What leverage will enable Trump to achieve peace in Ukraine? To force the leaders of Russia and Ukraine to the table and begin serious peace talks, US President Donald Trump needs leverage. Steven Pifer, a former US ambassador to Ukraine, believes that this sho... #DonaldTrump #MilitaryAidforUkraine #PeaceTalks #RussianAssetsConfiscation #SanctionsAgainstRussia
Trump seeks to collapse oil prices and deprive Putin of resources to fund his war; Saudi Arabia and Russia have responded. Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Economy and Planning, Faisal Alibrahim, in response to US President Donald Trump’s call to reduce oil prices, noted that his country is focused on the oil market... #DonaldTrump #FaisalAlibrahim #Oilmining #OilPrices #Putin #RussianOil #SaudiArabia
The US has suspended foreign aid programs, except for military assistance to Ukraine. On January 24, the US State Department paused most foreign aid programs for 90 days. USAID representatives were ordered to stop all projects related to Ukraine. These include projects in health care, ... #DonaldTrump #JoeBiden #PDA #USAI #USAID #USmilitaryAid
Trump makes another strong step toward ending the war in Ukraine by pushing Saudi Arabia and OPEC to lower oil prices. At the World Economic Forum via teleconference, President Donald Trump said he will demand Saudi Arabia and OPEC reduce the cost of oil and will ask Riyadh to increase a planned US investment package ... #Davos #DonaldTrump #OilPrices #OilProduction #OPEC #SaudiArabia #WarEnding
The Russian elite has begun considering peace talks with Ukraine, but there is a nuance. Economic difficulties are prompting some of the Russian elite to believe that the conflict in Ukraine must be resolved through negotiation. This week, US President Donald Trump said that levying addit... #DonaldTrump #PeaceTalks #Putin #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #SanctionsAgainstRussia #WarEnding #WarinUkraine
Trump instructs Kellogg to end war in Ukraine in 100 days. US President Donald Trump has instructed his special envoy for the Russia and Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, to end the war in 100 days. According to the WSJ, Kellogg will advise Trump on negotiations, but ... #DonaldTrump #KeithKellogg #NATO #PeaceTalks #WarEnding #WarinUkraine
US State Department: We want to end the war against Ukraine so that it does not happen again; Trump threatens Russia with tariffs and sanctions. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that Donald Trump’s promise to end the war will become an official priority of US foreign policy. “We do not want the conflict to end and then resume... #DonaldTrump #MarcoRubio #PeaceTalks #SanctionsAgainstRussia #WarEnding #WarinUkraine
Zelenskyy: Ukraine must first receive strong security guarantees from the US and American peacekeepers to end the war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that any effective peacekeeping force deployed in Ukraine must include US troops. He added that European allies do not have enough soldiers to deter Putin ... #DonaldTrump #PeaceTalks #Putin #SecurityGuaranteesForUkraine #WarEnding #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
Trump officially becomes US president: He promises to end all wars and states that Putin is destroying Russia, but does not mention Ukraine. Donald Trump was sworn in, officially becoming the 47th president of the United States. After taking office, he said that he would focus on ending all wars in the world and building “the stronge... #DonaldTrump #Putin #TrumpInauguration #WarEnding #WarinUkraine
Markets in the US and EU react differently to Trump’s new energy policy. On Monday, 47th US President Donald Trump declared an energy emergency, allowing energy extraction in places previously where it was previously prohibited. “We will drill. We will become a rich ... #DonaldTrump #Oilmining #OilPrices #USenergy #USoil
The Senate approves the new US Secretary of State; Rubio says that Ukraine and Russia must both agree to concessions to end the war. A few hours after US President Donald Trump’s inauguration, the Senate confirmed Marco Rubio for the post of US Secretary of State. He becomes the first Cabinet official of the new administratio... #DonaldTrump #MarcoRubio #PeaceTalks #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #WarEnding #WarinUkraine
The EC is developing a plan to completely stop Russian gas imports; Trump offers an alternative. The European Commission is working on a plan to remove all Russian fossil fuels from the EU market, EC spokeswoman Anna-Kaisa Itkonen said in Brussels on January 20. She added that the EU has cut all ... #AnnaKaisaItkonen #DonaldTrump #EnergyIndependence #HydroCarbonProduction #LNG #USoil
