Former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko is a rival to Zelensky and under sanctions, but says he knows how to get the American relationship back on track.

While the Kremlin downplayed Trump's remarks about Putin, pro-Kremlin bots have launched a smear campaign against the U.S. president. The online attacks suggest that Putin may be less than pleased with Trump's sudden shift in tone, despite the U.S. president recently describing their latest phone call as having gone "very well."

In an Oval Office meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Trump likened the war in Ukraine to a fight between two young children who hated each other.