While President Donald Trump has not personally brokered an end to the Russia-Ukraine war as promised, his administration’s actions—and inaction—are still profoundly transforming the conflict. -According to a recent analysis by Splinter News,

Trump has generally veered away from overtly criticizing Putin while openly berating Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelensky, but has repeatedly condemned Russia's lethal airstrikes and floated that the Kremlin could be "tapping us along."

President Trump said Wednesday he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the aftermath of a Ukrainian drone attack on Russian bombers and amid a stalled push for an end to the war in Ukraine.