In a miscalculated bid to halt a war that has dragged on for over eleven years, U.S. President Donald Trump unfolded the red carpet for Russia’s ruler in Alaska. That symbolic gesture of deference only reinforced Vladimir Putin’s maximalist ambitions, as assaults along Ukraine’s eastern front in Donetsk Oblast intensified. At the same time, massive airstrikes, including missiles and UAV drones, pounded across Ukraine. On August 28, Kyiv suffered one of the deadliest recent attacks, killing 25 people, and wounding 63 others.
