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
Von der Leyen in the European Parliament: Supporting Ukraine is a strategic goal for the EU. Continuing and strengthening support for Ukraine while Putin makes every effort to break Ukrainian resistance is a strategic imperative for the EU, said EC President Ursula von der Leyen in the Europe... #Estonia #GreatBritain #Putin #SupportUkraine #UkraineBudgetDeficit #UrsulavonderLeyen #WarinUkraine
Russia plans to continue the war until it fully occupies four Ukrainian regions in 2025. Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov said that Moscow intends to fully seize the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine in 2025. At a Defense Ministry meeting, he confirmed... #Donetsk #Kherson #Luhansk #Putin #RussianAggression #WarinUkraine #Zaporizhzhia
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
Hungary’s “peacekeeping mission” continues as Orban speaks with Putin for an hour about his US visit on his way to visit Erdogan in Turkey. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who recently flew to the US to discuss Ukraine with Donald Trump and his team, spoke for an hour with Russian dictator Putin on December 11. “We are taking... #DonaldTrump #Putin #RecepTayyipErdoğan #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #VictorOrban #WarEnding
The fall of the Assad regime might weaken Putin’s position during peace negotiations with Ukraine. The Kremlin has actively supported Assad since 2015, when Russian troops intervened in the Syrian civil war, providing him with military and political assistance. Therefore, the rapid fall of the Assa... #AssadRegime #PoliticalCrisis #Putin #Syria #WarinUkraine
Zelenskyy meets Trump in Paris: The next US leader says Ukraine is ready for a deal, but the Ukrainian leader demands peace guarantees. French President Emmanuel Macron persuaded US President-Elect Donald Trump to meet with his Ukrainian counterpart in Paris, where world leaders have gathered to reopen Notre Dame Cathedral. After the ... #DonaldTrump #EmmanuelMacron #Putin #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #SecurityGuarantees #WarEnding #Zelenskyy
Putin will not agree to the Trump team’s proposed “peace plan,” but the Kremlin may reconsider it under certain conditions. Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeev, who is under Western sanctions, said that Putin is likely to reject the peace plan proposed by Trump’s recently appointed special envoy for Ukraine, Keith K... #DonaldTrump #KeithKellogg #Putin #VictoryPlan #WarinUkraine
The US has rejected the possibility of returning Ukraine’s nuclear status. The Biden administration has excluded the possibility of returning nuclear weapons to Ukraine, stated US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan. He denied information from Western media that the admi... #JakeSullivan #JoeBiden #NATO #NuclearStatusUkraine #NuclearWeapons #Putin
Zelenskyy is considering halting the war in exchange for Ukraine’s invitation to NATO, and the occupied territories will be returned diplomatically. President Zelenskyy said that the allies should offer NATO membership to the unoccupied portion of Ukraine to end the “hot phase of the war.” He believes that the occupied territories can ... #Crimea #DonaldTrump #NATO #OccupiedTerritories #Putin #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
Putin may start peace talks in early 2025; analysts are divided on Trump’s position. Russia’s Soviet-era weapons stockpiles will run out by the end of 2025, so Putin may start talks early next year. However, the war will last at least another year if the negotiations do not go a... #DonaldTrump #LindseyGraham #Putin #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #WarinUkraine
New long-range strikes on Russia will help Trump conduct negotiations with Russia; the American president-elect is against an unfavorable agreement for Ukraine. When US President Joe Biden allowed the Ukraine’s military to use US weapons to strike targets in Russia, he did his successor, Donald Trump, a great strategic favor, according to Bloomberg. Thi... #DavidLammy #DonaldTrump #LongRangeStrikesOnRussia #Putin #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #WarinUkraine
Putin is ready to freeze the war at the current front line on the condition that Ukraine renounces NATO. Officials close to the Kremlin told Reuters that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is reportedly ready to discuss with Donald Trump a ceasefire agreement in Ukraine and freezing the war in place. The &#... #DonaldTrump #FrozenConflict #Putin #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #TerritorialConcessions #WarinUkraine
