Peter Baker, a veteran journalist and former Moscow correspondent for the New York Times, compared the White House’s decision to Kremlin tactics.

Kyiv and its allies are hoping recent tensions with Washington were just part of a strategic ploy. The White House’s suspension of military aid and intelligence sharing — along with demands for a share of Ukraine’s mineral resources and a public apology from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy — are seen by some as a negotiating tactic.

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The president's closest advisers, stunned after the debacle in the Oval Office, huddled on Saturday morning were still uncertain how to salvage a mining deal with Ukraine.

A new administration’s efforts to pressure the news media, punish political opponents and tame the nation’s tycoons evoke the early days of President Vladimir V. Putin’s reign in Russia.

Emmanuel Macron said the future of Europe and its security “cannot be decided in Moscow or in Washington” in a clear criticism of US-Russian talks over Ukraine.

Donald Trump’s freezing all military aid to Ukraine is perfectly in line with his spouting ludicrous Kremlin propaganda at Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office.