Ukraine war: how Zelensky rebuilt his relationship with Trump to turn the tables on Putin

By Natasha Lindstaedt, Professor in the Department of Government, University of Essex

After Donald Trump’s “very good and productive” phone call with Vladimir Putin earlier this week, all eyes were on his subsequent call with Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky.

Would it, when they last met in the flesh on February 28 at the White House, descend into disastrous acrimony? Or would Zelensky manage to engage with the US president in a cooperative way that encourages him to see Ukraine and its leader in a more favourable…

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