Ukrainian forces are collapsing in a near rout, being driven out of Russia’s Kursk region after being blinded by Washington’s intelligence blackout. Scenes of Kyiv’s troops mangled, burned and on the run filtering back to the capital have reinforced distrust of America and Russia.
Now comes the proposed ceasefire, seen as a short-term tactical necessity because it has been traded for Donald Trump’s agreement to turn the intelligence taps back on.
