"Sanctions are disappearing, weapons are diminishing, counterpropaganda is harder to hear. All of that will encourage Putin to go further—not just to try to defeat Ukraine but to divide Europe, mortally damage NATO, and reduce the power and influence of the United States around the world"

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/07/putin-trump-russia-ukraine/683414/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK38jq6vvO2FygkuCulUcodbA&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

America's Great Realignment Toward Putin

Donald Trump is giving Vladimir Putin every incentive to keep killing Ukrainians.

The Atlantic
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Ukraine needs to buy an old fishing vessel on the black market and sail it to the Sea of Japan. From there they can launch a drone attack on Russian transportation infrastructure which connects Russia to arms suppliers in North Korea.