Tensions between the two leaders have come and gone since Trump returned to the White House with a pledge to quickly end the war in Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is on a collision course with President Donald Trump, who is increasingly looking at Kyiv’s battle against Russia primarily through the lens of energy prices ahead of US midterm elections. Key points and original sources are listed below.

• Tensions between the two leaders have come and gone since Trump returned to the White House with a pledge to quickly end the war in Ukraine.S1

• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is on a collision course with President Donald Trump, who is increasingly looking at Kyiv’s battle against Russia primarily through the lens of energy prices ahead of US midterm elections.S2