The journalist group has published an exposé on Kiev outfits targeting Americans with US taxpayer funds

Washington remains split as secret talks on a settlement proceed

At the end of June, 2024, the world got its first glimpse at what Donald Trump’s plan to end the war in Ukraine in one day might look like. Retired Lieutenant General Keith Kellogg and former CIA analyst Fred Fleitz submitted a plan to then candidate Trump. In an interview, Kellogg revealed that U.S. leverage would have two fronts. The first is you tell Putin, “He’s got to come to the table and if you don’t come to the table, then we’ll give Ukrainians everything they need to kill you in the field.” And the second is, “We tell the Ukrainians, ‘You’ve got to come to the table, and if you don’t come to the table, support from the United States will dry up.’”

Racket readers on what caused the catastrophe of the day

And the grim choice facing Volodymyr Zelensky

Trump needs a package to put on the table with Russia, but a positive outcome in Riyadh would be amazing

Pressure builds on European countries to formally seize funds and use them to help Kyiv, but some are reluctant to do so

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The U.S. decision to stop sharing military intelligence with Ukraine hobbles its ability to strike and defend against the Russian army, and increases the pressure on it to accept a peace deal being pushed by the Trump administration.

If U.S. President Donald Trump were to join the leaders of Russia and China at the Kremlin on May 9, 2025, his name could be consigned to history as that of a “great peacemaker, both for America and for the whole world.”

Former CIA Russia analyst George Beebe talked about Trump administration efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict.