Monday marked the third anniversary of Russia military operations in Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke during a summit with world leaders in Kyiv. Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin honored soldiers on Russia’s Defender of the Fatherland Day.
Since the conflict, 10.6 million Ukrainians have been displaced. Independent researchers in Sweden estimate the combined Ukrainian and Russian death toll to be in the hundreds of thousands.
Joining the discussion:
Peter Zalmayev is Director of the Eurasia Democracy Initiative.
Dmitry Babich is a journalist and political analyst.
Pieter Cleppe is Editor-in-Chief of BrusselsReport.eu.
Michael Maloof is a former Senior Pentagon strategic analyst.
Monday marked the third anniversary of Russia military operations in Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke during a summit with world leaders in Kyiv. Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin honored soldiers on Russia’s Defender of the Fatherland Day.
Since the conflict, 10.6 million Ukrainians have been displaced. Independent researchers in Sweden estimate the combined Ukrainian and Russian death toll to be in the hundreds of thousands.
Joining the discussion:
Peter Zalmayev is Director of the Eurasia Democracy Initiative.
Dmitry Babich is a journalist and political analyst.
Pieter Cleppe is Editor-in-Chief of BrusselsReport.eu.
Michael Maloof is a former Senior Pentagon strategic analyst.
The details of the peace deal presented today by US special envoy Steve Witkoff are consistent with the report in the Financial Times discussed in my previous article and with Larry Sparano in the posted interview. Putin will halt the Russian advance prior to driving Ukrainian soldiers out of all of the territory that has been reincorporated into Russia. It appears to be the case that the borders between Russia and Ukraine will be the current front line, so Putin is withdrawing Russia’s claim to the Russian territories still under Ukrainian occupation.
Russia and the US seem near a Ukraine peace deal. Kyiv’s role may be moot.
President Donald Trump’s hopes of securing a quick Ukraine peace deal hang in the balance after Washington’s envoy, Steve Witkoff, held his fourth Kremlin meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday.
