White House officials are losing confidence that Ukraine will ever be able to take back all of the land it has lost to Russia over the past four months of war, US officials told CNN, even with the heavier and more sophisticated weaponry the US and its allies plan to send.

Ukrainian troops retreat from Severodonetsk city in the eastern Luhansk Oblast after weeks of fighting.

Severodonetsk is not a Pyrrhic but a telling Russian victory

The war in Ukraine is a multi-dimensional disaster, which is likely to get much worse in the foreseeable future.

If the war is to ever end, it will have to do so through some form of pragmatic compromise.

The war in Ukraine has dragged on long enough now to reveal certain clear trajectories.

Germany and France want peace while the US and UK push for more war

Capture of Severodonetsk shows Russians’ strategy – war of attrition in materiel and manpower terms – works

If you want a war with Iran, Russia, China and Venezuela tell me why and how it would benefit Americans

After lying for months, the media are preparing the public for Ukraine’s military collapse.