John T Psaropoulos

US and Russian ideologies would be in alignment, leaving Europe as an island of liberalism, according to analysts.

Russian mortality rates reportedly soar, troops test new tactics and Zelenskyy reshuffles Defence Ministry.

Ukraine’s General Staff estimated the tally – but Russian President Vladimir Putin appears bent on avoiding peace talks.

Analysts and Ukrainian officials doubt Moscow’s latest announcements as peace talks stall.

Moscow is struggling to back up claims it has seized Kupiansk and Pokrovsk, and to deny a submarine was struck.

Ukraine’s troops hail advance, a month after Putin claimed town was ‘practically’ in Russia’s hands.

As peace efforts fail to bear fruit, the Russian leader threatens Odesa and Mykolaiv – and warns of wider war on Europe.

Zelenskyy described the simultaneous military and diplomatic pressure as ‘one of the hardest moments in our history’.

Zelenskyy’s co-production agreements across the continent are kindling the fires of the naval defence industry.

As fighting rages and Russia seizes settlements, a US-Russia constructed plan looks set to upset Kyiv and its EU allies.