Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has made the damning accusation that Russia is covertly returning its own fallen soldiers to Ukraine, disguised as Ukrainian casualties, to mask the true scale of its battlefield losses.

Mark Rutte says at the NATO Public Forum that US President Donald Trump helped break the deadlock on ending the war in Ukraine by initiating dialogue with Russia's Vladimir Putin. US President Donald Trump helped break the deadlock on ending the war in Ukraine by initiating dialogue with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin,

The alliance’s summit will minimize references to either Russia or Ukraine to avoid antagonizing the U.S. president who has sided with the aggressor.