Russia’s regime feeds on war and doesn’t want peace, Russian commander fighting for Kyiv says
The Russians are already discussing the capture of Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan, Kapustin added.
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“Performance for the sake of performance”: two ceasefire experts explain what’s really happening at Russia peace talks
Last week's stalemate in Geneva was no surprise. Two experts break down Moscow's ceasefire playbook
Bilateral deals for Washington, maximalist war aims for Moscow — ISW maps the Kremlin’s two-track play
While Lavrov blamed Ukraine and the EU and railed against Western security guarantees, Kremlin officials were at the same time calling on Washington to lift “illegal” sanctions and calculate the price of frozen US–Russian commerce.
Not another Minsk, not another Budapest: NATO chief promises Ukraine different kind of security guarantees
The Budapest Memorandum from the 1990s promised Ukraine security in exchange for giving up nuclear weapons; the Minsk accords promised ceasefires with Russia in 2014 and 2015—both failed spectacularly.
Gromyko’s ghost at Abu Dhabi: The Soviet playbook Russia still uses to sabotage peace talks
Moscow bombs between bargaining sessions, all while offering impossible deals. That's not a mistake—it's the method
She spent 15 years decoding Russian talks. Her verdict: the battlefield will decide.
A seasoned former diplomat on reading Russia's negotiation theater
Ceasefire without security guarantees will fail like Minsk agreements, Macron warns
The French President's comments come ahead of direct US-Russia talks on Ukraine, from which both Ukraine and the EU have been sidelined.