Aftermath of Ukraine invasion

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No mention of Russia, the aggressor, making any concessions - and nothing about security measures to prevent Putin coming back for more later

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Whatever emerges from the Ukraine peace talks, Trump's behaviour has harmed America’s reputation www.patternsofpower.org/ukraine-peace-talks

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Trump’s anger at Russia's latest attacks is hypocritical because he had weakened Ukraine's ability to defend itself, so Russia was bound to take advantage www.euronews.com/2025/03/07/t...

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Trump’s so-called peace deal looks like surrender - and Russia is still bombing power plants in a breach of its terms www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

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Trump is bragging again: www.politico.eu/article/no-o.... That's part of his style www.patternsofpower.org/trump-style/ but he underestimates Putin.

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As Putin starts to increase “the overall size of its military to almost 2.39 million” https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c36718p52eyo, he intends to continue threatening his neighbours. Trump isn’t persuading him to stop.

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Ukraine and Russia are accusing each other of violating the Easter ceasefire https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c934nprkqz3t  Putin seems not to be deterred by America's threat to walk away from the peace talks

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President Trump is offering a deal which rewards Russia for its aggression. It does nothing to prevent a further invasion in the future. President Zelenskyy needs to ask for a better deal (but he must accept some loss of territory).

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Trump is trying to force Ukraine to accept a deal that gives Russia almost everything it wants, without considering how to stop Putin coming back later for further territory https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04/25/trump-repeating-all-mistakes-of-appeasement-except-worse/

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Putin didn’t meet Zelenskiy today, despite having earlier offered to do so. Nor has he agreed to a ceasefire. He will continue his invasion of Ukraine until more US weapons and European sanctions can tilt the balance of power https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-trump-skip-ukraines-peace-talks-that-russian-leader-proposed-2025-05-14/

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Trump boasted that he could stop Putin’s invasion of Ukraine “within 24 hours” – but Russia’s latest aerial attack is the largest yet. Putin is mocking Trump: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2rx8kxdm4o

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This successful Ukrainian attack, made with slender resources, gives Russia a timely reminder that effective resistance would continue even if it succeeded in grabbing more territory https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/ukraine-stages-major-attack-russian-aircraft-with-drones-security-official-says-2025-06-01/

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European nations are showing determination to defend themselves. Their increased spending makes a European security guarantee to Ukraine look more credible, even without giving it NATO membership https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg8pd2y80go

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Putin has humiliated the US President, by showing how Trump’s campaign pledge to end the war on Ukraine in 24 hours was just an empty boast by #TACO: the man who always climbs down https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/russian-drone-attack-triggers-fire-roof-apartment-block-officials-say-2025-07-03/

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Trump’s new approach to arming Ukraine is hard to analyse: Ukraine would get more weapons if Europeans pay; 50 days lets Russia take a lot more territory; Trump often climbs down https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/14/politics/us-ukraine-weapons-trump

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Zelenskiy’s anti-corruption decision is welcome, showing the benefit of EU pressure – but it remains unclear what he had previously been trying to do and whether the necessary reforms will materialise https://www.reuters.com/world/eu-urges-ukraine-uphold-independent-anti-corruption-bodies-zelenskiy-signals-2025-07-27/

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Trump’s sanctions threat is bonkers. It doesn’t hurt Russia but does hurt the West. And he’ll probably have to draw back from secondary sanctions on China and India, who buy most of Russia’s oil https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-has-developed-immunity-sanctions-kremlin-says-after-trump-tightens-2025-07-30/

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Ukraine’s survival is more likely with the three Nordic countries adding to the Dutch contribution for a total of €1bn supply of weaponry, but Russia is not likely to negotiate a ceasefire to meet Trump’s 8 Aug deadline https://www.reuters.com/world/sweden-norway-denmark-give-500-million-nato-project-send-us-weapons-ukraine-2025-08-05/