This was a disorienting week for those anxious over how the new Trump administration will fulfill Donald Trump's vow to end the Ukraine war.
As the U.S. president took his first steps toward diplomacy over the nearly three-year conflict, comments from his top officials left many unsure what he has planned for the biggest security crisis to face Europe in decades.
Trump spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy by phone on Wednesday and tasked officials with kick-starting negotiations, adding that a summit with Putin in Saudi Arabia was likely.
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