Pokrovsk, an industrial and rail hub in Eastern Ukraine, is teetering. For months, Ukraine has held on against relentless Russian pressure. But now, Russian troops are close to encircling the area, leaving just a 10-kilometer corridor through which Ukraine can supply what remains of its defense, according to the Kyiv Independent. President Volodymyr Zelensky recently said Russian forces in the sector outnumber the Ukrainians 8 to 1. The Ukrainian Defense Ministry has said that over 300 Russian troops have infiltrated the city, and Moscow is trying to seed sabotage teams to create chaos from within.
President Donald Trump has a new Ukraine policy. It’s the same as his old Ukraine policy—force Kyiv to make more concessions and hope that Russian President Vladimir Putin will be satisfied, take the deal and set the stage for Trump to get his Nobel Prize. It hasn’t worked before, and it won’t work now. Worse, it comes at a moment of critical vulnerability for Ukraine.
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