It is a dark day when the president of the United States aligns himself with a dictator who has waged a brutal, unprovoked war on a sovereign nation. Yet that is exactly what Donald Trump has done by negotiating Ukraine’s future with

On February 24th America sided with Russia and North Korea in voting against a UN resolution proposed by its European allies that blamed Russia for invading Ukraine. It then pushed through its own resolution in the Security Council with the support of Russia and China that called for a “swift end” to the war,

"The View" co-host Joy Behar suggested that President Donald Trump might owe something to Russian Vladimir Putin during a discussion about his admin's posture on the war.

President Donald Trump refused to label his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin a dictator on Monday, despite having called the Ukrainian leader one in a post on his social-media platform, Truth Social, last week. Newsweek has contacted Ukraine's Foreign Ministry for comment by email.

On Feb. 12, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent presented Zelenskyy a minerals cooperation agreement calling for 50% of Ukraine’s mineral and natural resources revenues to go to the U.S. But Zelenskyy refused to sign the agreement as it included no security guarantees for Ukraine. A new agreement is currently being worked on.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Moscow and Washington could make a deal on mining rare earth minerals both in Russia and parts of Russian-occupied Ukraine.

This has been a dizzying and disorienting week in international diplomacy. One with wild implications for Ukraine, the future of America’s standing in the world and President Trump’s legacy.