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Christopher Miller

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Dec 14

President Zelensky is answering questions from journalists in our WhatsApp chat ahead of high-stake talks this today and tomorrow during which Ukrainian, US and European officials will continue negotiations on a peace proposal to end Russia's war.

Zelensky says he has "not yet received" any response from the US and Trump regarding his counterproposal sent midweek. "I have heard a few messages through my negotiation team," he said, they "will be ready for the dialogue that will begin today."

He said he will speak with Chancellor Merz and likely with some other European leaders this evening.

Zelensky has landed in Germany.

He told reporters on Sunday any peace plan will involve concessions and may not satisfy all parties. He added that Ukraine still requires security guarantees from the US and Europe, similar to Nato’s Article 5 clause of mutual protection for any member under attack.

“We are talking about bilateral security guarantees between Ukraine and the United States — namely, Article 5–like guarantees . . . as well as security guarantees for us from our European partners, and from other countries such as Canada, Japan, and others.”

I asked Zelenskyy Financial Times about the frontline, idea of a "DMZ" or "free economic zone." And at what stage is the discussion of this issue specifically. And is a referendum a theoretical idea, or could such an option realistically be considered?

Zelensky: I believe that today the only fair and possible option is “we stand where we stand,” and that is true — because that is precisely a ceasefire. The sides stop where they are, and then try to resolve all broader issues through diplomacy.

I know that Russia views this negatively, and I would like the Americans to support us on this issue. But in response to our signal of “we stand where we stand,” the Russians say that we must withdraw from Donbas, or they will occupy it anyway.

I discussed this topic with the Americans. I told them that there are many insinuations of various kinds — for example, as with Kupiansk. They claimed that they had occupied Kupiansk and that we were encircled. I was recently in Kupiansk and showed who actually controls the city. There is a great deal of such disinformation coming from the Russians. That is why I sent signals to our colleagues in the United States that one should not believe everything Russia says.

Russia wants to avoid expending forces and instead occupy the east of our state through diplomatic and political means. And then the United States proposed the following compromise: the Russian army would not enter part of our east, and the Armed Forces of Ukraine would withdraw. I do not consider this fair.

Because this economic zone — who would govern it? If we are talking about some kind of buffer zone along the line of contact, and if we are talking about some kind of economic zone, we believe that there should be only a police mission there, and that troops should withdraw.

The question is very simple: if Ukrainian troops withdraw 5–10 kilometers, for example, then why should Russian troops not also withdraw deeper into the occupied territories by the same distance? This is a question to which there is still no answer, but it is extremely sensitive and very heated.

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Christopher Miller

@ChristopherJM

Aug 16

Scoop: Putin demanded Ukraine withdraw from Donetsk region as condition for ending Russia’s war but told Trump he could freeze the rest of the frontline if his core demands were met.

w/ @FT team @ak_mack @maxseddon @ChassNews
ft.com/content/6b0b49…

In exchange for the Donetsk region, Putin said he would freeze the frontline in partly controlled southern regions of Kherson & Zaporizhzhia, and to not launch new attacks to take more territory, according to three of the people familiar with the talks. ft.com/content/6b0b49…

Putin made it clear that he had not dropped his core demands to “resolve the root causes” of the conflict, which would essentially end Ukraine’s statehood in its current form and roll back Nato’s eastward expansion. ft.com/content/6b0b49…

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Christopher Miller

@ChristopherJM

Aug 7

🧶 New @Gallup poll: “More than three years into the war, Ukrainians’ support for continuing to fight until victory has hit a new low. In Gallup’s most recent poll of Ukraine — conducted in early July — 69% say they favor a negotiated end to the war as soon as possible, compared with 24% who support continuing to fight until victory.

“This marks a nearly complete reversal from public opinion in 2022, when 73% favored Ukraine fighting until victory and 22% preferred that Ukraine seek a negotiated end as soon as possible.”

Over two-thirds of Ukrainians — 68% — think it is unlikely that active fighting will come to an end in the next year, according to new @Gallup poll.

“In 2025, 16% of Ukrainians approve of U.S. leadership, while 73% express disapproval, a record high. All of the goodwill that Washington built up in 2022, when 66% approved of U.S. leadership, has evaporated.” — @Gallup

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Christopher Miller

@ChristopherJM

Jul 21

🧵A lengthy thread here on today's news of searches and arrests in Ukraine and what the various parties involved as well as civil society and Kyiv's Western backers see happening.

Ukraine's state security service (SBU), State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) and Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) today conducted ~70 searches related to employees of the independent National Anticorruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and Special Anticorruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO), detaining at least one official accused of spying for Russia. gp.gov.ua/ua/posts/ogp-t…

NABU said in a statement the searches involved at least 15 employees and were conducted without court warrants. "In most cases, the grounds cited for these actions are the alleged involvement of certain individuals in traffic accidents. However, some employees are being accused of possible connections with the aggressor state. These are unrelated matters."
nabu.gov.ua/en/news/offici…

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Christopher Miller

@ChristopherJM

Jun 4

New @Maxar satellite imagery today, June 4, of Russia's Belaya and Olenya airbases struck by Ukrainian drones. Multiple Tu-95 and Tu-22 bomber aircraft are destroyed and some cleanup activity is seen near the plane debris, Maxar says. Cloud cover obscured several of the other Russian airbases that were reportedly also struck by drones. A thread 🧵

1. after Ukrainian drone strike, overview of Belaya airbase, June 4
2.before drone strike, group of Tu22 aircraft, Belaya airbase, May 22
3. after drone strike, group of Tu22 aircraft Belaya airbase, June 4
4., before drone strike, Tu95 aircraft, Belaya airbase, May 22
📸: @Maxar

5. after drone strike, destroyed Tu95 aircraft, Belaya airbase, June 4
6. before drone strike,Tu22 aircraft, Belaya airbase, May 22
7. after drone strike, two destroyed Tu22 aircraft, Belaya airbase, June 4
8. after drone strike, closer view of destroyed Tu95 aircraft, Belaya airbase, June 4
📸: @Maxar

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Christopher Miller

@ChristopherJM

Jun 2

Satellite images made by @Maxar before Ukraine's big drone strike operation show Russian airfields in Belaya, Ivanovo, Ukrainka, Olenya & Ryazan Dyagilevo, as well as close-up views of bomber, transport and airborne warning aircraft.

Maxar writes: "At each of the five airbases, defensive measures have been observed on many of the planes, presumably in an attempt to protect the aircraft from drone attacks by placing tires and other objects on the top of the wings. Additionally, the use of decoy aircraft was also seen at the airbases including painted aircraft outlines on the tarmac and materials positioned in the shape of bomber aircraft."

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1. overview of belaya airbase, May 22
2. objects on Tu 22 aircraft at belaya airbase, May 20
3. Tu 160 bombers and decoy painted on tarmac at belaya airbase, May 20
4. Tu 160 bombers at belaya airbase, May 20

5. tires and objects on Tu 22 aircraft at Belaya airbase, May 20
6. decoy Tu 22 aircraft at Belaya airbase, May 20
7. decoy aircraft at Belaya airbase, May 20
8. decoy aircraft Belaya airbase, May 20
📸: @Maxar

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