As a Ukrainian journalist, I’ve covered the US for 20 years. (opens in new tab)

My country has been under occupation, dogged by corruption and war. Yet even I've been bewildered by the way the US seems to be fracturing After Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, a society long sceptical of government has had to build one in real time. The war revealed a hard truth: only a functioning state can survive such a massive assault. Only a professional military can repel one of the world's most powerful armies. Only a coordinated health system can care for the wounded...