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  • Exclusive-Russia does not see Vatican as a serious arena for peace talks, sources say

    05/26/2025 8:58:34 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 25 replies
    Reuters AOL News ^ | 5/26/2025 | GUY FAULCONBRIDGE
    Russia does not see the Vatican as a serious venue for peace talks with Ukraine because the Holy See is the seat of Catholicism and is surrounded by Italy, a NATO and EU member, three senior Russian sources told Reuters. They also point out that many Russian officials cannot even fly there due to Western restrictions. The Vatican has so far been silent in public on the idea raised by U.S. President Donald Trump after a call with President Vladimir Putin that Pope Leo XIV could host talks aimed at ending Europe's deadliest conflict since World War Two. Italian Prime...
  • Trump softens on Putin as Russia’s military edge weakens, officials say

    05/24/2025 4:49:06 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 48 replies
    The Washington Post ^ | March 24, 2025 2:01 PM EDT | Karen DeYoung , Catherine Belton and Mary Ilyushina
    Moscow’s advantage on the Ukraine battlefield is waning, experts say. But President Donald Trump seems disinclined to ramp up pressure on the Kremlin to engage in ceasefire talks.Russia’s battlefield strength in Ukraine has started to wane and it could run into serious shortages of manpower and weaponry by next year, even as President Donald Trump retreats from pressure on Moscow to end the war, according to senior U.S. and European officials and military experts. In recent days, Trump appears to have abandoned the threat of harsh financial sanctions he repeated as recently as two weeks ago if Moscow doesn’t agree...