I continue to think Putin is NOT gonna go along with ANYTHING thta does NOT make it seem that his ill guilded efforts to steal the Ukraine is a Victory…
It isn’t…
Donald Trump is NOT gonna come down against Putin in the end…
In addition?
The Trump effort in this is like Saturday Night at the amature hour….
(US lawmakers ARE looking over Trump’s shoulders)
Forget the Thanksgiving ‘Deadlines’ nonsense….
(Witoff tell’s the Russian to ‘Flatter his boss Trump’ in a leaked talk with Russian Putin Aide Ushakov)
This while European Countries, Tired, But STILL support Ukraine wary of their own defenses against Russian asymetical warfare…
And?
Like the British against Gernany in WWII?
The Ukraine IS holding it’s beaten down own…..
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Steve Witkoff’s handling of a proposed Ukraine peace plan has been harshly criticised by several congressional Republicans. “This so-called ‘peace plan’ has real problems, and I am highly skeptical it will achieve peace,” Senator Roger Wicker, the Republican chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said in a statement. Those fears escalated after Steve Witkoff reportedly coached Moscow on how to handle Trump, Joseph Gedeon reports. “For those who oppose the Russian invasion and want to see Ukraine prevail as a sovereign & democratic country, it is clear that Witkoff fully favors the Russians,” Republican representative Don Bacon wrote on X. “He cannot be trusted to lead these negotiations. Would a Russian paid agent do less than he? He should be fired.” Brian Fitzpatrick, a Pennsylvania Republican, wrote that the leak represented “one of the many reasons why these ridiculous side shows and secret meetings need to stop”. Senator Mitch McConnell suggested Trump might need to find new advisers. Vice-president JD Vance accused McConnell of making a “ridiculous attack”. Donald Trump Jr. said on social media McConnell was “just bitter and lashing out against my father”.
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Americans involved in the Ukrainian war effort are dismayed by Trump’s continuing pressures on Kyiv. Ben Makuch reports some think the US-led peace plan is tantamount to backstabbing. “Complete bullshit and a betrayal by Trump,” said one American special forces veteran who has helped train and advise the Ukrainian military. “But are you even surprised?” A Nato veteran who trains Ukrainian soldiers said money is motivating the US government and called the plan “pathetic”.
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Russia said on Wednesday that ongoing talks to end the war in Ukraine were “serious”. In comments to Russian state TV, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said the draft required “truly serious analysis”. “Some aspects can be viewed positively, but many require special discussions among experts,” he said. The original plan ignited a storm of criticism, with claims it was just a Russian “wish list”.
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The European Commission president has warned against “the unilateral carving up of a sovereign European nation” as Europe scrambles to assert influence over the US’s attempt to end the war, Jennifer Rankin reports. Speaking on Wednesday, Ursula von der Leyen said Russia showed “no signs of true willingness to end the conflict”. “If today we legitimise and formalise the undermining of borders, we open the doors for more wars tomorrow, and we cannot let this happen,” she said. Von der Leyen welcomed Trump’s efforts to find peace but made clear that Europe had many concerns about the details outlined in the original 28-point plan.
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According to data analysed by AFP from the American Institute for the Study of War, Russian forces have conquered an average of 467 sq km (180 sq miles) each month in 2025 – a step up from 2024. Moscow’s troops are now fighting for four key settlements in the Donetsk region: Lyman, Siversk, Kostiantynivka, and Pokrovsk. Their loss would weaken Kyiv’s defences and supply lines, putting the last major settlements controlled by Ukraine in the region, Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, at risk.
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The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday it reached a staff-level agreement on a new four-year, $8.2bn program for Ukraine as the country faces mounting wartime fiscal pressures. The IMF said the agreement, which replaces the existing $15.6bn Extended Fund Facility approved in March 2023. “Russia’s war continues to take a heavy toll on Ukraine’s people and its economy,” it said in a statement More….
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ISW...Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 26, 2025
- Data on Russian forces’ rate of advance indicates that a Russian military victory in Ukraine is not inevitable, and a rapid Russian seizure of the rest of Donetsk Oblast is not imminent.
- Recent Russian advances elsewhere on the frontline have largely been opportunistic and exploited seasonal weather conditions.
- Ukrainian forces have proven effective at constraining Russian advances and conducting successful counteroffensives, particularly when well-staffed and well-equipped.
- Kremlin officials continue setting conditions to reject any peace deal that does not concede to all of Russia’s maximalist demands.
- The Kremlin is reportedly concerned that the United States will correctly interpret Russia as unwilling to meaningfully engage in negotiations and accept any peace deal that compromises its ability to achieve its maximalist claims.
- Recent Ukrainian counterattacks may further delay Russian forces’ seizure of Pokrovsk, though the situation in Pokrovsk remains serious and dynamic at this time.
- Russia continues setting conditions to deploy active reservists to combat against Ukraine.
- Russia’s long-range strike campaign is increasingly killing and injuring civilians.
- Ukrainian forces recently advanced near Hulyaipole. Russian forces recently advanced near Lyman.
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NATO….
Russia has no veto over Kyiv’s bid to join NATO, alliance chief Mark Rutte said on Wednesday — rebuffing a peace deal proposal floated by Moscow and Washington that would block Ukraine from the alliance.
“Russia has neither a vote nor a veto over who can be a member of NATO,” Rutte said in an interview with El País and German outlet RND. The alliance’s founding Washington Treaty “allows any country in the Euro-Atlantic area to join,” he added.
Rutte’s comments follow a U.S.-led proposal to end Russia’s full-scale war, leaked last week, which included the provision that NATO agree “it will not accept Ukraine at any moment in the future.”…
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