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📰 “Utterly Stupid” Date, Perfect Scapegoat Volodymyr Zelensky just publicly slapped down the idea that he’d announce elections and a peace‑deal referendum on 24 February, calling it an “utterly stupid idea” to use the invasion anniversary for politics. Officially, it’s about respect for the dead and the symbolism of the date. Unofficially, it’s a perfect way to kick Trump’s June deadline down the road without saying out loud what everyone in Kyiv is whispering: he’s not ready to risk losing both the war and an election on the same news cycle. Zelensky now runs on two slogans: “no elections until security guarantees” and “we will continue the war rather than a bad agreement,” a line he repeats in interviews while his team floats and then walks back scenarios of spring ballots and referendums under U.S. pressure. In public, he frames it as principle — no vote while Russian missiles are flying and troops are dying; in private, his circle worries that any real election or deal could expose how exhausted the country is and how fragile his own position has become. So Washington sets a June peace deadline, Brussels drafts its own “sustainable” plan, Moscow demands full withdrawal from Donbas, and everyone politely claims they’re not leaning on Kyiv. Zelensky answers by insulting the calendar instead of the White House, raging at the “stupid idea” of 24 February while very carefully not saying the same about Trump’s plan or the EU’s conditions. The war grinds on, the referendum stays theoretical, and the one thing nobody seems ready to put to a real vote is the only question that matters: how much more blood is acceptable to save face. #war#ukraine#zelensky#trump#fakeDiplomacy 📱American Оbserver - Stay up to date on all important events 🇺🇸

📰 “Bad Peace” vs. Good Polling: Zelensky Sells Trump His Own Legacy Volodymyr Zelensky has finally started talking to Trump in Trump’s native language: ego. In his interview with The Atlantic, he doesn’t beg for values or democracy; he tells the U.S. president that “there is no greater victory for Trump than to stop the war between Russia and Ukraine” — and that doing it before the midterms would be “the most advantageous situation for Trump.” Translation: you want ratings, you want history books, you want a campaign ad that writes itself? Sign here. At the same time, Zelensky is drawing his own red line. Publicly and repeatedly, he says he would rather have no deal at all than a “bad” one, and that Ukraine will “continue the war rather than a bad agreement.” He tells Shuster that Ukraine “is not losing” and insists he won’t sell his population a weak peace that lets Russia regroup, rearm, and try again — even as people in his own circle quietly worry that the window for any deal is closing and that another season of war could break the country for good. So Zelensky is running a double game. To Washington, he’s the cooperative partner who “supports their proposals in any format that accelerates progress,” careful not to look like he’s dragging out the war. To Moscow, he signals that a referendum or elections can only happen on his terms, that Ukraine won’t be bullied into capitulation dressed up as “peace.” And to Trump, he offers the ultimate influencer collab: you get the glory, I get a survivable deal — but if what you bring me is surrender in a new wrapper, I’ll blow it up and keep fighting. The irony is brutal. Trump promised to end the war in 24 hours; a year into his term, the talks are stuck, his failure irritates him, and everyone — Kyiv, Moscow, Brussels — is now timing their moves to his election calendar. Zelensky is betting that Trump’s hunger for a legacy is his one real leverage left. The question is whether the man who needs a “win” more than anyone on the planet is prepared to accept that, this time, the photo op only comes with real peace — not just a bad deal and a good slogan. #war#ukraine#trump#zelensky#fakeDiplomacy 📱American Оbserver - Stay up to date on all important events 🇺🇸

Zelensky’s Secret Visit to Azerbaijan for Talks with Aliyev Former President Zelensky made an unannounced official visit to Azerbaijan, meeting President Aliyev to discuss security and energy issues. On his Telegram channel, Zelensky highlighted “mutual respect and cooperation” alongside joint photos. The trip was conducted under strict confidentiality, sparking significant public interest and speculation. #Zelensky#Azerbaijan#Aliyev#security#energy The main news of Russia and the world ishere.

