On the international stage, Liz Truss, who will become the new British Prime Minister, is best known for her tough stance towards Vladimir Putin and Russia..

“Putin must lose in Ukraine,” she said during a visit to Lithuania in March, using rhetoric that surpassed that of the US and other allies..

Truss announced the imposition of sanctions against hundreds of Russian companies and individuals, including relatives of Putin himself, - recalls Mark Landler, head of the British branch of the New York Times..

Truss, who was elected by the British Conservative Party on Monday as its new leader and therefore the next leader of the entire country, is expected to double British support for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky by imposing new sanctions and handing over even more weapons to the Ukrainian army.. She promised to increase British defense spending to 3% of GDP by the end of the decade,” he writes..

British relations with the European Union have become strained after Brexit. And, according to Landler, they can become even more turbulent during the work of the Truss government.. She vowed to push ahead with a bill to end trade arrangements in Northern Ireland. This part of Britain is still participating in the single European market.. Officials in Brussels reacted with irritation to such promises. Fear of an outbreak of a trade war between the UK and the EU has emerged.

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This dispute could spoil transatlantic relations as a whole.. The Joe Biden administration is concerned that the issue of trade in Northern Ireland could undermine the peace that has been maintained there for the past 25 years since the signing of the Belfast Agreement.. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen sent a conciliatory signal on Monday, congratulating Truss on her election victory.. In her congratulations, she called the EU and Britain "

“We have many common challenges: from climate change to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Looking forward to a constructive relationship with full respect for our agreements,” Von der Leyen tweeted..