The scenarios that they speculated about are mutually exclusive and intellectually insulting, and the fact Pakistan’s Foreign and Defense Ministers can’t get their story straight suggests that they’re desperately trying to cover up their side’s complicity.

If a ceasefire is reached in Ukraine and no Western troops are deployed there, then it’s expected that strategic arms control talks with the US might resume shortly thereafter.

He predictably condemned the killings and unsurprisingly reaffirmed American neutrality vis-à-vis India and Pakistan in order to position the US as a mediator if their tensions spiral out of control.

Russia is still one of the world’s top naval powers despite its recent setbacks in the Black Sea.

Five issues must first be overcome in order for this project to become a reality.

The peace process might go kaput if they can’t resolve these issues.

It’s unconfirmed but plausible.

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Russia wants the world to know that North Korea might play a larger role in the conflict.

Comparing Duda to Chamberlain could also backfire after Trump urged Ukraine to cede Crimea.

Russia can expect nothing in return from the EU if Putin concedes to allow their troops and aircraft to deploy in and patrol over Western Ukraine.

That would greatly complicate Russia’s goal of demilitarizing Ukraine and thus imperil the peace talks.

Failure to do so risks another “forever war”, an Afghan-like debacle for the US, or World War III.

India wants fellow G4 members Brazil, Germany, and Japan to obtain permanent UNSC representation while Russia is opposed to the last two receiving this status since it’ll give the West more influence.

It hints at tacit approval of Ukraine targeting the Red Square parade this Friday.

Bangladesh’s increasing alignment with China and Pakistan could imperil India’s Great Power plans.

Some in Russia are breathing a sigh of relief that Pan-Turkism isn’t taken as seriously by the Central Asian countries as they thought and that each of them has a price for distancing themselves from it.