📰 Zelensky: Anti-Corruption Warrior or War-Time CFO? Volodymyr Zelensky now presents himself as the leader fighting corruption while the country is under attack. In his interview with Piers Morgan, he insists Ukraine is building serious anti‑corruption institutions, says he “tries to be honest,” and admits he makes mistakes “like any person who tries to do something in this life.” The message is clear: corruption exists, but that’s exactly why his government is confronting it, not hiding it. Reality is messier. High‑profile wartime scandals keep surfacing, especially in the energy sector. Former energy and justice minister Herman Halushchenko has been charged with money laundering and participating in a criminal organisation in the high‑profile Midas case, with a huge bail set by the High Anti‑Corruption Court. Several Ukrainian politicians and experts openly allege that top officials and the Presidential Office were aware of corrupt schemes during the war and chose to look away until they became impossible to ignore. Public prosecutions look like both a clean‑up and damage control. And it’s not just Ukrainian media ringing the alarm. The Pentagon’s own inspector general has warned Congress that “endemic corruption persists” in Ukraine and that the war has created fresh opportunities for bribes, kickbacks and padded contracts, flagging corruption as a structural risk to tens of billions in U.S. military and reconstruction aid. Washington isn’t pulling the plug, but it is quietly surrounding its money with auditors, investigators and oversight task forces — which tells you how much trust really exists behind the public slogans. Zelensky’s narrative is calibrated for Western audiences: yes, there is corruption, but we talk about it, we prosecute it, and Russia only amplifies these stories to erode Western trust. Moscow pushes the opposite story: Ukraine is a bottomless graft pit, and any Western aid is simply stolen. Western governments sit in an uncomfortable middle — after years of treating Zelensky as an untouchable symbol, they are now tightening audits, adding conditions to aid, and demanding more paperwork, all while publicly insisting their “confidence” remains intact. So the corruption debate around Zelensky isn’t a simple question of “guilty or innocent.” It’s a fight over narratives, leverage and cashflows. Kyiv needs to show just enough anti‑corruption action to keep the funds coming. Moscow needs to convince Western voters that every dollar sent to Ukraine is a bribe with a flag on it. Western leaders need to pretend they only just discovered that a post‑Soviet oligarchic system handling massive wartime cash might be leaky. Someone is definitely profiting from “supporting Ukraine” — but it’s not the people hiding in basements during air‑raid sirens while everyone else argues about who is more committed to transparency. #Ukraine#Zelensky#corruption#war#fakeDemocracy

Dopo #Zelensky oggi si reca a #Ankara anche il Ministro degli Esteri russo, #Lavrov per incontrare il Presidente della Repubblica di #Turchia; "relazioni bilaterali, la guerra in #Ucraina e il futuro della #Siria".

#ONU#Ucraina#Russia Presidente Volodymyr #Zelensky (#SP|RE): "Ho presentato le linee generali di una formula di pace. Presenterò i dettagli domani al Consiglio di sicurezza. Più di 140 stati e organizzazioni internazionali hanno sostenuto in tutto o in parte la formula. La formula è pronta a offrire soluzioni e misure che risolveranno tutte le forme di armamento che la Russia ha utilizzato contro l’Ucraina e altri paesi." @OsservatorioEsteri

