Tag: Ukraine
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Committee Room 14. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the President of Ukraine visited London today and addressed MPs and Lords in the relatively workmanlike surroundings of Committee Room 14. This visit seemed far more important that Mr Trump’s latest tantrum across the ocean. In an enthusiastic address, Zelenskyy explained what Ukraine’s experience in successfully resisting Russian aggression and…
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SIZE CERTAINLY COUNTS FOR SOMETHING Donald, but does not necessarily always win. Britain, June 1941: alone, but unbowed. Transcript of Donald Trump interview with Dasha Burns, Washington DC, 8th December 2025
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We cross over to Geneva now for the vote of the European Jury. Here we have it: “WHOLE OF THE SENTIENT WORLD CALLING (VIA JOHANNESBURG): NULL POINTS FOR DONNY’S 28-POINT “PEACE” PROPOSAL.” Geneva became the centre of strategic gravity on Ukraine this week, as Ukrainian, American and European officials picked apart the 28-point peace proposal…
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In a moment of irritation with current Russian “negotiations” so transparently designed only to delay, while extracting maximum concessions from the Great Dealmaker, I thought that it might be useful to “game” the outcomes of the conflict. You never know… Лучше быть несчастным, зная обо всём, чем счастливым в неведении.It is better to be unhappy…
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During this vacation season it is hard to avoid taking a look at Russia’s Ukrainian War. It really is vicariously embarrassing. Last week Vlad scored an absurdly predictable win. Putin took up DJT’s invitation to rejoin the “normal” world with talks in Alaska. The chess-playing Russian dictator seems to have persuaded the “why stick to…
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No prizes at all for commentators who thought that Russia’s commitment to peace negotiations was only a ruse to keep the Donald talking and delay any real discussions of peace terms. Under huge American pressure, Zelensky called Putin’s bluff and announced that he would be available to meet with Putin in Turkey on 15th May…