How much financial support from the EU will Ukraine receive this year and will aid from the US be suspended after Trump’s decree? In 2025, Ukraine expects to receive more than €30B in budget support from the EU, said Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko. The amount consists of two parts: €18.1B from the framework of using income fr... #DonaldTrump #EUfinancialAid #PDA #SerhiyMarchenko #UkraineBudget2025 #UkraineFacility #USAI #USmilitaryAid
Experts believe that the time has come for Trump to make Putin pay for Ukraine’s restoration. US President Donald Trump can force the aggressor country, Russia, to pay for the restoration of Ukraine by using the $300B in frozen Russian assets. Scholars from the Hoover Institution and the Ameri... #DonaldTrump #Putin #ReparationsForUkraine #RussianAssets #RussianAssetsConfiscation #WarinUkraine #WarLosses
Trump vows to stop the war, orders a phone call with Putin in the first days after the inauguration; the Russian dictator is ready to engage in dialog. US President Donald Trump has promised to end the war in Ukraine and prevent World War III. “I will end the war in Ukraine. I will stop the chaos in the Middle East. I will prevent World War III... #DonaldTrump #PeaceTalks #Putin #TrumpInauguration #WarEnding #WarinUkraine
What does Putin hope to achieve in peace talks with Trump? Ivana Stradner, a fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, believes that Moscow sees potential in peace talks to achieve its long-standing goal of subjugating Ukraine, rather than reaching... #DonaldTrump #NATO #PeaceTalks #Putin #RussianAggression #WarEnding #WarinUkraine
Ukraine warns Trump against hasty peace talks with Russia. For an effective dialogue, Kyiv insists on first weakening the aggressor on the battlefield, notes The Telegraph. Although Donald Trump no longer promises “peace in 24 hours,” his team con... #DonaldTrump #MykhailoPodolyak #PeaceTalks #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #WarEnding #WarinUkraine
Trump’s European Defense Plan: Ukraine and the EU cannot continue the fight against Russia without American weapons. British economist Timothy Ash noted that without US support, Ukraine and Europe can finance the fight against Russia for months, but not for a year or more, given their dependence on American weapon s... #DefenseSpending #DonaldTrump #MilitaryAidforUkraine #TimothyAsh #WarinUkraine
Putin will demand Ukraine abandon NATO membership in talks with Trump. Putin will insist on a radical reduction in Kyiv’s military cooperation with NATO and an irreversible withdrawal from membership in the bloc in upcoming talks with US President-elect Donald Trump rega... #DonaldTrump #NATO #PeaceTalks #Putin #WarEnding #WarinUkraine
The war in Ukraine must end: Ukraine and the US should be prepared for concessions. President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of state, Marco Rubio, said it’s “unrealistic to believe” that Ukraine can push Russian forces back to where they were before the 2022 inv... #DonaldTrump #MarcoRubio #PeaceTalks #WarEnding #WarinUkraine
Trump may use sanctions to finish off Moscow, which is running out of money for the National Welfare Fund. German energy analyst Tom O’Donnell said that the latest US sanctions could significantly harm Moscow, and that generally, sanctions against Russian oil could become a key weapon for US Presiden... #DonaldTrump #RussianEconomy #RussianNationalWelfareFund #SanctionsAgainstRussia #TomO'Donnell
Trump says it will take months to end war against Ukraine; Zelenskyy prepares to meet with the new US president. Advisors to future US President Donald Trump have acknowledged that it will take months to reach a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia, not one day, as Trump promised during the election campai... #DonaldTrump #KeithKellogg #PeaceTalks #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #WarEnding #Zelenskyy
Trump will not force Ukraine to start talks with Russia prematurely. Ukraine’s European allies have held a series of private talks with Donald Trump’s team, during which the partners justified the need to provide further support for Kyiv, and feel cautiously optimistic... #DonaldTrump #PeaceTalks #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #WarEnding #WarinUkraine
The US is asking Europe to seize $300B in frozen Russian assets to bring Putin to the negotiating table, but Europe opposes it. Biden aides have tried to convince his European allies to support the transfer of frozen Russian assets to a new account that will only be released if a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine is r... #DonaldTrump #JoeBiden #PeaceTalks #RussianAssetsArrested #RussianAssetsConfiscation #WarEnding
Trump is ready to lift restrictions on the supply of long-range weapons to Ukraine and continue sanctions in order to force Putin to negotiate. Future US National Security Advisor Michael Waltz said that US President-elect Donald Trump is ready to lift restrictions on the supply of long-range weapons to Ukraine to force Putin to sit down at t... #DonaldTrump #LongRangeWeapons #MikeWaltz #SanctionsAgainstRussia #WarEnding #WarinUkraine
