Steve Bannon warned his former boss, President-elect Donald Trump, against being pulled into an unwinnable war in Ukraine like Richard Nixon in Vietnam.

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is in danger of failing to make a clean break with Ukraine and could be sucked deeper into Vladimir Putin’s war — just as Richard Nixon was stung in his attempts to pull out of Vietnam — Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon warned in a wide-ranging interview with POLITICO.

As of December 30, 2024, 427,000 Russian soldiers died or were injured in the war in 2024, according to Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskii. In a release published on January 2, Ukraine’s Defence Ministry placed Russia’s losses last year at 430,790 soldiers.

Vietnam and Russia inked an agreement to boost cooperation on nuclear energy during Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin’s two-day visit to Hanoi.

Russia will facilitate Vietnam’s participation in the BRICS bloc of developing economies as a “partner country.”

I have been working to assemble a group of U.S. and Ukrainian veterans. The purpose is to help Ukrainian veterans develop local veterans’ communities throughout Ukraine.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin met Vietnam's President Luong Cuong Wednesday, seeking to bolster support from its long-standing ally as Moscow's isolation over the war in Ukraine grows. During his visit,

Vietnam and Russia signed an agreement on nuclear energy and several cooperation deals on Tuesday during a visit to Hanoi by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin arrived in the country for a two-day visit aimed at deepening ties between the two long-standing allies as Moscow’s isolation over the war in Ukraine grows.

“Vietnam is an important partner of Russia in ... in Asia to offset its growing international isolation over its war in Ukraine, also agreed to transfer a scientific research vessel for marine ...

Vietnam, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. Credit: AP/Giang Huy Russia, which has been trying to bolster ties in Asia to offset its growing international isolation over its war in Ukraine, also agreed to ...

Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Putin has been increasingly isolated on the world stage. In June 2024, fresh off the heels of his closely watched visit to North Korea, Putin met with Vietnamese President To Lam in Hanoi to reaffirm the Kremlin's ties to its long-time ally Vietnam in a bid to boost trade.