And Trump’s attack on Zelensky, who was hailed as a hero in the United States for resisting Russia’s Blitzkrieg on Kyiv early in the war, was a graphic sign of how the new American administration has reversed Washington’s stance of supporting the victim of the invasion and is now rewarding the aggressor.

U.S.-Russia relations have gone from nowhere to close engagement in a week, since Donald Trump called Vladimir Putin ahead of a putative summit.

Trump administration officials have sought to cast the talks as a chance to explore Russia’s intentions, rather than the start of formal negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. Rate of descent and gusty conditions created 'recipe for disaster' for flipped Toronto jet,