Days before the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukrainians are as somber and tense as they were right before Moscow launched the war

"Since when do we let tyrants like Putin dictate the terms of any peace agreement?" a leader in Chicago's Ukrainian community writes after the president blamed Ukraine for Russia's unprovoked invasion.

Donald Trump is in such a rush to end the war in Ukraine, that he seems willing to give Vladimir Putin the advantage in any deal. The Russian president has stuck to stringent demands that would undo Europe’s security architecture and basically turn Ukraine into a failed state.