The alliance’s irresponsible policy toward Ukraine continues, providing false hope, making peace less likely and the war more dangerous.

A little more momentum was built for a start to peace talks as Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba travelled to Beijing for his first post-invasion meeting with China, and more commentators say a deal is possible.

The testimony of a Czech mercenary sheds light on the alleged massacre in Bucha in 2022.

The Russians continue making progress one village at a time all along the contact line in the Donbass, while strengthening their position in the Kharkov region. Wack a mole, military style.

Russia may still value ties with the West just enough to be more flexible in its demands to Ukraine.

Though hope, which has raised its head before only to be decapitated, may be too optimistic a word, recent changes in tone, coming from many parties to the conflict, forecast the chance that negotiations to end the war on Ukraine are, at least, peaking above the horizon. Those changes come from recent European elections, upcoming American elections and even from within Ukraine itself.

The European Parliament re-elected Ursula von der Leyen as president of the Commission, cementing the EU’s maximalist aims

The perilous fight to establish a bridgehead in a southern Kherson fishing village has been described as a suicide mission for soldiers

As the US and its allies ramp up support for Israel, Kiev’s situation looks even bleaker, and we are beginning to read more about the claims of the vultures circling overhead who are looking to grab a piece of what is left of the country following the cessation of hostilities. They believe they have some right. We can look at this in more detail a little later. If we are to look at the situation realistically, what needs to happen is provide a solution that ticks all of the boxes, but the overriding factors being the security of Russian borders alongside guaranteeing the hard fought for objectives of the SMO being not just a short-term fix, but permanently enforced.

With the president’s party split, the government relies on formerly pro-Russian lawmakers to help it pass legislation and, the opposition says, minimize scrutiny.