Ukraine tries to reinforce troops in Russia's Kursk region as Putin's forces retake ground amid Trump's aid and intel pause.

Kyiv's top general said on Monday that Ukrainian troops fighting in Russia's Kursk region were not at risk of encirclement, despite a recent counteroffensive by Russian forces that has included North Korean troops.

No threat of encirclement for Ukrainian troops in Russia's Kursk Oblast, Syrskyi says Russia attempting to gain foothold in Sumy Oblast, Border Guard warns Ukraine strikes Samara Oblast refinery producing fuel for Russian fighter jets,

Russia has repeatedly painted modern Ukraine as a Nazi state, in a crass distortion of history. Putin had already seized Ukraine's Crimean peninsula eight years earlier, after a revolution that ousted Ukraine's pro-Russian president and replaced him with a more pro-Western government.

Atlantic Council senior fellow Ariel Cohen and Heritage Foundation senior fellow Charles 'Cully' Stimson discuss the state of the war amid White House tensions with President Zelenskyy.

Donald Trump sparks backlash after warning Ukraine 'may not survive' - US has already ended intelligence sharing and military aid to Ukraine