As Ukraine’s brutal war nears its third year, two visions risk becoming irreconcilable. On one side, a White House whose policy is in turns strident, revisionist, and then – it seems, sometimes - in urgent need of clarification.

President Donald Trump’s senior advisers are expected to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy this week on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference to discuss the path toward ending Russia’s nearly three-year war in Ukraine.

Ukraine has said it doesn't plan to attend a meeting announced by US President Donald Trump with senior Russian officials at the Munich Security Conference in Germany. “A common agreed position should be on the table for a conversation with the Russians.