For anyone who watched Vladimir Putin’s rise to power in the early 2000s, the Trump administration’s crackdown on Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night comedy show immediately brought to mind an incident from early in the Russian autocrat’s presidency: the forced cancelation of a popular satirical puppet show called “Kukly.”

Vladimir Putin's ally, Dmitry Medvedev, issued a harsh rebuke of Donald Trump on Wednesday, saying on Telegram that the U.S. president has "slipped into an alternate reality" after Trump stated on Tuesday that Ukraine can reclaim all territory lost to Russia, marking a sharp shift from his earlier calls for Kyiv to make concessions.

ANALYSIS: Trump said Tuesday that Ukraine was "in a position to fight and WIN all of Ukraine back in its original form" — a notable shift appearing to reflect growing frustration with Russia.

President Trump’s abrupt shift on the war in Ukraine this week came amid fresh frustration at his counterpart Vladimir Putin, and was intended to apply more pressure on Moscow to come to the negotiating table,

Yuriy Boyechko, CEO of Hope for Ukraine, told Newsweek that negotiations had hit a dead end," and that Kyiv is now turning to strikes on Russian infrastructure such as oil facilities to pressure Vladimir Putin to negotiate. Ukraine must therefore rely on its own efforts, particularly targeting Russian oil refineries with drone strikes, he added.

What remains largely missing for the president are the kind of foundational principles that historians might someday refer to as a “Trump doctrine.”

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Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discusses the Trump administration's efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war and ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas on 'Sunday Night in America.'

Defence Secretary John Healey told The Mirror Russia is 'not as tough as Putin likes to pretend' and said he welcomed Donald Trump's jibe

Volodymyr Zelensky met privately with Donald Trump at the UN this week to ask for an "additional weapons system" to force Russia to the negotiating table.

President Donald Trump has seemingly forgotten one of the biggest insults he has given to Russia as he reiterated his disappointment with Vladimir Putin over the Ukraine war. Two days ago, in a major reversal for the president,