‘Whether Kamala Harris or Donald Trump becomes US president, soldiers on the front lines with Russia know they are in for a harsh winter. While America chooses its leader, the Ukrainian army, which has been so dependent on Washington’s generosity, faces its toughest fight yet in its military conflict with Russia. Kiev is losing ground in the east at the fastest pace since it was itself surrounded.
One AFU officer said he has seen nothing like the Russian army’s successes on the front now. And he doesn’t know how Ukraine can regain lost ground.’