Trump is preparing to meet with Putin, but first – a phone call. US President-elect Donald Trump said that a meeting with Putin is already being arranged, although the exact date has not yet been determined. The resumption of diplomatic dialogue between the US and ... #DonaldTrump #Putin #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #WarEnding #WarinUkraine
The US has approximately $4B in unused military assistance that could have been sent to Ukraine; Norway allocates the most significant aid amount in its history. The Biden administration failed to use about $4B in aid for Ukraine that has been provided within various support packages. The next US president, Donald Trump, and his team will further manage these ... #Canada #DonaldTrump #Lithuania #NATO #Norway #Ramstein #WarinUkraine
The EU is confident that Trump will continue to support Ukraine but is wary of easing sanctions against Russia. US President-elect Donald Trump has extended the timeline for the implementation of his campaign promise to end the war in Ukraine in a day to several months. According to EU allies, this is a signal ... #DonaldTrump #SanctionsAgainstRussia #USmilitaryAid #WarEnding #WarinUkraine
NATO will not support Trump’s calls to increase defense spending to 5% of GDP and seeks compromise. Trump recently said that NATO countries should spend 5% of their GDP on defense. No NATO country, including the US, has reached the 5% spending target. NATO officials agree with the need for further i... #DefenseBudgetNATO #DefenseSpending #DonaldTrump #NATO
If Ukraine loses the war, it will cost the US dearly. A Russian victory in the war would require a surge in Pentagon spending of more than $800B through 2029, the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) reported. The ultimate success of President Putin’s war... #DonaldTrump #Pentagon #RussianAggression #USmilitaryAid #WarinUkraine
The Biden administration is preparing its final military aid package for Ukraine. The Biden administration will announce a massive, final weapons package for Ukraine on Thursday as part of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s visit to Germany to meet with representatives from about 50 ... #DonaldTrump #JoeBiden #Kursk #Ramstein #USmilitaryAid #WarinUkraine
Zelenskyy is considering whether Ukraine should join NATO without the temporarily occupied territories. President Zelenskyy does not reject the idea of accepting NATO membership without the territories temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation. “The legislative invitation to NATO is extended ... #AnthonyBlinken #DonaldTrump #Kursk #NATO #OccupiedTerritories #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #SecurityGuarantees #Zelenskyy
The Trump administration may soon try to convene negotiations on Ukraine. According to The Telegraph, the next US presidential administration may try to convene negotiations on Ukraine in the near future. When exactly will depend on the willingness of Putin and President Ze... #DonaldTrump #MarcoRubio #Putin #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #UrsulavonderLeyen #WarEnding #Zelenskyy
The US will provide Ukraine with a $1.2B military aid package; Trump plans to continue arms deliveries. The Biden administration will announce its final Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) package in the coming days, using the remaining funds that have been reserved to purchase new weapons for... #DonaldTrump #JoeBiden #PatrickRyder #USAI #USmilitaryAid #WeaponsforUkraine
Global mergers and acquisitions deal volume to top $3T. In 2024, global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) volume will top $3T, up 11%. The value of deals worth more than $5B has increased 19% since the beginning of the year, while the number of deals has... #CapitalOneFinancial #DiscoverFinancialServices #DonaldTrump #GlobalEconomy #Kellanova #Mars #MergersAcquisitions
What is Europe afraid of in the negotiations over Ukraine’s future? Donald Trump’s return to the White House is now the primary issue for senior officials in European capitals. Their biggest concern is what will happen to Ukraine, Eurasia Group noted. The EU has... #DonaldTrump #EuropeanIntegration #financialaidforUkraine #G7 #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #SupportUkraine
European Council in Brussels: What message did Zelenskyy sent to EU leaders? President Zelenskyy called on the EU to unite and actively participate in future negotiations to establish peace in Ukraine. He stressed that future talks should be based on strong positions for both ... #DonaldTrump #EUCouncil #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #SecurityGuarantees #WarEnding #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
