Jolted by President Trump’s support for possible land swaps in Ukraine, they went to back President Volodymyr Zelensky, a move that appeared to have accomplished its goal.
President Petro O. Poroshenko of Ukraine, President Aleksandr Lukashenko of Belarus and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, at peace talks in Minsk, Belarus, in 2015.
The Lebanese militant group has lost much of its power since the recent war with Israel. But it is balking at demands to surrender whatever is left of its once formidable arsenal.