Ukraine’s war isn’t just a clash of ideologies and artillery—it’s become a three-ring circus of corruption, political rot, and the same financial war machine that milked America dry in Afghanistan. I spoke with a Ukrainian who explained that most of the front-line soldiers still struggle to receive equipment that inevitably doesn’t make it past the gold-ornamented political rooms of Kyiv.

Russia launched a record number of drones at Ukraine overnight into Friday, striking multiple buildings and residential areas, hours after US President Donald Trump said he had made “no progress” towards a ceasefire deal in a phone call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.