A leaked document has given us a first glimpse at Trump’s peace plan for Ukraine. According to the Ukrainian online newspaper Strana, U.S. officials handed the plan to European diplomats who then passed it on to Ukraine.

President Donald Trump said his administration wants an agreement with Ukraine for the war-torn country to offer access to its critical mineral resources in return for aiding its defense against Russia.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has complained that Ukraine has only received $75bn from a pledged $177bn of aid pledged by the US to support Ukraine last year and he doesn’t know where the missing $100bn money is, he said in an interview with The Associated Press on February 1.

Former US Diplomat Jim Jatras joins Counter Currents host and former CIA analyst Larry Johnson to discuss the following issues: What can we expect from Donald Trump’s foreign policy? More war, more color revolutions or a chance for peace? Can Trump strike a deal with Putin over Ukraine?

Undoing 40 years of U.S. Neo-Containment policy and building global diplomacy for sustainable peace

The whole world anxiously awaits the meeting between Trump and Putin, which will determine peace in Ukraine, Europe and the world as a whole.

There may be a battle looming, not just between the Trump administration and Ukraine over the conscription of men between the ages of 18 and 25, but also within the Trump administration.

“The Hard Way” — Special Envoy Keith Kellogg’s proposed oil-price manipulations targeting Russia would actually devastate U.S. oil production and the U.S. economy.

As Donald Trump says he wants to end the war in Ukraine, Edward Lozansky recommends some background reading on the roots of the conflict.

While the US president cannot end the Ukraine war on terms that will satisfy Putin, some believe Washington’s willingness to upend international norms will help Moscow