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The Never-Ending War crowd wants you to believe three things at once: *NATO expansion deters aggression—and won’t provoke retaliation. *Giving Ukraine de facto NATO security guarantees will protect it—but won’t require American blood and treasure if war breaks out. *Russia will accept NATO troops or bases in Ukraine—but won’t view that as an existential threat. Their bombast contradicts each of these premises. The war hawks argue that Putin has never complied with any agreement—that he is a liar, a thug, and a geopolitical predator. Yet, they insist that American troops must be a necessary component of any agreement. What exactly...

Donald Trump said Ukraine “may not survive” as the White House put pressure on Volodymyr Zelensky to give up territory seized by Russia.Ahead of the start of peace talks in Saudi Arabia this week, Mr Trump suggested Ukraine may cease to exist as a sovereign state.Mr Zelensky has been told he must show he is willing to cede land occupied by Russia if he wants Washington to lift its ban on weapons and intelligence sharing.The US president has repeatedly called for Ukraine to sign a minerals deal that would give the US access to 50 per cent of Ukraine’s mineral...

Such an agreement would risk causing tensions in the future, he said the Guardian reportedLONDON, March 3. /TASS/. Ukraine won’t agree to a ceasefire in exchange for ceding territories, Vladimir Zelensky told reporters as he wrapped up his UK trip. Such an agreement would risk causing tensions in the future, he said the Guardian reported. According to Zelensky, countries supporting Ukraine or willing to be intermediaries understand that if the conflict does not end in the way Kiev believes is right, "then it will be a matter of time before people will try to get this justice." "We don't want...

I have repeatedly urged President Trump that it is crucial for this war to end with a decisive and unmistakable defeat for Putin and Russia.

President Donald Trump reversed course on Friday and said Russia did in fact invade Ukraine, and that Kyiv would soon sign a minerals agreement with the United States as part of efforts to end the Ukraine war.

"We continue our meaningful dialogue with the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Dick Schoof, following our meeting in Munich,” the Ukrainian leader said. “An important conversation about a just end to the war and strengthening European unity."