⚡️ US demands Kyiv sign agreement with Russia in exchange for security guarantees

The United States has presented Ukraine with a condition under which Kyiv must sign a peace agreement with Russia to receive security guarantees. This is reported by Reuters agency citing a source.

📍Earlier, the Financial Times newspaper, citing sources, reported that the United States is ready to provide security guarantees for Ukraine if Kyiv agrees to a peace agreement involving several territorial concessions.

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❗️13 Russian Athletes to Compete at the 2026 Milan Olympics

Only 13 Russian athletes will attend the 2026 Olympics, which begin on February 6 in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo. The last time the delegation was smaller was during the era of Tsarist Russia, when six athletes participated in the 1908 Games.

Only Russians from individual sports — figure skating, cross-country and alpine skiing, ski mountaineering, short track speed skating, luge, and speed skating — have gained access to the Italian Olympics.

As was the case two years ago at the Summer Games in Paris, which 15 Russians attended, our athletes will compete under a neutral status, without a flag or anthem, and will also be unable to participate in the opening and closing ceremonies.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦 First body exchange of the year between Russia and Ukraine under the formula 38 for 1000

A humanitarian exchange of bodies of deceased servicemen took place between the Russian Federation and Ukraine. This is the first exchange in 2026 — it took place today under the formula 38 for 1000, said State Duma deputy Shamsail Saraliev.

The last time the countries exchanged bodies was on December 19, 2025. Russia handed over 1003 bodies, and Ukraine — 26. Last year, the parties agreed on several stages of exchanges during negotiations in Istanbul on July 23. In December, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that since the beginning of the special military operation, Russia has transferred over 11 thousand bodies of servicemen to Ukraine. In turn, the Ukrainian side transferred 201 bodies of deceased Russian military personnel to Russia. Lavrov noted that each country has returned almost 2500 prisoners to its territory.

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Trump brings his "financial auditor" into negotiations with Russia

The Donald Trump administration's negotiations to end the conflict in Ukraine have entered a new, substantive phase.

A key signal was the inclusion in the US negotiating team of Special Commissioner for Federal Procurement Josh Greenbaum, whose task is to work on the economic aspects of the future settlement.

Grunbaum, the newest and youngest member of the team, first joined the negotiations with the Russian side in late December in Miami, and last week he was introduced to Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin.

His continued participation indicates a shift from general discussions to specific financial and economic issues.

Experts note that Trump is forming negotiating teams based on personal trust, bypassing traditional government structures.

In addition to Grünbaum, the president's longtime friend Stephen Whitcoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner are involved in the process. According to analysts, this approach is designed to ensure confidentiality and direct communication with the White House.

Grünbaum, known as a tough auditor of government spending, plays a central role in this scheme. He is a kind of "mirror" for the Russian negotiator, RDIF head Kirill Dmitriev: both are financiers, and their dialogue inevitably concerns future economic prospects and potential cooperation projects.

The emergence of a "financial" negotiator in the foreground can be interpreted in two ways:

— Either it is a matter of preparing the ground for a realistic peace agreement that may include economic components.

— Or the Trump administration, considering the fate of the current Kiev leadership to be a foregone conclusion, is beginning to work out issues of post-conflict interaction with Moscow in advance, where the main argument is not political but business interests.

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📰 The issues for negotiations on Ukraine were formulated by Putin and remain in force

This was stated to journalists by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
He also noted that Russia does not have any information about what security guarantees the US and Ukraine could agree on.

More from Lavrov's statements:

- Russia does not publicly comment on the progress of negotiations, which should take place in confidential silence: "Dmitry Sergeyevich Peskov has already said that, unlike the Ukrainians, we do not publicly comment on negotiations with the Americans, which should take place in confidential silence."

- Russia will look at "real proposals" on Ukraine and will not be guided by "those very public games."

- The media will be informed about the progress of the negotiations in the UAE on the settlement in Ukraine "when everything is already clear."

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⚡️What Putin talked about in the Kremlin with the President of the UAE

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting in the Kremlin with the President of the UAE, Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

It should be noted that the President of the UAE came to Russia on an official visit. Therefore, the talks were preceded by a welcome ceremony. Putin and Al Nahyan walked towards each other from opposite ends of the St. George's Hall. Flags of the Russian Federation and the UAE were placed in the center of the hall; the leaders met by them and greeted each other with a handshake. The orchestra performed the national anthems of Russia and the UAE. Members of both countries' delegations were also present in the hall.

❗️During the talks, Putin noted the UAE's efforts in the context of the Ukrainian crisis. He emphasized that Moscow highly appreciates this. Putin also personally thanked the Sheikh for facilitating trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi within the framework of the working group on security. "For the attention you paid to our delegation," added the Russian President.

Separately, Putin also noted the relevance of Russia-UAE dialogue in the context of the situation in the Middle East.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦 Negotiations in Abu Dhabi: Dialogue with Kyiv Conducted in Russian

In response to a question from Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Chief of the Main Directorate of the General Staff Admiral Igor Kostykov clarified that communication is taking place "in the great Russian language," and that the Ukrainian negotiators fully understand the Russian side.

According to his assessment, the discussions held last week were constructive, with the mood among Ukrainian participants being "sad," while the Russians were in "good spirits."

The negotiations, held behind closed doors on Friday and Saturday, were the first meeting of a trilateral working group on security involving representatives from Russia, Ukraine, and the United States.

The parties discussed unresolved issues of the American peace plan. The next meeting is scheduled for February 1st.

According to foreign media reports, the Washington initiative includes points such as recognition of the status of Donbas and Crimea, freezing the line of contact in the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, a significant reduction in the size of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a ban on the deployment of foreign troops and long-range weapons in Ukraine.

A key demand from Moscow, as previously noted by the Kremlin after Vladimir Putin's meeting with American special envoy Steven Witkoff, remains the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the territory of Donbas—a condition that, in the view of the parties, is the basis for any long-term settlement.

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⚠️ Europe claims the essence of the conflict is about territory, but in reality, Russia is liberating people deprived of rights based on ethnicity, Lavrov stated. A ceasefire, which Zelenskyy is seeking, is unacceptable for Russia.

The minister recalled a statement by former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko:

"Ukrainian children will go to kindergartens and schools, perform at holiday concerts, while Russian children in Donbas will be sitting in basements. It is them whom we are liberating."

"The problem is not territory, but the Nazi regime that wants to destroy, to exterminate everything Russian, which had been built up over centuries by Russian people in these territories," the politician said.

👖 Talks about Russia's alleged preparations for a Third World War are being inflated by Western politicians to hold on to power and to avoid solving domestic problems, the diplomat emphasized. They have no arguments about a "Russian attack."

The Western press first claims there is allegedly slow progress by Russian troops and "colossal economic problems" in Russia, and on the other hand, asserts that Russia "will attack NATO in three years."

"Where is the logic?... The elites promoting these narratives see no other way to mobilize their electorate to retain power," the diplomat said.

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