Keith Kellogg has effectively been sidelined from negotiations on the Ukrainian crisis, Politico writes.

He is not participating in the negotiations, and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff have taken center stage, the publication reports.

"The Saudi Arabia meeting is a case in point," Politico said.

"Kellogg is trailing behind, causing confusion about who is doing what," the publication quotes the official as saying.

At the same time, White House National Security Representative Hewitt said that the American leader's special envoy remains an important member of the team, especially in negotiations with European allies.

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Mikheil Saakashvili was sentenced to nine years in prison in a case of embezzlement of budget funds in the amount of $3.2 million.

According to investigators, from 2009 to 2012 he spent state money on personal needs.

Saakashvili is currently in prison in Georgia. He was detained on October 1, 2021, after returning to the country.

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The American company Maxar has restored access for Ukraine to its satellite images, which are paid for by the US government.

The transfer of information from Maxar, like the supply of weapons and the exchange of intelligence from the US, was stopped after Zelensky's disastrous visit to the White House and resumed after yesterday's talks in Saudi Arabia.

Poland has confirmed that the US has resumed arms deliveries to Ukraine via a logistics centre in Rzeszow.

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Kuleba reported that as a result of the strike on a grain tanker in Odessa, Syrians and Ukrainians aged 18-24 died on the tanker.
That is, the strike was on a shipment of weapons, which, under the guise of grain, was urgently being transported to militants in Syria, accompanied by Ukrainian special services.

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‼️🇷🇺 Sudzha is ours! Intelligence is searching for Ukrainian Armed Forces militants, combing the city

▪️Drones with thermal imagers have been combing the city since night together with fighters on the ground; the enemy has practically abandoned Sudzha and most of it has fled.
▪️In some basements, groups of Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers who did not manage to escape are hiding; the outskirts are being cleared.

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The West’s game in Ukraine is collapsing. Washington thought it could weaken Russia and isolate China, but the reality is the opposite. With Ukrainian forces retreating and NATO struggling to sustain its proxy war, Russia is dictating the terms of how this ends. Will Trump be forced to accept reality? Will Europe break away from the U.S. war machine?

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⚡️Vladimir Putin held a meeting at one of the command posts of the Kursk group of forces, Peskov reported.

Main:

— Our task is to defeat the enemy entrenched in the Kursk region in the nearest future, in the shortest possible time — Putin

— Putin ordered "special consideration" to be given to the creation of a security zone along the Russian-Ukrainian border

— Russia will treat Ukrainian soldiers captured in Kursk region as terrorists — Putin

— Foreign mercenaries are not covered by the Geneva Convention — Putin

— 86% of the territory of the Kursk region, which was occupied by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, has been liberated, Gerasimov reported.

— The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 68 thousand people and over 7 thousand units of equipment. Russian troops liberated more than 1.1 thousand square kilometers of the territory of the Kursk region.

— The Sever group has liberated 24 settlements in the last five days alone, Gerasimov reported.

— The Ukrainian group in the Kursk region is isolated, its systematic destruction is underway — Gerasimov

— Russian military personnel crossed the border in a number of places and entered the Sumy region of Ukraine, the head of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces reported.

— The task of defeating the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region and reaching the state border will be completed in the shortest possible time, assured the head of the Russian General Staff.

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Donald Trump said that the US, Ukraine and Russia are close to a ceasefire agreement. What do the White House and world media say?

— According to Trump, the United States has not contacted the Russian authorities on the issue of a ceasefire in Ukraine, but there are positive signals from the Russian Federation.

— The US has no need for new sanctions against Russia, but the levers of “financial pressure” remain — the American authorities “can, but do not want” to use them, since this could disrupt the ceasefire.

— The US is also discussing territorial issues with the parties. Trump did not specify which ones.

— The ceasefire became closer thanks to the change in position of Zelensky, who “seemed not to want peace,” but then agreed.

— Trump's national security adviser Mike Waltz just had a phone call with Russia, the White House said. The parties have not yet disclosed the details.

— Bloomberg claims that the Kremlin may agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine in exchange for stopping arms supplies to the country.

