The Guardian’s Luke Harding discussed Trump, Putin and the state of the war in Ukraine, his expulsion from Russia, his new book Betrayal, and his career as a foreign correspondent Ipswichred asks: Why is Russia considered a wider threat when it cannot even defeat Ukraine? Pressfreedomorbust asks...
Source: [Guardian World](https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/live/2026/aug/25/reader-q-and-a-ask-guardian-foreign-correspondant-author-luke-harding-a-question)