At the G20 summit, Erdogan plans to propose that the war in Ukraine be frozen. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan intends to present his proposal for freezing the war in Ukraine “at the current level” at the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro. According to Erdogan̵... #Brazil #FrozenConflict #G20 #NATO #Putin #RecepTayyipErdoğan #SergeiLavrov #WarinUkraine
What can Trump demand from Putin in negotiations to end the war in Ukraine? Former Deputy Secretary General of NATO Rose Gottemoeller believes that newly elected US President Donald Trump has every opportunity to change the war’s dynamics. Putin presumably wants to retu... #DonaldTrump #LongRangeStrikesOnRussia #NATO #Putin #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #WarinUkraine
Olaf Scholz had a telephone conversation with President Putin. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called the Russian dictator for the first time in almost two years. The German government noted that the chancellor called on Putin to negotiate an end to the war. Presid... #OlafScholz #Putin #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
ISW: New signs of future problems in the Russian economy. According to the Institute for the Study of War, the Kremlin recently adopted several measures aimed at reducing public spending on treating wounded Russian servicemen, fighting inflation, and solving... #DefenseSpendingRussia #InflationRussia #Putin #RussianEconomy #WarinUkraine
The Kremlin rejects any concessions in negotiations with the Trump administration regarding Ukraine. The Kremlin is trying to dictate the terms of any potential peace talks with Ukraine ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration. The ISW noted that the manner in which the Kremlin is acting indicates ... #DonaldTrump #Kremlin #MariaZakharova #Putin #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #SergeiLavrov
An oil mega-company: Putin seeks to preserve trade revenue to continue the war by strengthening control over global energy markets. The Kremlin is discussing the possibility of uniting Russia’s largest oil companies into one megastructure. This would entail Rosneft taking control of Lukoil and Gazpromneft. The deal would sig... #GazpromNeft #LukOil #Putin #Rosneft #RussianEconomy #RussianOil #RussiaProfits
Putin is trying to reset relations with the US and sway Trump to his side. Russian dictator Putin is trying to influence the foreign policy of US President-elect Donald Trump and achieve a reset of relations between Russia and the US on Moscow’s terms. The ISW pointed ... #DonaldTrump #Kremlin #Putin #WarinUkraine
Will Trump’s victory hasten the end of the war in Ukraine, and if so, on what terms? Donald Trump has repeatedly stated that he will end the war in Ukraine as soon as possible, but he has not clarified how he intends to accomplish this. And it is unlikely that this can be achieved wit... #DonaldTrump #Putin #RussianAggression #TerritorialConcessions #WarinUkraine
Putin is not interested in negotiations because he wants to erase Ukraine from the earth. Analysts from the ISW drew attention to a dialogue between Serbian President Oleksandr Vucic and Putin in early October. Vucic raised the topic of a ceasefire in Ukraine, to which Putin replied that R... #AleksandrVucic #NorthKoreanSoldiers #Putin #RussianAggression #VictorOrban #WarinUkraine
Trump may propose a new Minsk Agreement to end the war in Ukraine. US presidential candidate Donald Trump and his potential vice president, JD Vance, have repeatedly spoken about their desire to end the war in Ukraine. In September, Vance floated the idea of a froz... #DonaldTrump #MinskAgreements #NATO #Putin #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #WarinUkraine
At the BRICS summit, the Kremlin seeks to demonstrate that Putin is not isolated from the world. By holding the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, Putin aims to show the US and its allies that he has not become a global outcast. According to Bloomberg, the Kremlin expects representatives from more th... #BRICS #Kremlin #Putin #RussianIsolation
Who and how could destroy the economy of the Russian Federation? According to President Zelenskyy, the Russian Federation’s economy will not survive if influential countries stop supporting its energy sector, in particular, by ceasing to buy Russian energy re... #Putin #RussianEconomy #RussianEnergyExport #RussiaProfits #Zelenskyy
Significant deepening of relations and a new level of desperation: North Korean military involvement in the Russian war against Ukraine. If the information about the participation of North Korean military personnel on Russia’s behalf in the war against Ukraine is confirmed, it would indicate a significant deepening of relations b... #JohnKirby #KurskOffensive #NorthKorea #Putin #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
