The War in Ukraine

[MrWhyt]

Or being held accountable for its literally THOUSANDS if documented war crimes or returning all kidnapped kids and prisioners

well if step one of his great peace plan is to give Putin everything he wants. I'm sure step two will be ukraine gives up all claims on the children/POWs and Zelensky must personally give a handy to every russian veteran.

 

[dapaterson]

well if step one of his great peace plan is to give Putin everything he wants. I'm sure step two will be ukraine gives up all claims on the children/POWs and Zelensky must personally give a handy to every russian veteran.

Only a handy?

 

[The Bread Guy]

QV doesn’t like to let reality interfere with his narrative.

There you go getting all facty and shit again

 

[daftandbarmy]

Only a handy?

 

[MrWhyt]

Only a handy?

hey this is trump the great negotiator we're talking about. He'll open with a handy from Zelensky (a hand-zee if you will) but he'll close with "30 minutes of anything goes with Ivanka"

 

[RangerRay]

Love him or hate him, he's the dealmaker, so I suspect it's hard wired - especially dealing with parties he feels he has over a barrel.

Meanwhile, word of some movement via Truth Social here and here (highlights mine) ....
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Interesting difference in tone between the two updates. We'll see how things unfold now

Late edit, adding some MSM and US state media* updates:

Trump vows to 'immediately' negotiate for end to Ukraine war

US president vows to begin immediate negotiations with Putin, Zelenskyy

www.voanews.com

Trump Says He And Putin Agreed To 'Start Negotiations Immediately' On Ending War In Ukraine

U.S. President Donald Trump says he had a "lengthy and highly productive" phone call with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.

www.rferl.org

Trump says Putin agrees to start negotiations to end war in Ukraine

The two leaders speak in a phone call and agree to start negotiations "immediately" over the war in Ukraine.

www.bbc.com

Trump talks with Ukraine President Zelenksyy following Putin call

President Trump spoke by phone with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Wednesday, the White House said, after talking earlier to Russian President Vladimir Putin about ending their long-running war.

www.washingtontimes.com

Donald Trump call with Vladimir Putin confirms Ukraine not in driving seat

The BBC's Frank Gardner says improved relations between DC and Moscow may spell trouble for Kyiv.

www.bbc.com

Trump says Russia agrees to 'immediately' begin negotiations to end war in Ukraine

President Donald Trump announced he had a "lengthy" call with Russian President Vladimir Putin and that their respective teams will begin negotiations over the war in Ukraine.

www.foxnews.com

* - No, not being partisan here. Voice of America is "VOA is part of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), the government agency that oversees all non-military, U.S. international broadcasting. It is funded by the U.S. Congress," including the editorials "Reflecting the Views of the U.S. Government"

One would think the country being invaded should have a seat at the table?

This smells a lot like Trump’s negotiations with the Taliban but without the Afghan government. We all know how that ended.

 

[RangerRay]

Russia also withdrew the 90s law recognizing the independence of the baltic's as well, which is exactly where he will try and test NATO, that or he will take over all ukraine then roll in to Hungary, and Orban would let him, essentially making Article 5 useless.

I think his first target would be Moldova. Much smaller with no NATO tripwires.

 

[MilEME09]

I think his first target would be Moldova. Much smaller with no NATO tripwires.

Romania has forces training Moldova so a small trip wire

 

[Maxman1]

If you have any thoughts on visiting the Baltics states you might want to move up your timelines to sometime in the next 18 months.

I'll be going there next year on 26-01.