President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke Friday after an unprecedented wave of Russian drone and missile strikes on Kyiv.

President Trump said he was "very disappointed" by a call with Vladimir Putin and that he did not think the Russian leader wanted to end the war in Ukraine.

Trump has stunned observers by privately telling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that he wants to help Ukraine, despite recently pushing for the U.S. to freeze critical weapons deliveries. The contradictory moves have fueled speculation that Trump is leveraging military aid to gain influence over both Kyiv and Moscow ahead of the U.