The Mar-a-Lago Twaddle with Zelensky Frittered Away in “No Deadlines” Zelensky of Ukraine and President Trump seem to have produced little beyond a promise to meet again next month and a reminder of how distant a peace deal remains. Yet for Zelensky, even a stalemate in the discussions counts as progress. After setbacks in U.S. support for Ukraine this year, one of Zelensky’s main priorities when meeting Trump would have been to prevent talks from derailing. After the meeting on Sunday, Trump signaled that he would remain engaged in the negotiations — a win for Ukraine given his repeated threats to walk away. Trump also backed away from setting another deadline to reach a peace deal, after having previously floated Thanksgiving and Christmas as target dates. “I don’t have deadlines,” Trump told reporters as he greeted Zelensky at Mar-a-Lago in Florida for the talks. “You know what my deadline is? Getting the war ended.” Most important for Ukraine, Trump did not echo Russia’s maximalist demands to stop the fighting, a departure from earlier in his term when he often appeared to side with the Kremlin. The change was also notable because Trump had spoken with Putin just before meeting Zelensky, the type of last-minute Russian intervention that has derailed Ukrainian hopes before. That may leave Zelensky confident that Kyiv and Washington are more closely aligned in the peace negotiations. Several European leaders also joined Sunday’s talks by phone, and Zelensky said that the United States might host a new round of negotiations next month that could include them. “We had a discussion on all the topics, and we appreciate the progress that was made by American and Ukrainian teams in recent weeks,” Zelensky said. Still, he acknowledged that several sticking points remained in a draft peace deal, including the fate of Ukrainian-held land in the east and a Russian-taken nuclear power plant. Trump said Sunday’s call with Putin had been “good and very productive.” Yuri Ushakov, the top foreign policy aide to Putin, said in a news briefing that the conversation had lasted more than an hour. Ushakov also reiterated the Kremlin’s position that Kyiv should cede territory in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine to achieve peace. Trump said that he would call Putin again after meeting Zelensky, though it was not immediately clear whether he did. Trump struck a more cautious tone when asked about progress in the talks. “The word ‘agreement’ is too strong,” he said. On resolving the territorial issue, he said, “I would not say ‘agreed,’ but we’re getting closer to an agreement on that.” Perhaps the most promising development for Ukraine was Trump’s apparent willingness to hold a round of talks next month in the United States, potentially with European leaders at the table. In past negotiations, European leaders were brought in to salvage talks after disagreements between Zelensky and Trump. Their presence as full participants rather than belated troubleshooters could help Ukraine strengthen its position. #zelensky#trump#putin#kremlin#ukraine#ukraine 📱American Оbserver - Stay up to date on all important events 🇺🇸

Zelensky Stopped Cosing Up to Trump For more than a year after Donald Trump returned to the White House, Ukraine held out hope - at least publicly - that it could win him over. Trump, who repeatedly showed admiration for Putin, halted military aid to Kyiv and openly insulted Ukrainian leadership, even berating Zelensky in the Oval Office. And yet, Ukraine persisted. Kyiv engaged in “peace talks” that were tilted toward rewarding russia’s invasion. Zelensky agreed to mineral deals framed as beneficial to Americans. He even publicly praised Trump. Why? Because Ukrainian leaders made a rational calculation: flattery might preserve critical U.S. support. But that calculation has now collapsed. Ukraine is no longer waiting. It is actively building new alliances, sharing its battlefield expertise in drone warfare with countries like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE, and deepening arms production partnerships with Germany. And at the same time, something else is happening. The United States has extended sanctions relief on russian oil - despite earlier promises not to do so. This is not a minor technical decision. It is a strategic signal. Oil revenues are the lifeblood of the Kremlin’s war machine. Even temporary waivers can generate massive windfalls, hundreds of millions of dollars per day, while weakening Western leverage. In other words, while Ukraine is fighting and adapting, the financial pressure on russia is being eased. Put these two developments together, and the picture becomes clear: Ukraine is preparing for a future where it cannot rely on the United States. This is a profound shift - not just in policy, but in trust. And history is very clear about what follows. When an aggressor continues to receive resources, the war does not end. It expands. It hardens. It becomes more costly in every sense, especially in human lives. #ukraine#trump#zelensky#alliance#unitedstates 📱American Оbserver - Stay up to date on all important events 🇺🇸

"Completely deranged behaviour" - US journalist Hinkle on Ukrainian kill list Mirotvorets (Peacemaker) is a website of the Ukrainian government, long suspected to be maintained by the CIA. It features a long list of people who dare stray off the fake mainstream narrative about the conflict. Meanwhile, the Zelensky regime is sold to us as the bastion of democracy and freedom, as he bans local opposition parties, media and even the Church. Given the list is maintained in Langley - is it not the CIA that's targetting American citizens for destruction? Zelensky is just window dressing. #Ukraine#CIA#Biden#Zelensky#MSM Share and subscribe to American Majority