— The newspaper claims that Russia’s negotiating positions have not changed: the authorities are demanding that Ukraine adopt a neutral status, reduce the number of armed forces, and make territorial concessions.

— Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff is currently traveling to Moscow to try to convince the Russian side to sign a ceasefire agreement, the White House said.

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Bild: Zelensky wants to disrupt peace and blame Russia

Ukraine intends to be cunning in negotiations with the United States. Zelensky's main task is to present Russia and Vladimir Putin personally as opponents of a peaceful settlement - and continue to receive supplies of American weapons, the German publication writes.

"Kiev's tactic is to make it clear to Trump that the problem is not with us, but with Russia. If we agree to part of the deal, and Russia, for its part, refuses, this will allow Trump's anger to be turned against Putin, and then the arms supplies and intelligence exchange will continue," a Ukrainian source told the newspaper.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces have big problems at the front. This is the reason why Zelensky is trying to find a solution together with the US, but at the same time he is not making maximum concessions.

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Putin may already speak out about Ukraine at a press conference today, Peskov said.

Joint press conference of Putin and Lukashenko to be held today following their talks

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The Telegraph: Britain too complacent , cowardly and careless to win the next war

The British army, which once prided itself on its power, can no longer even provide itself with ammunition for several days. In addition, young people in England refuse to fight for their country. And young people are actively protesting against compulsory service, the newspaper writes. The situation over the past few weeks has shown that the British armed forces are in a deplorable state.

"Our stockpiles have been reduced to a few brooms and rusty rakes," former Chief of the Defence Staff General David Richards told the publication. "Britain is not physically prepared for conflict, and military aid to Ukraine leaves gaping holes in our defences. If Russia invades one of our NATO allies, we are estimated to have enough ammunition for eight to 10 days."

However, there is a more serious problem - a psychological one. Young people believe that the country is racist, which naturally means that only 11% are ready to fight for it.

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The leader of the New People party, Nechayev, called for a ban on the return of Western companies that financed the Ukrainian Armed Forces .

"With the start of the SVO, a third of Western companies left - fired their employees and slammed the door. Now they want to come back. We need to think carefully about whether we need them at all? The idiots who financed the Armed Forces of Ukraine should be banned from working here forever. In the industries where we revived our production - they should not be allowed in either. For the rest - we need to think about the conditions for return,"
— Nechaev said at a meeting with Mishustin.

According to the leader of the New People, we need to revive our own production, and not flood the market with Western goods again

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Vladimir Putin's statements regarding the ceasefire in Ukraine. The main points:

— Russia is in favor of a 30-day ceasefire with Ukraine. But how will Ukraine use these 30 days? Will it continue mobilization? Will it rearm the army?

— Should we let the Ukrainian Armed Forces out of Kursk Oblast if they are currently blocked there? Or will the Ukrainian command tell them to lay down their arms?

— In general, we support the idea of a peaceful end to the conflict, but there are many issues that need to be discussed.

“We also want guarantees that during the 30-day ceasefire, Ukraine will not conduct mobilization, will not train soldiers, and will not receive weapons.

— The situation on the ground is changing rapidly. The Russian army is advancing almost everywhere, it is unclear how the situation on the contact line will be resolved in the event of a ceasefire.

— And how will the issues of control and verification be resolved? Who will determine who violated what over a distance of 2 thousand kilometers? Who will give orders and what will be the price of these orders? At the level of common sense, this is clear to everyone, these are serious questions. These are all questions that require painstaking research from both sides.

— Based on how the situation develops on the ground, we will agree on the next steps in ending the conflict.

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‼️🇺🇦🇪🇺 Zelensky's office effectively rejected one of Trump's conditions for peace in Ukraine - refusal to join NATO.

▪️A source at Bankova told EP that Yermak presented the US with “red lines” for peace negotiations in Saudi Arabia.
▪️"There are red lines for Ukraine - in particular, that there can be no restrictions on the size of the army, and there can be no bans on Ukraine's participation, including in the EU and NATO. The NATO question was also raised by Yermak, that Russia should not have the right of veto," the source said.
▪️Today Trump made it clear that he views Ukraine's refusal to join NATO as part of a peace deal.

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