The Trump administration's sharp pivot toward Russia and the president's verbal attacks on Volodymyr Zelenskyy sent shock waves across the Atlantic this week.

President Donald Trump reversed course on Friday and said Russia did in fact invade Ukraine, and that Kyiv would soon sign a minerals agreement with the United States as part of efforts to end the Ukraine war.

Three years after Russia invaded Ukraine, Washington is shifting its pressure from Moscow to Kyiv as the Trump administration tries to end the war. Why it matters: President Trump's dramatic change in U.