“Putin and his friends are not in prison” – Zelenskyy says world already made its biggest compromise with Russia
Ukrainian president pushes back on US calls for concessions.
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Ukrainians warned for years that Europe’s human rights chief was a Kremlin conduit. The Epstein files just proved them right.
Thorbjørn Jagland offered to connect Jeffrey Epstein to Lavrov. KGB defectors had named him "Yuri" decades earlier.
Under Jagland Europe ignored Russia’s annexation of Crimea — files reveal his link with Putin and role in Epstein’s obsession
There are 1,055 Putin mentions in Epstein files.
She spent 15 years decoding Russian talks. Her verdict: the battlefield will decide.
A seasoned former diplomat on reading Russia's negotiation theater
Zelenskyy willing to meet Putin face-to-face over nuclear plant and territorial disputes
President Zelenskyy is prepared to negotiate directly with Putin over the thorniest issues in peace talks—territories and the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Foreign Minister Sybiha said in an interview.
Russia uses nuclear treaty expiration to pressure US into abandoning Ukraine peace efforts, ISW reports
The Kremlin is leveraging the New START treaty, set to expire in February 2026, as a bargaining chip to distract Washington from finalizing a peace settlement and convince the Trump administration to concede to Russian demands on Ukraine.
Security guarantees for Ukraine are not public. Former Ukrainian ambassador to US says it’s because they are not real
US security guarantees are "paper tiger that won't frighten Putin," he adds.
US peacekeepers could monitor Donetsk ceasefire—but Russia demands Ukraine surrender cities first
Moscow insists Kyiv cede Sloviansk, Kramatorsk, and Kostiantynivka before any deal.
Putin eyes Trump’s Board of Peace as path to unfreeze billions in Russian assets
Kremlin proposes remaining funds rebuild "territories damaged by fighting"—meaning occupied Ukraine, ISW says
Russia invokes mysterious “Anchorage formula”, as trilateral Ukraine talks begin in Abu Dhabi
Moscow demands all of Donbas, citing alleged Trump-Putin August agreement
Trump’s Greenland obsession has nothing to do with Greenland
Experts have tried and failed to find a rational explanation
Trump hails “very good” talks with Zelenskyy in Davos, but key documents are still in limbo. As well as Russia’s desire for peace
Expected signatures didn't happen.
Trump invites Putin to join Gaza “Board of Peace”—despite active ICC war crimes warrant
The invitation comes as Russia nears four years of war in Ukraine.
Russia celebrates Greenland chaos: Kremlin’s mouthpiece mocks “dimwits,” Putin’s envoy calls it “collapse of transatlantic union”
Putin wanted wedge between allies. Trump gave him Greenland.
Iran regime collapse would crash oil prices, weaken Russia’s war funding — analyst explains double blow to Moscow
Meanwhile, Russia's alliance network and war economy both shrinking.
“All out of carrots”: Trump runs out of patience with Putin’s negotiating tactics
Sources told The Telegraph that Trump now views Putin as a bigger obstacle to peace in Ukraine than Volodymyr Zelenskyy, marking a departure from his earlier warm rhetoric toward the Russian leader.
The Soviet disease plaguing both armies—and the Ukrainian brigades trying to cure it
Two cities fell in late 2025 because commanders lied about holding them. The difference in what happened next may decide the war.
How one woman’s Threads posts got a pro-Putin Italian banned from Ukraine
"Him entering Ukraine? Over my dead body."
“Assurances, not guarantees”: Expert warns new US-Ukraine deal doesn’t obligate allies to fight if Russia attacks again
Assurances sound like guarantees. They're not.
Venezuela proved Trump thinks like Putin—and Europe needs new allies
Trump called Putin "genius." Then he followed the playbook.