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The ex-leader has pleaded not guilty to 37 felony counts linked to the alleged mishandling of classified material A US federal judge has ordered former President Donald Trump not to disclose evidence obtained during the discovery process in his classified document case, approving a request by prosecutors to keep sensitive details under wraps.

The stated aim of the much-hyped Ukrainian counteroffensive was to inflict a major strategic defeat on Russia by cutting off the land corridor to Crimea. But hardly anyone in the Western military and political establishment with any real knowledge believed that Kiev would be able to achieve such a result. It would have been strange…