After weeks of inter-party disputes, the US Congress ended the first month of 2024 without agreeing to an additional $61bn military aid package for Ukraine.

The same can be said of the EU, where Hungary blocked a $55bn aid package.

There was no matching uncertainty in the Kremlin. Putin persists, his aim unchanged — the emasculation of an independent and sovereign Ukraine.

What will the rest of 2024 bring? Here are three scenarios.

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