Exclusive: Ukraine, Russia are done with Steve Witkoff. Trump sees no problem

Kyiv and Moscow are growing increasingly frustrated with the U.S.-mediated peace process — and with Washington's Envoy Steve Witkoff, people familiar with the matter told the Kyiv Independent. Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who has emerged as a key peace negotiator, traveled to Russia and Ukraine in early September in an attempt to restart stalled negotiations. They left both countries with little to show for the effort. Behind the scenes, however, several separate efforts are

Witkoff and Kushner arrive in Kyiv for talks with Zelensky after Putin meeting - report - i24NEWS

"We are all on the same side. We all want the war to end," Zelensky said following the conclusion of the first round of negotiations

Witkoff and Kushner meet with Putin about ending Ukraine war

Russia paused airstrikes to allow the negotiations.

Exclusive: 'It felt like a trap.' How Ukraine was blindsided by Trump's Putin pivot

When U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner told Ukraine's delegation on Oct. 9 that President Donald Trump was preparing to lift sanctions on Russian diesel exports, the Ukrainians struggled to believe what they were hearing. The delegation had traveled to the United States to discuss a possible energy ceasefire with Russia. Instead, Kyiv's negotiators found themselves blindsided by a decision they feared would hand Moscow fresh revenue to finance its war against Ukraine while undermining

A war foretold: how the CIA and MI6 got hold of Putin’s Ukraine plans and why nobody believed them

Drawing on more than 100 interviews with senior intelligence officials and other insiders in multiple countries, this exclusive account details how the US and Britain uncovered Vladimir Putin’s plans to invade, and why most of Europe – including the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy – dismissed them

Exclusive: Putin puts a price on Trump's Ukraine energy truce — Kyiv fears the cost

Russia has demanded sanctions relief from the U.S. as part of talks over a possible energy ceasefire with Ukraine, while also seeking to link the initiative to a ceasefire in the Black Sea, U.S. and Ukrainian officials familiar with the talks told the Kyiv Independent. The demands come as Russia intensifies attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, with one senior Ukrainian defense official saying Moscow is trying to inflict as much damage as possible to gain leverage before potential negotia

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Reconsider Yandex integration due to the geopolitical status quo - Kagi Feedback

ve been a very happy Kagi user since an early stage. t want to contribute in any sense to Russian irredentism and war...

CIA Director John Ratcliffe met Russian intel counterparts on secretive visit to Moscow, Kremlin says

The Kremlin spokesman says CIA Director John Ratcliffe met Russian counterparts during a secretive visit to Moscow, but it's unclear what came of the talks.

Three Days, Six Bridge Strikes: Russia's Kyiv Campaign Moved From the Grid to the Crossings

Coral's Russia-Ukraine and "Trump Kyiv Diplomacy" clusters are large and old, so I went to the reporting instead. The new thing is narrow and checkable: since...

Dispersed, Disguised, and Degradable: The Implications of the Fighting in Ukraine for Future U.S.-Involved Conflicts

Wars reveal new information about warfighting and can spur changes in how foreign observers prepare for future conflicts. In this report, the authors make eight novel or notable observations about the Russia-Ukraine war and forecast how these observations might translate to a potential NATO-Russia or U.S.-China war. The authors also identify broader tactical, operational, and strategic implications for U.S. policymakers.

Lithuanian PM: We should ask Ukraine to strike more Russian data centres

Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius said Monday that Ukraine’s allies should ask President Volodymyr Zelensk...

“Leftists” outside Ukraine are used to listening only to people from Moscow

Yavor Tarinski “Leftists” outside Ukraine are used to listening only to people from Moscow Interview with anarcho-syndicalists in Eastern Ukraine October 4,...

Russia to Intensify Strikes on Ukraine After Zelensky Interview

Russia will intensify strikes on Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday, responding to an interview with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in which he vowed increased attacks on Russian refineries.  The ministry said Russian forces would step up attacks on military facilities, defense industry sites and related infrastructure in Kyiv and elsewhere in Ukraine.

Russia Is Planning Its Most Powerful Blow Yet to Try to Freeze Ukraine

Ukraine showed European partners what it said were intercepted Russian plans to cut off major cities from power, heat and water this winter.