Putin has lost another ally: Serbia is drifting west. The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, did not congratulate Russian dictator Vladimir Putin on his birthday on October 7, instead taking part in the Ukraine-Southeast Europe summit on October 9, w... #AleksandrVucic #BRICS #Gazprom #PeaceSummit #Putin #Serbia #SupportUkraine
The West searches for scapegoats in Putin’s military aggression against Ukraine. US President Joe Biden said that Barack Obama is the one who should be held responsible for Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s attack on Ukraine in 2014, the annexation of Crimea, and the war in ... #BarackObama #JensStoltenberg #JoeBiden #Putin #RussianAggression #WarinUkraine
Blinken accuses China of helping Putin continue his aggression against Ukraine. The West has received evidence regarding the supply of weapons. By exporting goods to Russia that strengthen its military-industrial complex, Beijing is fueling Putin’s “military machine,&... #AnthonyBlinken #China #DualPurposeTechnologies #Putin #WangYi #WarinUkraine
Zelenskyy says the war will end sooner than expected; Russia does not seek to negotiate and wants Ukraine to surrender. President Zelenskyy said that Russia’s war against Ukraine may end sooner than many expect and emphasized the importance of strengthening the Ukrainian army. “The Victory Plan is to streng... #Kursk #Putin #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #VictoryUkraine #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
Zelenskyy sums up the results of the Kursk operation and confirms the continuation of the offensive foreseen by the Victory Plan. The Kursk operation is part of Ukraine’s Victory Plan, demonstrating that the Ukrainian military can go on the offensive. In addition, it has already shown “some results,” said Presi... #KurskOffensive #Putin #UkraineCounteroffensive #VictoryUkraine #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
Discussions on the short and medium-term strategies for winter survival and ending the war in Ukraine are multidirectional. The primary and short-term tasks for Ukraine’s partners are to help restore its energy generation capacity before winter and repel the Russian offensive around Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region. Th... #MilitaryAidforUkraine #PeacePlan #Pokrovsk #Putin #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #WarinUkraine
Putin warns that permitting Ukraine to carry out long-range attacks on Russian territory with Western weapons would mean war with NATO. How are the US, the EU, and Britain reacting? Allowing Ukraine to strike with long-range Western weapons on the Russian territory will mean that the US and NATO countries are directly participating in the war with the Russian Federation, said Rus... #KeirStarmer #LongRangeStrikes #NATO #Putin #WarinUkraine #WesternWeapons
Ukraine seeks to force Russia to accept the UN charter, and Putin has declared readiness for negotiations based on the Istanbul agreement. Ukraine’s victory plan envisages the intention to force Russia to adopt the UN charter, and Kyiv plans to prepare a more detailed strategy together with its partners for the Peace Summit, which ... #Austria #PeaceSummit #Putin #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
Kyiv will keep the part of Kursk that is has captured indefinitely; Moscow transfers troops from Donetsk to the Kursk region. Ukraine will keep the occupied territories of the Kursk region indefinitely in order to force Putin to sit down at the negotiating table sooner, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. According to him, o... #Kursk #KurskOffensive #Pokrovsk #Putin #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
For the first time, Biden comments on the Kursk Operation; the EU declares its support. US President Joe Biden said on August 13 that Ukraine’s sudden counter-invasion into Russia “creates a real dilemma” for Putin, and that the US government is in “constant conta... #JoeBiden #JosepBorrell #Kursk #Putin #UkraineCounteroffensive #WarinUkraine
Putin’s war catastrophe: Ukraine controls twice as many settlements in the Kursk region as Putin was told. The Armed Forces of Ukraine’s area of operation in Kursk Oblast covers the territories from which Moscow attacked Sumy Oblast. Therefore, the current operation is purely a security issue for Ukr... #Kursk #Putin #UkraineCounteroffensive #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
The attack at Kursk has humiliated the Russian army and Putin has many reasons for concern. The sudden breach of the border in the Kursk region of Russia and subsequent hostilities has caused humiliation for the Russian army. “In less than 48 hours, Ukraine seized more territory than d... #Donetsk #Kursk #Putin #UkraineCounteroffensive #WarinUkraine
