1. The trauma and animosity Putin has inflicted on Russia by waging war against the brotherly people of Ukraine will last for centuries. The victory Putin could have gained by instead developing friendship and economic cooperation with Ukraine and Europe is incalculable.

Rubio seems to do a good job in delaying the diplomatic suicide of the US. The Ukrainian delegation try to help him out as good as they can. A sign of that can be seen in Witkoffs grim face expressions. He hoped being welcomed as "Hero of Russia" on tuesday . . .

Alarming but not surprising ...

As a matter of fact . . . .

Reportedly, this is a sea drone attack on Russian shadow fleet tankers yesterday. The tankers were empty, headed to Russian Novorossiysk.

Cartoon by Michael de Adder

💥 Russia: Putin's latest intercontinental ballistic missile RS-28 Sarmat (Satan II) failed spectacularly at the Yasnoe cosmodrome test site in Orenburg region.

Head of the Presidential Office Andrii Yermak has submitted his resignation - President Zelenskyy. I have faith that the changes taking place in Ukraine will be for the best and will make our state stronger.

- "After years of Donald Trump demanding Europe spend more on weapons, they’re finally doing it — but they’re not buying American." Another MAGA win! 😂 🤡

The US Constellation class frigate - which Norway ditched in favor of buying UK Type 26 frigates. Well done!

The US now acts like an adversary to UA, NATO and Europe in "negotiations" with Russia - not as a partner! Europe must draw some red lines. Voters both here and in the US should know exactly when the US deliberately acts in disrespect to us. Without any such red lines we are kept in the dark!

🇩🇪 Germany must redefine its geopolitical role to adapt to a situation in which it is unclear what alliances can be relied on and will persist in future, Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said on Wednesday, commenting on shifting U.S. positions, - Reuters

#Ukraine plans to demand $44 billion from Russia for climate-related damages caused by the full-scale invasion. It’s the first time in history that a country seeks compensation specifically for emissions caused by war. Russia's war is devastating for Ukrainian environment⤵️

I honestly think Trump is preparing war against Venezuela, so he can use it for deflection the day he abandons Ukraine. I think Putin pre-approved that scenario when the two met alone in Anchorage.

Within two weeks from today, the situation is one of the following; 1. The US has decided to give Ukraine Tomahawks to take out targets in Russia. and has imposed harsh sanctions on Russia. The US still has a hope of regaining the respect of the world, including from China 🎅.

‼️Russia is not ready to sign any peace agreements. Deputy foreign minister of Russia Ryabkov: There can be no question of any concessions, any surrender of our approaches to those key moments in addressing the challenges facing us, including in the context of the SMO.

Sergei Lavrov, has warned that if the new text erased the “spirit and letter of the Anchorage agreement,” Russia would be in a “fundamentally different situation.” Have anyone seen that letter from the Alaska summit where Trump obviously must have betrayed Ukraine's interests?

CNN with similar conclusions;

There is never any daylight between the positions of Russia and JD Vance.

For Norwegians Av: @timothysnyder.bsky.social

Meanwhile in Russia: state TV host Vladimir Solovyov and his guests discussed the 28-point "peace plan," threatened Europe, and emphasized that Ukraine's statehood will always be a threat to Russia. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ9T...

Spent the night in the bomb shelter cause the peace negotiations were exploding over Kyiv just so damn loud

According to The Financial Times, the plan for ending the war in Ukraine, developed by the United States, was reduced from 28 to 19 points during negotiations in Geneva. www.ft.com/content/883e...

🇺🇸❗️ Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump is not planned this week, - Suspilne 🇺🇦 The war will end when Crimea is returned to Ukraine, — Verkhovna Rada Chairman Ruslan Stefanchuk.

Of course the Kremlin preferred “Trump’s original proposal.” They wrote it.

This Norwegian journalist stationed in Moscow is scared about all the Russian talks about nukes. Poor man. I think it's time for the Norwegian broadcaster to send him on a vacation, before he scares the hell out of the Norwegian population as well 😅!

