“For Putin, the ambition to destroy Ukraine goes beyond any US president,” says Alina Polyakova.

“Putin has made it clear that the Ukraine war is more important to him than the relationship with the US,” says
Alina Polyakova.

"We have seen a massive uptick in Russian air attacks in Ukraine going far beyond what we've seen previously, meaning deeper and deeper into Western Ukraine, Southern Ukraine territories that until now were considered relatively safe," says Alina Polyakova.