Trump’s special envoy for the Russia-Ukraine war is planning a visit to Kyiv and is ready to visit Moscow if invited. According to Reuters, President-Elect Donald Trump’s envoy for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, will travel to Kyiv in early January 2025. Kellogg plans to meet with Ukrainian leaders in Kyiv, and his te... #DonaldTrump #KeithKellogg #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #WarEnding
Zelenskyy to Trump: Freezing the war is dangerous, and negotiations with Putin will take place only on Ukraine’s terms. Newly elected US President Donald Trump knows that Ukraine does not want to surrender and freeze the war, President Zelenskyy said, commenting on the negotiations with Trump in Paris. “We are no... #DonaldTrump #FrozenConflict #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #WarEnding #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
Europe could deploy up to 100,000 troops as peacekeepers to ensure security in Ukraine. European countries could form a deterrent force that would be deployed in Ukraine, with about 40,000 European peacekeepers likely to participate in the mission, but the number could increase to 100,00... #DonaldTrump #EmmanuelMacron #NATOsoldiers #PeacekeepingMission #WarinUkraine
Analysts suggest that the war in Ukraine is nearing its end. Rajan Menon, a scholar at the Saltzman Institute for the Study of War and Peace at Columbia University, believes that the prospects for a peace agreement are now becoming more realistic and that the r... #DonaldTrump #NATOUkraine #SecurityGuarantees #WarEnding #WarinUkraine
Trump said there was “some progress” in ending the Russian-Ukrainian war and warned to revoke permission for strikes deep into Russia. US President-Elect Donald Trump noted that his team is currently working to end the Russian war against Ukraine, and there is already “some progress.” Trump stressed that “We have ma... #DonaldTrump #LongRangeStrikesOnRussia #NorthKorea #Putin #WarEnding #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
The EU has changed its position on ending the war in Ukraine and wants to participate in negotiations. Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans has changed his position on peace talks with Russia, saying that Europe should take the initiative in negotiations to end the war in Ukraine before Donald Trump... #AntonioCosta #DonaldTrump #RubenBrekelmans #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #WarEnding #WarinUkraine
Kallas names the EU’s requirement for discussing peacekeepers being sent to Ukraine. EU High Representative Kaja Kallas said that the bloc’s countries have yet to discuss sending peacekeepers to Ukraine. Kallas believes that peace is needed first. “But Russia does not want... #DonaldTrump #KajaKallas #PeacekeepingMission #WarEnding #WarinUkraine
Trump’s team is actively studying ways to end the war in Ukraine. Discussions are currently underway among Western allies on “how to stop the conflict,” said Trump’s future national security adviser, Michael Waltz. “Before Trump’s inaug... #DonaldTrump #KeithKellogg #MikeWaltz #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #WarEnding #WarinUkraine
Europe has delivered just over 50% of the aid it promised to Ukraine. According to columnist Mark Champion, from the beginning of the Russian invasion in February 2022 to the end of October 2024, Europe has pledged €241B in support of Ukraine, while the US promised €119... #AirDefenseSystems #DonaldTrump #MilitaryAid #OlafScholz #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Trump is categorically against strikes deep into Russia, but the Biden team thinks it gives an advantage to Ukraine. US President-Elect Donald Trump is categorically against launching strikes deep into Russian territory. He said that such strikes are escalating the war and making it worse. “This should not hav... #DmytriyPeskov #DonaldTrump #LongRangeStrikesOnRussia #OlafScholz #TaurusMissile #WarinUkraine
Western leaders and Zelenskyy will meet in Brussels to discuss ending the war and establishing a European peacekeeping mission in Ukraine. European leaders, the NATO Secretary General, and President Zelenskyy will meet in Brussels on December 18. They are expected to discuss possible formats for ending the war and potentially establishin... #DonaldTrump #MarkRutte #PeacekeepingMission #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #WarEnding
Ukraine has postponed signing a critical minerals deal with the US until Trump’s inauguration. According to the NYT, Ukraine has postponed signing a minerals deal with the US, and the agreement will likely be signed only after US President-Elect Donald Trump is inaugurated, allowing him, not J... #CriticalRawMaterial #DonaldTrump #ElonMusk #MineralDepositsUkraine #MiningIndustry
Ending the war in Ukraine will be Trump’s priority immediately after his inauguration. US President-Elect Donald Trump said that he considers the war in Ukraine a higher priority for him than the conflict in the Middle East. Trump stressed the importance of resolving the conflict betwee... #DonaldTrump #JoeBiden #JohnKirby #MiddleEast #Syria #WarinUkraine
