If Trump walks away, or if Kyiv rejects a deal and keeps fighting with European support, it won’t necessarily mean “the collapse of Ukraine” although more people will almost certainly die if the U.S. pulls its air defenses and intelligence-sharing capabilities, Heisbourg said.

Officials in Ukraine and Europe believe U.S. President Donald Trump is close to walking away from peace talks aimed at ending Russia’s war against Ukraine, The Financial Times reported on April 28, citing sources familiar with the matter.

I'm RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak, and this week I am drilling down on two issues: the European game plan for the Ukraine-Russia talks, and whether the next pope will be Hungarian. What You Need To Know: Over the past week,