As the war morphs into a deadly routine, it's harder for him to hold the attention of allies, and to keep people like Trump on his side.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Tuesday (March 25) that a truce with Russia covering the Black Sea and energy strikes had come into effect. However, he cautioned that Moscow was already distorting the terms of the agreement.

Russian President Vladimir Putin could be stalling in talks over a full ceasefire in Ukraine, U.S. President Donald Trump said, after Washington announced separate agreements with Kyiv and Moscow on pausing strikes and opening up trade in the Black Sea.