The contradictory stories come as Trump, finally, announces new sanctions to counter Russia and more military aid to Ukraine.

Vladimir Putin’s conduct has prompted Donald Trump’s shift as Russia’s war effort in Ukraine has gotten only more aggressive.

Some Ukrainian internet users have dubbed Melania Trump an unlikely 'undercover agent' after the U.S. president revealed it was his wife who finally convinced him to turn on Vladimir Putin

President Donald Trump has softened his stance on NATO. He once called the Western alliance "obsolete." Now, he says, it's the "opposite of that."

The U.S. has “realized that Russia does not really want peace, so in order to have peace, we need to support Ukraine and we need to put the pressure on Russia,” Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, told reporters in Brussels on Tuesday.

President Trump discussed how he came to give up on negotiating with Vladimir Putin, during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the White House on Monday, as the U.S. agrees to sell new and more weapons to Europe and Ukraine.

I am very disappointed with President Putin,” Trump said July 13. “I thought he was somebody that meant what he said."

U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly said during his campaign that, if elected to a second term, he would be able to end the war between Russia and Ukraine “in 24 hours.” Trump's rhetoric toward both Zelenskyy and Putin has evolved during his second term in the White House.