A £2.6 billion loan from the United Kingdom to Ukraine could help ‘turn the table’ on Vladimir Putin’s war machine. The money is the UK’s contribution to a £38.39 billion loan package agreed by the G7 group of nations, funded by frozen Russian assets.

Ukraine said on Oct. 20 that it attacked Russia's "largest explosives plant" and an airfield overnight, the latest in a series of long-range drone attacks in the rear to slowly grind down the bigger foe's powerful war machine from afar.

Although Ukraine dominates Russian attention today, Russian leaders are already considering their future. Whether Russia will pose a threat to NATO in the future depends on several drivers: -Does Russia retain territory captured from Ukraine?