Another round of U.S.-brokered Ukraine talks commence today in Abu Dhabi.

The overall outlook remains no less bleak for Ukraine, as it inches toward the fourth anniversary of Russia’s war. Yet there are signs that what comes out of this week’s face-to-face negotiations may finally answer a key question: Is Russian President Vladimir Putin serious?

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Zelenskyy said Trump reneged on the possibility of sending the long-range missiles to Ukraine, which would have been a major boost for Kyiv, following his phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin hours before the Ukrainian leader and American president were to meet on Friday.

“In my opinion, he does not want an escalation with the Russians until he meets with them,” Zelenskyy told reporters on Sunday. His comments were embargoed until Monday morning.

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Source: https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-zelenskyy-trump-tomahawk-fd61aa7ed980d2fe111f0521073b5382

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Nobody walked out. That’s the best news. So now we’re in for round two in a couple of weeks? Maybe that’s just enough time for the players to consider what the consequences of intransigence might be. Trump is playing deal-maker, peace-maker and trying to convince the parties to cooperate on some shared goals. You’ve seen the media’s coverage of the Alaska meeting.  

Zelensky is starting to show signs of sanity, and let’s hope it lasts. Nobody wants to be on our President’s bad side, because there’s no telling what he might do if genuinely peeved. He’s the wild card, and he’s demanding peace. 

I watched a long-running press conference in which Trump had all his deputies and each got to speak about the crime in DC. Hegseth, Patel, Gabbard, Judge Jeanine and others. It was like a love fest with a record media crowd, and Trump as usual, speaking off the cuff.

Maybe you’ve already realized it, but we’re going to have to live through all this dirty laundry again. Not that we didn’t have it figured out, now we’ll have o see it adjudicated. The principals aren’t sleeping well, guaranteed. We knew these so-and-so’s were dirty and filed it away a long time ago. Some of these perpetrators may line up to turn state’s evidence, but you know they are communicating behind the scenes, trying to get their stories straight. It’s not going to be pretty. All the goofballs we knew were not telling the truth at the time.  They didn’t destroy everything, despite trying. Now they’re in trouble, and who knows how much?

There’s a running debate in the comments section, some claiming nothing will happen. Maybe there’s a little patience in order. Law cases take time, and not until all the T’s are crossed and the I’s dotted will they be brought. But I have a suspicion nobody’s off the hook. All the prevaricators we watched at the time, knowing they were fudging the truth at the very least. They messed with the wrong dude and we don’t even know what he’s thinking.

Things are happening fast. The Israelis have a green light, and they’re not messing around. There are still hostages, and apparently one digging  his own grave has made the rounds, and the Israelis are not amused. There’s a harsh truth about Israel. With a lack of enemies they argue amongst themselves. 

Alex Jones thinks Trump’s swollen ankles are going to precede a collapse. I hope he’s wrong. Dr. Ronnie Jackson says Trump is the healthiest President we’ve ever had. Time will tell.

We’re being run around about AI. Some of these companies are throwing billions at it, and we don’t know who’s going to survive to tell about it. If you think back, we’ve been through a lot of this, maybe not on this scale, but tread carefully. A whole bunch of “sure things” have been down the pike, and it’s a whole new world. We can thank God for everything we have, and with any luck, He’s not through.

Mark

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Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/08/18/ukraine-russia-war-trump-zelensky-meeting-latest-news/

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Donald Trump is preparing to offer Vladimir Putin access to rare earth minerals to incentivise him to end the war in Ukraine.

The US president will arrive at the much-anticipated meeting with his Russian counterpart on Friday armed with a number of money-making opportunities for Putin.

They will include opening up Alaska’s natural resources to Moscow and lifting some of the American sanctions on Russia’s aviation industry, The Telegraph can reveal.

Proposals include giving Putin access to the rare earth minerals in the Ukrainian territories currently occupied by Russia.

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Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/08/13/trump-to-present-minerals-deal-to-putin-in-alaska/

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The weapons will include “everything,” Trump said during his meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office — though the president did not immediately reveal specifics.

The White House also did not provide additional information on the specific weapons sent over to Europe.

