Russian gains in Ukraine have been dropping ….
Putin wants to end war by KEEPING ground gained in the Donetsk and Huhansk region’s along with the Crimea and getting back the Kursk territory…..
So?
The Ukraine would get NOTHING and GIVE BACK it’s gains….
Finally?
Putrin doiesn’t want ANY Western troops stationed in Ukraine?
Yup….
So after the cease fire?
He CAN start back up again and NOT have toi worry about Western Nations being drawn into the Ukraine to defend Themselves and trhe Ukraine against his invaders?
The Biden approved weapons for Ukraine are still going to Ukraine….
Trump, being Trump?
Is continuing money to Ukraine TO BUY BACK American weapons….
The Ukraine is upgrading it’s Drone Operations…..
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Weapons approved under Joe Biden’s presidency are still flowing to Ukraine, the new US special envoy to Kyiv, Keith Kellogg, said on Monday. “There’s not necessarily any need in the next 24 hours to [do] it any different,” Kellogg said in an interview with the Reuters news agency.
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The Trump administration plans to push European allies to buy more American weapons for Ukraine – as they did under the Biden administration – ahead of potential peace talks with Moscow, Reuters has reported, citing two people with knowledge of the matter. Kellogg will discuss this with European allies this week during the Munich security conference, which begins on Friday, Reuters said, citing its sources. The development, if confirmed, may be reassuring to Ukrainian leaders that the flow of arms will continue.
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Kellogg declined to confirm the plan to Reuters but said: “The US always likes selling weapons made in America because it strengthens our economy. There are a lot of options out there. Everything is in play right now.” It is believed that administration officials view an arms purchase deal with Europe as a potential workaround, allowing Washington to support Kyiv without spending US taxpayer dollars. The Nato secretary general, Mark Rutte, has said Europe would pay for US arms for Ukraine.
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On the potential for peace talks, Kellogg told Reuters: “I wouldn’t say we’re at the beginning of the [peace planning process] because we’ve been thinking through it,” adding that US officials in Munich would “deliver our expectations to the allies … More importantly, we want to hear from them”.
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Donald Trump on Monday confirmed that Kellogg would soon visit Ukraine. A source in the Ukrainian president’s office told Agence France-Presse that Kellogg would arrive in Ukraine on 20 February. Zelenskyy spokesperson Sergiy Nikiforov told AFP that Ukraine’s president would meet with the US vice-president, JD Vance, on Friday on the sidelines of the Munich conference.
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The pro-Russian separatist region of Moldova, Transnistria, rejected on Monday a new European gas offer despite experiencing a severe energy crisis since Gazprom deliveries via Ukraine stopped. Separatist leadership said the region would instead take Russia-financed gas transported from Hungary, which receives gas from Russia via the Turkstream pipeline through Turkey. Moldova has criticised the whole affair as a destabilisation tactic by Russia. “The European Union’s offer was a solution to free the territory from blackmail and energy instability” but “Russia won’t allow it to accept European aid because it is scared of losing control” of the territory, said the Moldovan prime minister, Dorin Recean…..
US/Russian Relations and Ukraine….
The Kremlin issued a warning on Monday about the fragility of current U.S.-Russia relations, after refusing to confirm that President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin recently spoke, multiple outlets reported.
Why it matters: Trump repeatedly pledged on the campaign trail to speedily end the Russia-Ukraine war, but Russian leaders said on Monday that Putin’s stipulations had to be met before any resolution would be possible.
Driving the news: Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov said Mondayduring a media conference that U.S.-Russian relations “are balancing on the brink of a breakup,” per NBC News.
- Russian authorities will not end the war until Putin’s terms outlined last year are met, which include Ukraine dropping its NATO ambitions and withdrawing troops from Russian-controlled regions.
- “This is where we are and the sooner U.S., U.K. and others understand it, the better it would be and the closer this desired political solution will be for everyone,” Ryabkov said.
Zoom in: Ryabkov also praised the Trump administration for its interest in talking to Russia about the conflict, according to the Guardian….
Feb 10, 2025 – ISW Press
Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov announced the Ukrainian “Drone Line” project on February 10 as part of ongoing Ukrainian efforts to integrate drone and ground operations. Umerov stated that the Ukrainian military will “scale up” five existing drone regiments and brigades in the Ukrainian military and border guard service and will integrate infantry and drones into a single strike system, which will enable Ukrainian forces to create kill zones 10 to 15 kilometers deep, will provide constant aerial support and infantry cover, and will detect and destroy Russian forces before they can approach Ukrainian positions….
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