MICHAEL KIMMAGE is Professor of History at the Catholic University of America. He is the author of Collisions: The Origins of the War in Ukraine and the New Global Instability.

New developments Tuesday reinforced the idea that President Donald Trump has significantly shifted his view of the Ukraine war.

Melania Trump has highlighted Russia's continued attacks on Ukraine in private conversations, President Trump said on Monday.

Russia bombed Ukrainian cities in open defiance of Trump's ceasefire ultimatum, casting doubt on his leverage with Putin.

That included a Monday joint statement from Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham and Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal calling Trump’s threat of ramped-up economic penalties if Russia doesn’t cut a peace deal in next 50 days “a real executive hammer to drive the parties to the negotiating table.”

Putin tells Trump Russia will continue Ukraine war until achieving its goals, just two days after the U.S. halts some military aid to Ukraine.

Keir Starmer, the British prime minister, and Emmanuel Macron, the president of France, are expected to promise today to have their nuclear arsenals work together if Europe is threatened. Private equity firms have entered the $40 billion youth sports industry. Their investments could raise costs for families.

President Trump has said he will send Kyiv more weapons and threatened Russia with further sanctions if it does not end the war in Ukraine within 50 days.

A section of party leaders from the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), led by Deputy Party Leader Godfrey Osotsi, met leaders of the United Russia Party, a political outfit linked to President Vladimir Putin, in Moscow, Russia.

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