US-Ukraine rift costs lives as Russian strikes hit civilians

A deteriorating US-Ukraine relationship is costing Ukrainian lives, as Russian attacks on civilian targets continue and US support wavers under President Donald Trump's Russia-friendly policies. Trump has turned against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, with Russian state media framing a 2025 Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska as an agreement potentially ceding Donbas. Ukraine remains critically dependent on US intelligence, Starlink satellite services, and air defense systems that European counterparts cannot match. Zelenskyy is seeking support from European partners amid crisis diplomacy in Oslo involving US envoys, while American representatives are set to travel to Moscow afterward. Russian propaganda has suggested a future where Russia and the US could form a joint military alliance.