Specific proposals for security guarantees for Kyiv are being developed, as are plans for negotiations between Zelenskyy and Putin, followed by a trilateral summit with Trump. The issue of territory exchange has been postponed.
There are about a dozen key pumping stations on Russian territory. Destroying even half of them would guarantee the paralysis of oil supplies both within Russia and for export.
Heavy fighting continues in the sector, Russia has well-trained pilots, many artillery shells and a human advantage. That's why it's just the beginning.
This year, at one of the world's largest festivals, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the Kharkiv Nafta Theatre presented a one-man show about the physical experience of living through war in Ukraine.
How to build neighbourly relations when the wave of unanimous support for Ukraine in the fight against aggression is slowly subsiding and domestic political interests come to the fore.
“The tanks have been delivered, the rest is in progress. Australia is far away, but it has remained a loyal ally since the first days of the full-scale invasion.”
There are no signs that Putin has abandoned his goals regarding Ukraine and is truly ready to end the war. He is simply stalling for time. Does Trump understand this?
Ukrainian citizens deported from Russia are being held in inhumane conditions on the border with Georgia. Fifteen of them have declared an indefinite hunger strike.