The fighting in the Kursk region has become the first invasion of Russia since the Second World War; Putin’s authority is under threat. Bloomberg writes, “Putin’s invasion of Ukraine led to Ukrainian intervention in the Russian Federation,” which confused the Kremlin. The border breach in the Kursk region caught the ... #Kursk #Putin #UkraineCounteroffensive #WarinUkraine
Russia is preparing a new offensive in the Kharkiv region and from the north, while Lukashenko is withdrawing his troops from the borders and calling for negotiations. The ISW says that the enemy’s command structure is regrouping troops in the Hlyboke area in the Kharkiv region to resume its offensive operations. In the Vovchansk region, the Russian army is pr... #alexanderlukashenko #Kharkiv #KyryloBudanov #Putin #RussianOffensive #Vovchansk #WarinUkraine
The US and Britain pledge their support to prevent Putin from winning the war in Ukraine. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and US President Joseph Biden confirmed that they will continue providing Ukraine with all possible support to prevent the victory of aggressors such as Putin. At t... #JoeBiden #KeirStarmer #Putin #RussianAggression #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine
Orban warns EU leadership about “dramatic events” on the front if negotiations do not start. Zelensky considers Hungary a weak mediator. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who visited Kyiv, Moscow, and Beijing on a a self-proclaimed “peacekeeping mission,” wrote a private letter to EU leadership to provide information c... #Putin #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #VictorOrban #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
Orbán met with Putin in the Kremlin: The Hungarian prime minister is trying to shift the West’s attention from supporting Ukraine to “peaceful” negotiations. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met with the Russian president to discuss the Russian war against Ukraine and its “peaceful settlement.” Moscow said that Orbán came not only as a par... #EUCouncil #Hungary #Putin #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #VictorOrban #WarinUkraine
Zelenskyy agrees to Putin’s participation in the second Peace Summit: The Kremlin refuses to negotiate with Ukraine through Erdogan’s mediation. The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, does not mind Russian dictator Vladimir Putin being invited to the next Peace Summit. However, in his opinion Putin is unlikely to come, as he is “... #PeaceSummit #Putin #RecepTayyipErdoğan #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
The ISW: Putin’s plans to defeat Ukraine; and Kyiv needs more weapons to avoid prolonging the war. Russia’s ability to advance indefinitely in Ukraine will encourage Putin to prolong the war, ISW analysts say. Putin believes that the longer the war lasts, the more likely he is to achieve his ... #MilitaryAidforUkraine #Putin #RussianAggression #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #VictoryUkraine #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
EU and NATO leaders have responded to Putin’s demands regarding the terms of peace talks with Ukraine. On the eve of the Peace Summit in Switzerland, to which Russia was not invited, the Russian president said that for peace talks to begin Ukrainian troops must completely withdraw from four of its regi... #JensStoltenberg #JosepBorrell #LloydAustin #OlafScholz #PeaceSummit #Putin #WarinUkraine
So far, 11 countries have given Ukraine permission to use their weapons to strike targets in Russia, and Putin spouts threats. Poland’s Deputy Defense Minister Cezary Tomczyk said that his country has no objections to Ukraine using Polish weapons to hit targets in Russian territory. Similar permission was also granted b... #CezaryTomczyk #LongRangeMissiles #Putin #RussianMilitaryTargets #WarinUkraine #WesternWeapons
The head of the EC admits that Putin wants to dominate the European continent, and the Russian war against Ukraine is also a war with the EU. The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said that Europe understands the threat from Russia, which is trying to establish its control over the European continent by any means. ... #DefenseIndustryEU #EUdefense #Putin #RussianAggression #UrsulavonderLeyen #WarinUkraine
Chinese analysts explain why Russia will lose the war against Ukraine. Russia will lose the war against Ukraine owing to four factors, according to Peking University professor Feng Yujun. The first is the high level of resistance and national unity displayed by Ukrainian... #FengYujun #NATOexpansion #Putin #RussianAggression #VictoryUkraine #WarinUkraine
Although its economy is very vulnerable, Moscow has no financial incentive to stop the war. Russian President Vladimir Putin may reconsider his position on continuing the war against Ukraine if the West can squeeze Russian oil revenues, according to a Reuters study. Despite the sanctions and... #Putin #RussianAgression #RussianEconomy #RussiaProfits #WarinUkraine
