Russia, Ukraine and Trump
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President Trump famously said that he would end Russia’s war against Ukraine on “day one” of his return to the White House. Today, he is 13 months into his second term and the war is starting its fifth year.
The Trump administration has ordered Ukraine to rein in its long-range attacks on Russian infrastructure after strikes affected US investments.
Experts say Vladimir Putin has peruaded U.S. negotiators that he wants to cut a deal – even as Moscow rains missiles and drones on Ukrainian cities.
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Viktor Orbán demands Ukraine reopen oil pipeline in scathing letter, alleging "anti-Hungarian policy" amid energy supply dispute and election campaign.
Volodymyr Zelensky has said he hopes President Trump will visit Ukraine "one day" to understand the "enormity of this pain."
The Trump administration has been sending asylum seekers from Ukraine and Russia back to a warzone. One family in Minnesota says they fear for their lives.
Donald Trump continues trying to wheedle Vladimir Putin to end his war to extinguish Ukraine’s nationhood short of that outcome. Trump’s persistence calls to mind the man Gulliver encountered during his travels: He had spent “eight years upon a project for extracting sunbeams out of cucumbers.”
Ukraine’s ability to sustain this fight hinges heavily on continued western military and financial backing. Ammunition shortages, battlefield attrition and political wavering abroad pose real risks to Kyiv’s ability to defend itself. Severe fatigue is palpable, even if morale has not collapsed, after four years of all-out war.