What now for Ukraine as Trump turns on Zelenskiy
It’s been a head-spinning week for Ukraine, with US president Donald Trump publicly turning on the war-torn country’s leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
It is three years since Russia invaded Ukraine and the world is now seeing what the US president meant with his election promise of ending the war.
As evidenced by his actions this week, that apparently involves the US dealing directly with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and cutting Ukraine and Europe out of any peace talks; undermining Zelenskiy and questioning his motives and authority; proposing a payback for US aid from Ukraine; broadly acceding…
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