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.