Gift for Putin as fears grow that Trump is turning the screws on Ukraine

Ultimately, you have to wonder what it is that Vladimir Putin says to Donald Trump when they are on the phone.

A week ago, a call between the US president and his Russian counterpart seemed to be about an urgent clarification over a possible outbreak of plague in Siberia. Instead, a controversial deal to buy Russian diesel emerged, prompting fury from Ukrainians, and then Trump demanding they get a new president. For days, fears grew across Europe this may spill into the real world of the US limiting military aid and intelligence for Ukraine, and in the past 48 hours, that might be spilling into reality. Twice now, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has declared Kyiv was not given the usual warning about Russian ballistic missile attacks from its partners. Read More...