Russia, Ukraine and Donald Trump

Russia has lost about twice as many men to death and serious injury as Ukraine. But the trends favor the Kremlin.
Russia has had battlefield momentum but its recent territorial gains have been at the expense of high personnel losses.
Domestic activity has become strained in recent months by labour shortages and high interest rates introduced to tackle inflation, which has accelerated under record military spending.
Kharkiv region governor Oleg Synegubov said 267 children and their families were to be evacuated from 16 settlements ...
Ukraine is in the final stages of drafting recruitment reforms to attract 18- to 25-year-olds who are currently exempt from mobilization as it looks for ways to bolster its fighting force.
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte warned that restoring the alliance's credibility after a Russian victory in Ukraine could require trillions of dollars.
Belarus is holding a presidential election on Sunday that will secure another five-year mandate for Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power for over three decades and crushed all opposition.
Russian gas giant Gazprom , squeezed by plunging sales abroad as the Ukraine conflict prompts European buyers to turn away, ...