Ukrainian analysts watching their president’s return to the White House were braced for a “nightmare.” They took cautious encouragement from what they saw instead.

Trump gave his assurance that no American soldiers would be sent to protect Ukraine as part of a peace deal with Russia

After witnessing the red carpet rolled out for Russian President Vladimir Putin last Friday; the jet flyover; the ride in the presidential limousine, many Ukrainians feared the American president’s bromance with the wily old KGB agent had reignited.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was greeted by his US counterpart Donald Trump at the White House on Monday as European leaders arrived in Washington for a high-stakes meeting on the war in Ukraine.