WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine nearly three years ago, then-U.S. President Joe Biden took a firm stand in solidarity with Kyiv, forged a bulwark of European allies and set veteran advisers to the task of isolating Moscow economically and diplomatically.
Washington's approach changed dramatically with this week's initial high-level talks between the U.S. and Russia and took an even more ominous turn when Trump, without evidence, then blamed Kyiv for starting the war and called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy a "dictator without elections."
