Ukraine’s collapse is not a foregone conclusion, despite sustained losses on the battlefield.
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The latest corruption scandal is a huge blow for Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky.
Facing increasing pressure on the front lines, Kyiv is hoping that its European allies can quickly reach an agreement of billions of Euros in funding.
Operation Midas, a Ukrainian anti-corruption probe, has uncovered what appears to be damning evidence against some of the Ukrainian president’s close allies.
The latest European commission report on Ukraine’s EU accession points to problems with corruption and intimidation of journalists.
The aborted Hungarian summit between Putin and Trump reflects more on how Putin has tried to manage his relationship with Trump to gain other geopolitical benefits.
Despite exhaustive discussions, neither the EU or the US has come up with any really substantial measures to boost Ukraine’s defence.
The Russian president has long seemed able to persuade Donald Trump to his point of view. The Ukrainian president appears to be catching on.
Donald Trump is reportedly ‘sick’ of being presented with maps of Ukraine’s battlefronts. The problem may be he and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy are looking at different things.
It looked as if the US might supply Ukraine with game-changing new weapons. Then the Russian president phoned Donald Trump.
The US president had already severely criticised the UN in his speech to the general assembly.
The new age of drones and AI may be terrifying, but there are reasons for thinking the dystopian possibilities of future war will be contained.
There are indications that the US president wants to leave Europe to fight its own battles.
The US vice-president recently said that all major wars end in negotiations. It’s a clue to how the US might approach ending the war in Ukraine.
And ‘land swap’ involving Ukraine ceding its strategically vital fortified cities in western Donetsk would be a disaster for Kyiv.
The US and Europe hope protections for Ukraine can end the conflict. But previous attempts have fallen flat.
UKraine’s allies are talking about security guarantees which would resemble protections given by the Nato treaty. So what does that mean?
The US president has announced that arrangements are in the works for a meeting between the wartime leaders.
There are signs that Ukraine, the US and Europe are close to agreeing a pathway to a peace deal, but the initial response from Russia has not been promising.
Ukraine has already seen what a failed security arrangement leads to. The West must assume Russian promises won’t amount to anything.
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