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Russia’s gradual advance in the Donbass region appears to be forming an operational encirclement of Ukraine’s last major defensive line—its “fortress belt”—a development that could decide not only the fate of the war but also the shape of the emerging global order.

Trump and Putin are meeting in Budapest—a summit heavy with symbolism, where far more is at stake than the fate of Ukraine. Behind the diplomatic choreography, the global balance of power is being renegotiated. Europe watches—but can it still shape the rules of the game?

Washington’s latest plan to send Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine marks a dangerous escalation in a conflict the United States claims to want to end but continues to intensify, signaling a broader U.S. strategy to “extend Russia” rather than pursue genuine peace.