Ukraine Is Becoming the NATO Ally Trump Wants
The apartment block on Dehtiarivska Street in central Kyiv was recently struck by a ballistic missile, destroying one side of the residential building.
On the geopolitical stage, the EU must regain its balance atop shifting tectonic plates: Russia is again a threat, powers like China are rising, and the United States is reducing its commitment to the defense of Europe under a new program dubbed “NATO 3.0.” On the battlefield, the rise of drones and autonomous warfare is calling into question the viability of the traditional weapons and tactics in use for decades.
In the red glow of sunset, the silhouettes of two soldiers hunched over a catapult in the middle of a wheat field evoke Jean-François Millet's painting The Gleaners.











