After securing the release of Hamas’s hostages, US President Donald Trump plans to meet his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in two weeks to seek an end to the war in Ukraine.
While many pro-Ukrainian observers are sceptical about the prospects for peace, they see a remarkable shift in the war: Ukraine is no longer losing.
Ukraine’s strategy to target the logistical network that delivers men, fuel and ammunition to the front from deep inside Russia is making it harder for Mr Putin to persist with costly assaults that have barely captured any ground over the past four months.
“Ukraine may not be winning outright but Russia is paying for every inch with an economy that can’t afford the war it’s waging,” Robert Potter, an Australian adviser to the Ukrainian defence forces, told The Nig