Today, rightly President Zelenskyy argued that nothing should be discussed let alone agreed about Ukraine without Ukraine's involvement, yet this is what's happening in the Kremlin now between the U.S. and Russian Government. /1

Witkoff and Kushner are returning to the U.S. where Congress is back from holiday, Witkoff’s leaked chats with Ushakov and the WSJ deep dive into side deals with Russia are the talk of the town, and more Republicans are growing outspoken about appeasement. Both return to discuss

A Russian submarine tracking device was found near Britain

@yulia_navalnaya Funny how all of you never have the time and disposition to make videos like this about your countrymen hitting schools and hospitals every second day, yet find time to rant about the EU making it slightly more difficult for you to visit the French coastline.

One normally prefers not to waste time commenting on what the so-called Russian opposition pronounces. Life is short, and their YouTube monologues are long. But since they have recently discovered a taste for volume (Navalnaya’s @politico manifesto, followed now by her

Compassion aside, I find her remarks indecent & appalling, representative of a self-serving russian opposition: complaining about the alleged plight of russians, without saying anything about the massive crimes they're committing—in her case, even refusing to arm Ukraine further.

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🇬🇪Georgian Dream has begun systematically targeting the people who spoke to the BBC about the regime’s use of a WW1 chemical agent against peaceful protesters. This is not coincidence. It is punishment. It is meant to silence every future witness. @GeorgianDream41

Now that Putin has predictably rejected Trump’s peace plan isn’t it time to impose those oil sanctions we have all been waiting for?

This money, by the way, goes toward hiring more American workers to fulfil purchase orders and scale production. Unlike the Russian bribes currently being offered to Trump’s friends and family.

Nothing stopping NATO allies (plus Australia and New Zealand now) from buying more sooner. $300bn in EU-frozen Russian assets could be allocated for this, too.

Agreed.

Shocked, shocked, I tell you.

It seems Russia has rejected the proposed American "peace plan", agreed with Ukraine in Florida and Geneva over the past two weeks.

Yesterday he played soldier, then he threatened Europe, and now he’s lecturing the US for hours. It all just feeds his ego.

Putin’s Choice: Peter the Great or Steve Witkoff by @gerardtbaker WSJ: “In the end kleptocrats are going to do what kleptocrats always do. For Americans, making money with Russia in the hope of making peace would be a time-tested mistake. But helping to make money for Russia

4 hours of negotiations in Russia. I think everyone there is thinking about how to deceive Ukraine. There are no people who represent our interests. There are russians and people who only pretend to protect the interests of Ukraine.

At the scene of Russia's brutal massacre of around 900 people, mostly women, children and elderly that were sheltering from Russian bombs 3.5 years ago, the Russians are setting up a Christmas tree. Mariupol, southern Ukraine.

@k_sonin And Putin keeps lying: Russian forces control only a section of Vovchansk, with some areas of the now destroyed city under Ukrainian control or contested:

Stalin left behind a legacy of terror, famine, and mass murder. Remember the victims.

Witkoff meeting Ukrainians: scruffy, unshaven, resentful. Witkoff meeting putin: positively radiant, bouncing in his seat, making love eyes. That's definitely how a neutral intermediary looks like.