British wartime leader Winston Churchill once said he was an optimist, as there was no point being anything else. The year ahead in Ukraine has given rise to wild, perhaps wilful, positivity from Kyiv and – publicly at least – in parts of NATO that the incoming Trump White House can effect meaningful,

Experts fear deal between US president-elect and his Russian counterpart would ‘enshrine aggression as a legitimate way to redraw borders’

Russia will demand Ukraine drastically cut back military ties with the NATO alliance and become a neutral state with a limited army in any talks with Trump.

The White House cautioned Vladimir Putin last year after U.S. intelligence found that Russia was preparing to send explosive packages on cargo planes.

Joe Biden warned Vladimir Putin about planned Russian sabotage actions on transatlantic routes, reports the "New York Times." According to the newspaper, Russian operatives planned to place self-igniting courier packages on planes flying to the USA and Canada.