Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has praised Donald Trump’s pick for his vice presidential running mate JD Vance over his stance on the war in Ukraine, launched by Moscow more than two years ago. Vance, a senator from Ohio, was in favour of peace and an end to military aid for Ukraine, Lavrov said at the United Nations in New York on Wednesday, according to Russian state news agency TASS. “We can only welcome this because it is exactly what is needed – to stop inflaming Ukraine with weapons,” Lavrov said. “The war will be over. We will start looking for solutions,” he added. The US has b…