Putin's Patsy

Putin’s strike on Kyiv’s Dormition Cathedral coincided with the G7 summit, where Trump again downplayed Ukraine’s war and framed it as Europe’s burden. Though the US president signed a pledge backing Ukraine, his longstanding deference to Putin undermines any value it holds. Meanwhile, Ukraine continues degrading Russia’s military, isolating Crimea, and inflicting heavy losses – and losing Crimea could shatter Russia’s imperial mindset and ultimately discredit both Putin and Trump’s indulgence of him.