EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg Witkoff has got to go. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Witkoff Discusses Ukraine Plans With Key Putin Aide: Transcript

The following is a transcript of an Oct. 14 phone call lasting just over 5 minutes between Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s special envoy for peace missions, and Yuri Ushakov, Vladimir Putin’s most senio...

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Trump has literally given a deadline to a plan which never even existed. He just read of it in the press, leaked by Russians, and just said: “Ukrainians have to accept it.” The level of this incompetence or malice or both is just remarkable.

Republican Senator Mike Rounds: "Rubio did make a phone call to us this afternoon and he made it very clear to us that we are the recipients of a proposal that was delivered to one of our representatives. It is not our recommendation, it is not our peace plan.”

🧐 Formulations originally written in Russian found in US “peace plan” - The Guardian The document contains several phrases that would sound natural in Russian… ⚡️ Zelensky has already spoken with JD Vance, - RBC-Ukraine

🔴 Footage from a factory in China was found on the camera of a Russian “Gerbera” drone downed in Ukraine, likely recorded during device testing. This was reported by serviceman and radio technology expert and consultant Serhii Beskrestnov.

🚨 At least 20 people were killed as a result of the Russian attack on Sumy, local authorities report. 📹: Radio Svoboda

SCOOP --> Trump's State Department quietly terminated a contract that was in the process of transferring evidence of Russian abductions of Ukrainian kids to European law enforcement, two sources familiar with the situation tell me. Details here: newrepublic.com/article/1927...

Trump Admin Nixed Contract Helping Kidnapped Ukrainian Kids: Sources

The fate of abducted Ukrainian children is a white-hot issue for peace negotiations—and it looks like the State Department may have just undercut the cause.

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Meanwhile in Russia: state TV host Vladimir Solovyov asserted that there will be no ceasefire and peace will happen only on Russia's terms. He mocked American politicians who pledged to stand with Ukraine, but now their support is nowhere to be seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QyO...

Vladimir Solovyov says Russia won't agree to a ceasefire

YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor

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No, the meeting did not go badly for Ukraine. It exposed in the most undeniable, unequivocal way possible the pro-Putin commitments of the president and vice president. That was information Americans and allies needed to have clear before them.

Trump and Vance would NEVER, EVER, talk to Putin like that. And everyone knows it.

Given that the Trump people did nothing to induce Russia to end the war, it’s fair to conclude that the whole idea of pursuing peace was just a pretext to renew relations with Russia.

there will never be a dullest and pettiest supervillain

My warmest greetings go out to the wonderful people who built their careers sniffing out “Ukrainian Nazis” under every stone in Ukraine for tasty headlines that fueled Russian war propaganda on this-is-why-Ukraine-must-be-dealt-with, only to get Nazi salutes normalized in their own country.

“Be patriots, reject war” “and succumb to those who’ve been trying to kill you for almost 11 years and didn’t succeed because of the patriots who didn’t reject defending your home” — would be an honest finisher. We reject war more than anyone. We just don’t have a choice.

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