US silence as Russia steps up attacks on Ukraine highlights Trump’s failure

After boasting he would end the war within 24 hours, the question now is whether US president has disengaged

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The noises in Kyiv in the early hours of Sunday morning went like this. First was the staccato sound of the air defences booming on the edge of the city. As those guns stopped, the sound of drone motors approaching was audible, getting quickly louder before the briefest moment of silence and then a sudden detonation.

But, after two days of heavy Russian air raids that hit civilian buildings across Ukraine, there has been only silence from Donald Trump.