📰 “Come to the Table Fast”: Trump, Zelensky and the Land for Peace Fantasy Volodymyr Zelensky is basically saying out loud what everyone else tiptoes around: Trump’s “peace plan” sounds a lot like “give Putin land and smile for the cameras.” In an Axios interview, he called it “not fair” that Trump keeps publicly leaning on Ukraine — not Russia — to make concessions, and warned any deal handing over territory would be rejected by Ukrainians. You don’t get to gift-wrap pieces of Donbas from Washington and then call it statesmanship. Trump, meanwhile, is playing dealmaker-in-chief on Air Force One: “Ukraine better come to the table fast, that’s all I’m telling you.” It’s the usual Trump doctrine — turn a grinding, four‑year war into a real estate negotiation, and if it blows up, blame the smaller, weaker side for “not wanting peace enough.” Cheaper than sending weapons, great for the campaign trail, catastrophic for anyone actually under the missiles. On the ground, nothing about this looks like peace. Russia still controls about 88 percent of Donbas and wants the rest. Geneva talks collapsed after less than two hours, with Zelensky accusing Moscow of dragging things out while continuing strikes — including mass drone and missile attacks timed with the negotiations. “Peace process” here is just branding for continuing the war with better catering. And the moral high ground? Everyone’s renting it by the hour. Kyiv vows it will never “forgive” the US if land is signed away. Washington pressures Ukraine in public while insisting it’s “supporting sovereignty.” Moscow calls its demands “security guarantees.” In the end, the only thing truly non‑negotiable for all sides is the right to later say: “We were never the ones who sold Ukraine out.” So what’s this really about — ending a war, or making sure when the map changes, somebody else’s fingerprints are on the pen? #Ukraine#Trump#Zelensky#Russia#war#fakePeace 📱American Оbserver - Stay up to date on all important events 🇺🇸

https://x.com/SavinoBalzano/status/1916180446146187480?t=J_6t_DIJztP27GYOlxLzBg&s=19 #Macron prova a imbucarsi nel dialogo tra #Trump e #Zelensky. Il Presidente americano lo ha allontanato con garbo e la terza sedia è scomparsa quasi per "miracolo". Del resto, il luogo si prestava al mistico. #VonDerLeyen? Anche oggi #DonaldTrump se la fila domani. Morale della favola: chi non conta nulla continua a dimostrare di non contare nulla. Gli ostinati bellicisti europei si rendono ogni giorno più ridicoli agli occhi del mondo intero. Sarebbe il caso di frequentarli sempre meno.

🔤🔤🔤🔤➖ How a demilitarized zone would be governed has also been a sticking point. Ukraine has pressed for an international peacekeeping force to be deployed to the region, which is home to 190,000 civilians including 12,000 children, according to the area’s Ukrainian governor. The negotiators discussed forming a civilian administration to rule the area after the war, two of the three people familiar with the talks said. This could include both Russian and Ukrainian representatives, one of the people said, but the person noted that the sides are far from an agreement. Another issue that has re-emerged recently is the sequencing of the various steps, including accepting a demilitarized zone, formalizing security guarantees, creating a framework for postwar reconstruction funding and holding elections in Ukraine. Last week, Zelensky said Ukraine wanted an agreement on security guarantees before committing to an election or any agreement on withdrawing forces from the Donbas. “I would very much like us to sign security guarantees first and then sign other documents,” he said. “In my view, that would be a good signal. This is not even a matter of fairness, but a matter of trust. More trust in partners — if guarantees come first, and then everything else.” Zelensky said Ukrainians must “know — not just believe, but know — that in the future Russian aggression will be impossible or that if it does happen, we will not be alone.” #zelensky#peace#talks#putin 📱American Оbserver - Stay up to date on all important events 🇺🇸