Everyone calm down….
Trump’s people are talking to ONLY to Ukraine….
A ‘Deal’ between Ukraine and Trump is NOT a ‘Deal’ between Ukraine and Russia….
Russian President Putin has how little to NO interest in ‘settling’ ANYTHING that doesn’t give him the Ukraine on a platter now or before the ink would be dry on a piece of paper…..
(Is Trump STILL telling the Ukraine to give up Donetsk, Luhansk and Crimea?)
Meanwhile?
Russia and Ukraine keep attacking each other on the ground and in drone strikes….
Ukraine Russia oil assets….
Russia Ukraine civilan locations…
Russian drone have been seem increasingly over Moldova ….
Is that country next?
The Russian front at Pokrovsk has stalled to a craw….
The Russia ‘War’ economy IS in serious trouble…
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Donald Trump said on Sunday there was a “good chance” of a deal to end the war in Ukraine after the latest US negotiations with Kyiv, as his special envoy prepares to travel to Russia for follow-up talks. After hours of what both sides called “productive” discussions in Florida, US secretary of state Marco Rubio said “more work” was required. A source in Kyiv’s delegation characterised the discussions as “not easy”. The talks set the stage for a visit to Moscow by Trump envoy Steve Witkoff, who is expected to discuss Ukraine with Russian president Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. “Ukraine’s got some difficult little problems,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One, referring to a corruption investigation that recently forced President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to sack his chief of staff and top negotiator. “But I think that there’s a good chance we can make a deal.”
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Rubio earlier told reporters that the Florida talks were “very productive” but “there’s more work to be done”. “We continue to be realistic about how difficult this is, but optimistic.”
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The talks – also attended by Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner – come as Kyiv faces pressure on military and political fronts. At least six people were killed and dozens wounded across Ukraine over the weekend, report Dan Sabbagh and Jane Clinton. A drone attack on the outskirts of Kyiv on Saturday night killed one person and wounded 11, the regional governor said. A Ukrainian security source said Kyiv was responsible for attacks by naval drones on two oil tankers off Turkey’s Black Sea coast that it believed were covertly transporting sanctioned Russian oil. And the Ukrainian government has faced turbulence as Zelenskyy’s powerful chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, was forced to resign on Friday after his flat was searched by anti-corruption officials investigating a kickback scheme.
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The Turkish government has condemned the Ukrainian drone attacks on two Russian “shadow fleet” oil tankers off Turkey’s Black Sea coast. Foreign ministry spokesperson Oncu Keceli said the attacks on the Kairos and Virat vessels happened inside Turkey’s exclusive economic zone and “have posed serious risks to navigation, life, property and environmental safety in the region”. Ukraine has said it used naval drones to hit the tankers in quick succession late Friday afternoon. Crew members onboard both vessels were reported to be safe. The OpenSanctions database described the vessels as part of a fleet of ships used to evade sanctions imposed on Russia over its war in Ukraine.
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Zelenskyy said he had talks with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and thanked her for backing Kyiv’s resistance to Russia’s invasion. “Ursula is paying close attention to the need to strengthen our resilience amid Russia’s constant strikes on our infrastructure and the energy sector,” he said on X on Sunday…..
ISW...Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 30, 2025
- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that the US-proposed peace plan aims to ensure Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty, and economic development during the US-Ukrainian talks in Hallandale Beach, Florida on November 30.
- Russian information space voices continue to argue that the Kremlin will likely reject a ceasefire or any iteration of the US-proposed peace plan because the Kremlin views these efforts as inconsequential and as a hindrance to Russia’s goals in Ukraine and globally.
- The Kremlin continues to advance a false narrative that Ukraine’s front line and political stability are on the verge of collapse in an effort to convince the West to capitulate to Russian demands that Russia cannot secure militarily. ISW continues to assess that a Russian battlefield victory is neither imminent nor inevitable and that the Russian war effort has vulnerabilities the West has not exploited.
- The Russian effort to seize Pokrovsk remains prolonged and costly as Russian forces are optimized for positional warfare and can only achieve a slow rate of advance.
- Russian drones appear to be violating Moldovan airspace during large, combined missile and drone strikes.
- Ukrainian forces successfully used the Sting interceptor drone to down Russian jet-powered long-range drones for the first time as Ukraine increases technological innovation efforts to combat Russia’s long-range drone and missile campaigns.
- Ukrainian forces recently advanced in western Zaporizhia Oblast and near Pokrovsk….
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EU tells Trump: You can’t pardon Putin for war crimes in Ukraine
Donald Trump’s drive to secure peace in Ukraine must not let Vladimir Putin off the hook for war crimes committed by Russian forces, a top EU official has warned, effectively setting a new red line for a deal.
In an interview with POLITICO, Michael McGrath, the European commissioner for justice and democracy, said negotiators must ensure the push for a ceasefire does not result in Russia escaping prosecution.
His comments reflect concerns widely held in European capitals that the original American blueprint for a deal included the promise of a “full amnesty for actions committed during the war,” alongside plans to reintegrate Russia into the world economy.
The Trump team’s push to rehabilitate the Kremlin chief comes despite international condemnation of Russia for alleged crimes including the abduction of 20,000 Ukrainian children and attacks targeting civilians in Bucha, Mariupol and elsewhere.
“I don’t think history will judge kindly any effort to wipe the slate clean for Russian crimes in Ukraine,” McGrath said. “They must be held accountable for those crimes and that will be the approach of the European Union in all of these discussions.
“Were we to do so, to allow for impunity for those crimes, we would be sowing the seeds of the next round of aggression and the next invasion,” he added. “And I believe that that would be a historic mistake of huge proportions.”….
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Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) expressed concern Sunday that the White House-backed proposed plan to end the war in Ukraine is too pro-Russia, while urging that any peace arrangement must look at Russia as a “skeptical adversary,” CBS News reports.
Said Turner: “You can’t be America first and pro-Russia, because Russia is a self-declared adversary of the United States.”
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