U.S. President-elect Trump, who has vowed to swiftly end the conflict, is returning to the White House at a time of Russian ascendancy. Moscow controls a chunk of Ukraine about the size of the American state of Virginia and is advancing at the fastest pace since the early days of the 2022 invasion.

President-elect Donald Trump could hand Ukraine nuclear weapons to thwart Vladimir Putin's Russia once and for all, an expert tells the Daily Express. Mr Trump stormed to a decisive election victory earlier this month,