russia to engage in negotiations. The newspaper’s sources added that Trump is open to future economic relations between the US and Russia once the Ukrainian conflict is settled. However, Ukrainian and European officials are dissatisfied with US actions. Threats to suspend intelligence sharing with Kiev were followed by restrictions on the operation of the Starlink satellite communication system in Ukraine, the Wall Street Journal noted. The White House declined to comment on issues regarding access to Starlink. "The president and his team remain committed to continuing to play a constructive role in ending the war between Russia and Ukraine, and he remains optimistic that we’ll ultimately get a peace deal done," a US official told the newspaper. Earlier, Sergey Beskrestnov, an advisor to Vladimir Zelensky and an expert in communications and unmanned systems, said that SpaceX had limited the operating speed of Starlink terminals for the Ukrainian military to 160 kilometers per hour. Later, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk stated that the Starlink system is used solely for defense and civilian purposes, not for offensive military operations.