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,

President Donald Trump slammed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday for suggesting that the end of Russia’s war against Ukraine likely “is still very, very far away.”

Days after their Oval Office clash, President Trump posted on social media criticizing Ukrainian President Zelenskyy's comments about the end of the war with Russia being "very far away." Trump derided it as the "worst statement that could have been made" and that "America will not put up with it for much longer.