As if nightly Russian missile strikes were not enough, Kyiv started the week with more in its Monday morning in-tray. First with neighbouring Slovakia, where the pro-Russian candidate Robert Fico finished tops in a weekend general election, leaving people to wonder: what kind of a coalition will the anti-West left-wing populist form?
Next, there's the Capitol Hill compromise that prevents a US government shutdown... at the cost of suspending new funding for Ukraine.
What will be their impact on Kyiv? And what is Europe's plan if a small but determined bloc of far-right isolationists in Washington can ride the wave of a return to power of Donald Trump in 2024?
After a summer where the frontline barely budged, it's clear that this war is set to last.
But can Ukraine count on NATO and Europe for what lies ahead?
Produced by Charles Wente, Josephine Joly and Imen Mellaz.
