Russia and Ukraine’s war continued unabated through 2025, though this year, the United States began a new tactic of pursuing diplomatic negotiations with both sides instead of continuing to fully back Ukraine.

President Donald Trump, who was reelected with a campaign pledge to end the war within 24 hours, made a dramatic shift in the momentum of the war far from the battlefield. Despite several rounds of intense negotiations with both sides, the Trump administration has been unable to successfully figure out how to satisfy both sides.