A day later, Trump spoke to Zelensky. The U.S. president, who used to brag about ending the Russia-Ukraine conflict within 24 hours of re-taking office, encouraged Zelensky to hit the heart of Russia with strikes on Moscow and Putin’s hometown of St. Petersburg, according to the FT.

President Trump privately questioned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky about whether Kyiv could blast Moscow and St Petersburg if needed to make Russians “feel the pain” and come to the