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After a strange, made-for-television summit in Washington on Monday meant to bring Russia’s escalating war on Ukraine closer to the conclusion that U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to achieve even before taking office, nearly all the big questions remain unanswered. Here are just a few of the major issues that the United States, Ukraine, its European backers, and Russia will be grappling with in days and weeks to come.

On the campaign trail in 2024, Trump pledged not to commit U.S. troops to Ukraine. But during his Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday, Trump twice declined to rule out sending in U.S. troops to ensure Ukraine’s security as part of a final peace deal, raising hopes that he had perhaps changed his mind.

After a strange, made-for-television summit in Washington on Monday meant to bring Russia’s escalating war on Ukraine closer to the conclusion that U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to achieve even before taking office, nearly all the big questions remain unanswered. Here are just a few of the major issues that the United States, Ukraine, its European backers, and Russia will be grappling with in days and weeks to come.

On the campaign trail in 2024, Trump pledged not to commit U.S. troops to Ukraine. But during his Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday, Trump twice declined to rule out sending in U.S. troops to ensure Ukraine’s security as part of a final peace deal, raising hopes that he had perhaps changed his mind.

However, on Tuesday, he

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