For days Trump cabinet officials have suggested Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky might need to step aside. Yet Ukrainian officials and analysts told CNN any change of president in Kyiv would spark at least six months of political limbo,

Trump also slammed Zelensky for suggesting that the end of Russia's war against Ukraine likely "is still very, very far away."

President Donald Trump on Monday evening hit pause on all U.S. aid to Ukraine, a show of force following last week’s dressing down of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office aimed at pressuring him back to the negotiating table.