
US President Donald Trump’s shift away from Ukraine has raised new questions about his association with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, a man whom a top US envoy praised on Wednesday as a “humanitarian”. Trump has portrayed his dealings with Putin as part of a massive deal that secured the release of US detainee Stephen Hubbard – which Trump says will end Russia’s war on Ukraine. At the same time, he repeatedly rebuked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and called on him to…