Q&A: Suspended US weapons, Macron-Putin call and Russian opposition

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  It's 1,226 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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  And ever since Donald Trump entered the White House for the second time in January,

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  there's been uncertainty over his new administration's long-term commitment to Ukraine.

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  It's been a rollercoaster six months, including that Oval Office exchange,

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  reconciliation in the Vatican, a contrived round of peace talks.

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  I think it's fair to say the US president has blown hot and cold on decisive intervention.

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  And now we've got Washington saying it's going to withhold some weapons already pledged to Ukraine by President Biden.

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  That reportedly includes the coveted Patriot air defence missiles.

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  So with Russia making battlefield gains,

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  how much could this decision hamper Ukraine's defence?

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  As always, we have a top team to answer all that and more on Ukrainecast.

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  Ukraine cast for BBC News.

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  Life is not safe in Ukraine.

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  Nowhere in Ukraine.

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  We've had three years of bloody conflict now.

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  We need to get to that lasting peace.

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  We hope we can finish this war this year.

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  President Trump will not allow anyone to turn Uncle Sam into Uncle Sucker.

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  Biden was just enemy, Trump is rival.

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