Vladimir Putin has unleashed one of the largest-scale attacks on Ukraine since the beginning of the full-scale invasion – just days after the first in-person negotiations for a ceasefire. Missiles and Iranian-made Shahed drones ripped through the midnight sky over Kyiv, injuring eight people.

Despite President Trump’s stalled efforts to broker peace and Russia’s planned summer offensive, analysis by Michael Kimmage (Kennan Institute) suggests the military tide in Ukraine may be turning against Moscow.

By Tom Balmforth, Andreas Rinke, John Irish KYIV/BERLIN/PARIS (Reuters) -For Ukraine and its allies, who spent months trying to win Donald Trump over to their cause in the war started by Russia, it is back to square one.