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

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.