All parties involved in the Ukraine conflict are now manoeuvring for position in advance of the peace talks proposed by the incoming Donald Trump administration. What we do not know — and will not, until talks actually take place — is which of these positions are intended firmly to be held, which are initial bargaining counters, and which are intended to block the possibility of talks succeeding.

The coming post-conflict process will mark the beginning of a stable and secure future for both nations

The Russian Armed Forces are pushing west through the Donbas region of Ukraine. Their advance has consistently been called slow, but this is no longer true. In October and November, Russia captured over 1,500 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory. The pace has continued in December, and Russia is advancing on as many as eight sections of the front. They are overwhelming heavily fortified Ukrainian cities and defenses, jeopardizing Ukraine’s ability to supply its troops by rail or road. They are now only one mile from Pokrovsk, a key logistical hub. Beyond Pokrovsk, the Russian Armed Forces may find mostly undefended fields.

Ukraine’s Army battles it out in the country’s east as pressures build for a diplomatic reshuffling of the deck.

Trump has vowed to secure a quick end to the conflict, which is seeing incremental Russian gains

There are four Western deceptions and lost opportunities for ending Ukraine‘s violence that have led Ukraine to slaughter. These are the four horsemen of the Ukrainian apocaplypse or its Second Great Ruin or Ruin 2.0.

Reality has set in on Capitol Hill that with President-elect Donald J. Trump poised to take office, the era of U.S. military support for Ukraine is coming to an end.

Murders at Moscow of a top Russian general and his aide shine a spotlight on a strategy unfolding in the shadows of war.

Kyiv controls vast gas and mineral deposits. Does Trump want those flowing west, or to Russia and China?

“I have not become the King’s First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire.” – Winston Churchill, 1942