Great progress in Geneva: Witkoff learned where to find Ukraine on the world map! "Oh . . . that's where it is, the country Putin has asked for", he exclaimed in childish joy!. And with that everybody around the table could sense a renewed dynamic and enthusiasm - from the American side!.

A "must read" for everyone observing the ongoing Russian/American attempts to subvert Ukraine's sovereignty and the enormous shame it inflicts on American diplomacy. By @timothysnyder.bsky.social

Only the loot - and lots of admiration - can make me happy!

The US is NOT trying to broker a deal FOR Ukraine, they are trying to broker a deal FOR Russia accompanied by intimidation and threats towards Ukraine! Taste on that . . . who would ever believe we ended up here?

After everything that has happened in the relation between the US and Ukraine, I have finally started to believe in Santa Claus. It feels so much better! 🎅

I wrote this a month ago. Nothing has changed. Talks about Tomahawks is just mirror and smoke to keep naive European politicians happy as Putin make his incremental advances on the battlefield. That's the "art of the deal" Trump made with Putin!

I honestly think Steve Witkoff is trying to stage a coup against Ukraine based on promises of huge rewards from Russia. With CIA under strict control by his corrupt boss, we will likely not be able reveal and punish him for his criminal attempt. Something is going on here and it's very very bad!

"Any appeasement of Russia as the aggressor, any attempts at putting pressure on Ukraine as victim of this aggression, is morally reprehensible and an outrage against human decency. To bow before Russia is to abandon shared values and plunge the free world into anarchy and chaos," the letter reads.

I think the Strategy for Ukraine and Europe is to "wait out" Trump until the Mid-term elections (one year from today). Even MAGA-people are becoming increasingly weary of the current selfish regime. We see a potential new awakening in the US. Take MTG as one (suspicious 😅) example . .

The prospect we (the US) are facing is that "Washington is ready to reward Putin’s aggression, shrug at his seizure of European territory and detach itself from the most successful alliance for peace in the modern era." - Analysis by Tim Lister, CNN

Our diplomats must stop mumbling and speak clearly to US. The capitulation plan and ultimatum US has presented to Ukraine confirms that US has become an unreliable partner for Europe, indifferent to brutal imperialism and indifferent to honest cooperation. Their sole agenda is to chase profit . .

Unclear where this war profiteering plan came from or why it emerged right now, but clear that it is in every way disastrous

What a shit show. Everyone could see this plan was written by the Kremlin. Adopted by Witkoff and Trump who demanded Ukraine accept it by this Thursday. After a firestorm of objections by Europe and Republican senators it appears Rubio wants to distance himself from it.

Important thread

Everyone in the Trump Administration is a coward. Trump, Vance, Hegseth, Rubio, and Witkoff were all too chicken to deliver Trump's capitulation demands to Kyiv so they sent the Secretary of the Army.

Has Trump managed to make the US a so called shithole country? Or is it only an unjust impression among many here in Europe? What's your opinion?

Just write to me what you want dear Putin and I will pressure Ukraine to abide!

The reported peace plan cedes all Western and Ukrainian leverage to Russia. More: isw.pub/UkrWar112025

Analysis of the language used in Trump’s Ukraine “peace plan” shows it was drafted in Russian and translated into English. I’ll try to dig up a link.

Dear Americans Your country just drafted Ukraine’s death sentence. Never forget that. Ukrainians surely won’t

former commander of Rusich Sabotage Assault Reconnaissance Group,sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of war crimes in Ukraine? Does this mean that Russian criminals who cut heads off,tortured,shot Defenders,performed human safaris,raped will be able to have vacations in Europe&obtain US visas?

Some thoughts on the Ukraine peace process. My latest in @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/ukraine-ru...

The US plan for Ukraine's capitulation has been put on the table. Europe must now recognize that they can no longer take a traitorous American president seriously. The relationship between Trump and Putin is in reality a despicable mafia collaboration driven by pure greed and narcissism.