Ukraine: Fighting back, without the U.S.

Ukraine’s fight against Russia is going better than you might think

A soldier of the Unmanned Systems Forces prepares a drone on March 31, 2026, in Kharkiv, Ukraine. | Nikoletta Stoyanova/Getty Images “I suggested a little bit of a ceasefire, and I think he might do that,” President Donald Trump told reporters this week after a conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “There’s so many people being killed, it’s so ridiculous.” Putin has proposed “little” ceasefires before, but more than four years sin…

Ukraine: Fighting back, without the U.S.

“Strange as it sounds, it’s uplifting to visit Ukraine these days,” said David Ignatius in The Washington Post. That’s because “the good guys are winning—or at least holding their own.” Ukrainian troops pushed back a ferocious Russian offensive last fall, and their cities survived a frigid winter despite a Russian blitz on energy infrastructure. Now it’s spring, the power is still on, a $106 billion loan from the EU has been approved, and Ukrain…