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WSJ: Document from 2022 reveals Putin’s punishing terms for Ukraine peace

A leaked draft peace treaty from April 2022 reveals the harsh terms Putin sought to end Russia's invasion of Ukraine, including Ukraine's permanent neutrality, strict limits on its military, and the retention of Crimea by Russia.

byYuri Zoria

Vladimir Putin awarding Sergey Lavrov at the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia. May 21, 2015 (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

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Russian FM Lavrov claims Russia will continue hostilities until Ukraine’s capitulation – ISW

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that the Kremlin will continue to pursue a military solution to the…

byThink Tank

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Protesters across Ukraine call on Zelenskyy to stop capitulation policies

The organizer of the protest was the Capitulation Resistance Movement, non-partisan public association, and other patriotic organizations. “The…

byOlena Makarenko

Ukrainian presidential office head Andrii Yermak (L) and Russian presidential envoy Dmitry Kozak (R)

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Kyiv finds an alibi to step back from Kozak-Yermak plan on Donbas

The COVID-19 coronavirus emergency gives Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a non-political excuse for stepping back from the plan…

byThe Jamestown Foundation

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Kozak-Yermak plan on Donbas: The fine print

The meeting of the Minsk-based Contact Group, held by videoconference on March 24–26, had been expected to officially…

byThe Jamestown Foundation

March 10, 2020 meeting of Vladimir Putin with Viktor Medvedchuk, a Ukrainian oligarch and the head of the pro-Russian party "Oppositional Platform -- For Life" represented in the Ukrainian parliament where he is a deputy and the head of his party's faction. The Kremlin, Moscow. (Source: kremlin.ru)

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Ukraine’s president Zelenskyy turns blind eye to Putin-Medvedchuk scheming

On March 10, in Moscow, Ukraine’s leading Russophile politician Viktor Medvedchuk conferred with Russian President Vladimir Putin and…

byThe Jamestown Foundation

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy in front of images of oligarchs Ihor Kolomoyskyi and Viktor Medvedchuk (Collage by Espreso.TV)

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Portnikov: Putin’s coalition now rules Ukraine

The Zelenskyy-Kolomoyskyi-Medvedchuk coalition confidently rules Ukraine with the tacit support of Akhmetov. It is a coalition of treason,…

byVitaly Portnikov

Putin and Zelenskyy at the December 2019 meeting of the Normandy format leaders in Paris, France

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Portnikov: Next Normandy Four summit won’t be soon

Foreign Minister of Ukraine Vadym Prystaiko expresses doubts about the possibility of holding a summit of the Normandy…

byVitaly Portnikov

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Portnikov: Zelenskyy is on the line

The year 2019 ended with the exchanging of New Year’s greetings between the heads of the Ukrainian and…

byVitaly Portnikov

Andrey Piontkovsky, prominent Russian scientist, political writer and analyst (Photo: krymr.org/RFE/RL)

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Zelenskyy’s three closest advisors working for the Kremlin, Piontkovsky says

The collapse of Kyiv’s position at home and abroad over the last six months reflects the fact that…

byPaul A. Goble

August 18, 2018 meeting between Vladimir Putin and Angela Merkel. Photo: Bundesregierung/Kugler

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Portnikov: Only Ukraine is at risk

The exact date of such a meeting was not announced, but the Kremlin took advantage of the telephone…

byVitaly Portnikov

Yevhen Shevchenko (L screen), Ukrainian MP from Volodymyr Zelenskyy's party "Servant of the People," and Denis Pushilin (R screen), the collaborationist head of Russia-occupied Donetsk, are speaking on the Russian propagandist 1st Channel. Photo: video capture.

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Ukraine’s Servants of the People coming out of the closet as ‘Servants of Russia,’ Portnikov says

The scandal arising from Yevhen Shevchenko’s suggestion on Moscow TV that Ukrainian defenders rather than Russian aggressors are…

byPaul A. Goble

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Piontkovsky: Frozen conflict in Donbas – ‘lesser evil’ for both Kyiv and ‘moderate imperialists’ in Moscow

In an important two-part essay, Russian commentator Andrey Piontkovsky argues that there is now a good chance that…

byPaul A. Goble

“No Capitulation” rally, Kyiv, October 14, 2019

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Putin won’t accept Zelenskyy’s capitulation even if Ukrainian president offers it, Portnikov says

Both those who want Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to live up to all the provisions of the “Steinmeier…

byPaul A. Goble

"We are against war, but we are also against defeat," reads the placard held by a participant of the "Let's Stop Capitulation" rally in Kyiv on 6 October 2019. Photo: Dmytro Karpiy/Facebook

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Ukrainian opposition to “Steinmeier formula” capitulation is nationwide

While the protest in Kyiv not unexpectedly attracted the most attention, the fact that Ukrainians came out in…

byPaul A. Goble