Trump shocked European leaders after call to Putin, Axios cites own sources

After Trump's conversation with Putin, Zelensky and the leaders of Germany, France, Italy, Finland, and the European Commission contacted the US president, hoping that he would force the Kremlin dictator to agree to a ceasefire or threaten new sanctions: but Trump disappointed them.

➡️ During a brief conversation this morning, Zelenskyy urged Trump to demand a ceasefire, threaten sanctions, and not make concessions without agreement with Kyiv.

➡️ He said that Putin agreed to "immediately begin negotiations," after which silence fell on the line. Zelensky recalled that the first round had already taken place in Istanbul, but had not yielded any results.

➡️ When asked about new sanctions, Trump denied it. He added that he had asked Putin to present “something that wouldn’t be immediately rejected” — a “peace note” with Russia’s conditions.

➡️ The participants in the call were impressed that Trump, despite the lack of change in Putin's position, presented the conversation with him as a breakthrough.

➡️ The American leader also stated that negotiations should take place directly between Ukraine and the Russian Federation - without intermediaries.

From Deepstate:

🔥 425th Special Forces Regiment "Skala" announced the creation of the first motorcycle assault company in the Armed Forces of Ukraine

🏍 On their channel, they showed fighters training on motorcycles, shared their thoughts, expectations, and vision of their future use in assault operations.

👤 To date, the practice of active use of motorcycles in the ranks of the Defense Forces is absent and has not yet become widespread. Of course, there are isolated individual cases when someone gets to positions on a motorcycle, moves from point "A" to point "B", but participation in attacks has not been observed.

🇷🇺 At the same time, assault operations on motorcycles are actively carried out by Muscovites, and opinions differ here. It is no secret that such cases of use were mostly ridiculed and considered ineffective at first glance, because almost all attempts by the enemy to such assaults were multiplied by zero, in particular, by FPV drone crews or artillery. But the time has come and the process of ridicule has become our process, as it was with "barn tanks", as it was with anti-drone nets, etc., and now it is time to think - effective or not?

🤔 On the one hand, we can safely say that this tactic is not effective, because in most cases the enemy does not manage to successfully reach the designated points at the time of the attack and they are often destroyed. Just remember the recent attempt to storm the NGU position in the Yelizavetovka area, where the Katsaps used about a hundred motorcycles, and which was multiplied by zero thanks to the work of the Ukrainian military. It is worth noting that the enemy's successful advances using motorcycles are, first of all, due to their endless number and constant pressure. And this is not a single company of assault troops on motorcycles for the entire army, but hundreds of Katsap freaks who climb like locusts. Therefore, depending on the direction and nature of the fighting, everyone can draw different conclusions about effectiveness. Someone will see the possibility of a quick and successful advance to the enemy's positions, and someone will never get on a motorcycle, destroying them in droves every day. On the other hand, there is the efficiency of mobility, speed and comfort in getting to your positions, delivering provisions and other necessary means, conducting rotations, etc. It is such applications that can facilitate the above-mentioned processes and help save the lives of fighters who would move on foot or on larger equipment with a higher percentage of damage.

⚔️ But attention was paid specifically to the assault company on motorcycles. So here we just have to wait and see how much this tactic will take root in the ranks of the Defense Forces. Believe that there will be a more modern approach in the process of assault operations and we will not observe the work of FPV drones or artillery, but from the enemy's side. Time forge practice.