The calendar is now Ukraine’s foe — and so, Ukrainians fear, is Trump

Ukraine faces a harsh winter while Russia intensifies its strikes, and Ukrainians worry that President Donald Trump is siding with Moscow. Russian factories have reportedly produced enough missiles and drones to knock out the electrical grid and the heating that millions of people depend on. Three events far from Kyiv may shape the country's prospects. The first is the U. S. midterm elections, less than two weeks away; Ukrainian leaders fear that a Democratic win in either chamber of Congress would push Trump to pull back support even more during the remaining weeks of Republican control. The second is a proposed mid-November meeting in southern China, where Vladimir Putin wants to sit down with Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping to plan an end to the war, without Ukraine present. The third is the December Group of 20 summit at Trump's Miami-area golf club, where he hopes Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy will agree to a settlement, even an unfavorable one for Kyiv, according to MS NOW.

Three people close to Trump told MS NOW's author that he is angry over Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries.

Summarized by PolitiKool from MS NOW’s reporting. Read the full story at MS NOW →