Is a mood shift on Ukraine underway in Europe?
June 3, 2025 No Comments
Following years of requests, pleas and false starts, Ukraine has, it appears, definitively been given permission to fire missiles deep into Russian territory.
Following years of requests, pleas and false starts, Ukraine has, it appears, definitively been given permission to fire missiles deep into Russian territory.
The problem Donald Trump faces in ending the Ukraine conflict is that while there is not yet a victor on the battlefield, it is the Russians who have clear military dominance, and have had for well over two years.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the document would be handed over to Ukraine when it’s finished.
Trump announced that he had plans to hold back-to-back calls with the leaders of Russia and Ukraine, in a bid to end the war.
It is the world’s most unjustly vilified man doing everything in his power to stop a war. And doing it by talking directly, one on one, with perhaps the world’s most unjustly lionised hero. There has not been an effort towards peace such as this in living memory.
Why London’s Russia-Ukraine ceasefire talks will fail
Right now, peace talks are still technically alive. But only just. The United States must prepare itself for the day diplomacy no longer has a pulse.
Ever since Donald Trump’s now-infamous phone conversation with Vladimir Putin last month, Russia has been buzzing with speculation that Western companies which left the country after the 2022 invasion, especially US ones, will be returning.
Zelenskyy responded, saying Ukraine would support a cease-fire on energy infrastructure.
Ukraine has agreed to an American proposal for an immediate 30-day truce in the war against Russia. Kyiv’s decision to accept a month-long ceasefire follows nine hours of talks with members of US President Donald Trump’s administration in Saudi Arabia today.
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