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Source: https://nypost.com/2025/07/14/world-news/trump-vows-billions-of-dollars-in-weapons-for-ukraine-100-tariffs-on-russia-if-no-peace-in-50-days/

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Speaking to reporters before boarding Air Force One for a flight to Iowa, Trump said former President Joe Biden “emptied out our whole country giving them weapons, and we have to make sure that we have enough for ourselves.”

Air defense missiles, precision-guided artillery and other weapons are among those being withheld from Ukraine.

Trump, who also spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, suggested he wasn’t completely cutting off American assistance to Ukraine.

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Source: https://apnews.com/article/putin-trump-call-ukraine-iran-9b0054c655cbb3b54126bb3f2c32713c

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Everyone’s mind is on the war in the Middle East. Civilians have been killed as Iran fires off rockets indiscriminately into civilian enclaves. They apparently are firing rockets toward Tel Aviv not knowing where they’ll land, and you hear the reports, civilians killed.

Donald Trump is talking tough, like the U. S. may enter the war against Iran. We might already have. Nobody rightly knows the situation with the Ayatollah. Apparently they’ve hit places where they thought he was hiding. At this writing who knows whether we’ll be hearing any more from him? It looks like sheer defiance, and there are concerns about the other Arab states. They’ve all been talking behind the scenes and we don’t know what’s being said.  

The other Gulf states will be seen to be complicit if they don’t do something. We’ve been watching videos that reveal that some of the leaders in the Arab world have the highest regard for our President. Whether that means they can sit on their hands and do nothing…  You can only imagine the urgency assuming they’re still in touch with Iran.

Over the decades it’s been shown that the Iranians’ top leadership will engage in deceit. I’m not calling them liars, but deceiving the enemy has a long history. It’s not uncommon in times of war. These guys are acting like they can blow up the world. Let’s hope it doesn’t come to that. Trump has extended the olive branch. His only demand is they not enrich uranium, and put up with the humiliation of having inspectors reporting on facilities. The maintenance of pride is a big deal in that part of the world. Go figure.  

If Israel comes out of this intact and is seen to have won the war it might not sit well with the other Islamic nations. None of those kingdoms want to see a victorious Israel over a Muslim nation. Hopefully this thing doesn’t spread. Trump is hoping for a deal, but when he says it’s too late, it is.

The militant groups Iran was sponsoring have already been dealt huge blows ever since October 7, 2023. What those imbeciles did is unspeakable, and you can only imagine the outrage that swept Israel. The Arab countries don’t want Israel seen as triumphant over their ally.  

Trump says the U. S. could get involved. The media is already speculating that the bunker busting bombs that are being deployed against the Ayatollah’s hiding places are U. S. bombs. Trump is non-committal when asked if the U. S. will enter the war. Maybe next week, we’ll still be saying maybe. Let’s hope his strategy succeeds and some nuclear bombs don’t start wrecking everything. The FBI is currently monitoring the potential for Iranian sleeper cells in the U. S.

Against this backdrop, the war in Ukraine has almost slipped our consciousness. We’ve got that on the side burner, and are trying to get it stopped. The President is trying everything, but it may have gone too far. Once one side gets a taste of victory, all bets are off.   

Mark

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The U.S. president said in a social media post that his lengthy call with Putin “was a good conversation, but not a conversation that will lead to immediate Peace.”

It’s the first time Trump has weighed in on Ukraine’s daring attack inside Russia. The U.S. did not have advance notice of the operation, according to the White House, a point Trump emphasized during the call with Putin, according to a Putin’s foreign affairs adviser.

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Source: https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-zelenskyy-truce-peace-b211da51905cd117b913bc0fac658de3

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US President Donald Trump says Russia and Ukraine will begin negotiations towards a ceasefire “immediately”, after he held a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the grinding conflict.

“Russia and Ukraine will immediately start negotiations toward a Ceasefire and, more importantly, an END to the War,” Trump posted on his Truth Social platform after the call, adding that the “tone and spirit of the conversation were excellent”.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he had agreed with Trump that Moscow will propose a “memorandum” worked on with Ukraine outlining positions for a “possible” future peace deal – but fell short of giving Trump the unconditional 30-day ceasefire he sought.

Putin and Trump spoke by phone in a call the US president said lasted more than two hours.

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Source: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/trump-putin-announce-russia-ukraine-ceasefire-talks-after-call/H2JUQXWOG5AEPKHC4JMYJCC4GA/

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