Zelenskyy: There is a proposal from our partners to exchange part of the temporarily occupied Donetsk region and the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant for territories that the Russians have not yet captured.
We are not considering this option - Suspline.
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Zelenskyy: The European-Ukrainian version of the peace plan will be ready and presented to the US political leadership tomorrow.
Zelenskyy: The US peace plan has been reduced to 20 points — provisions that were the most controversial for Ukraine have been removed.
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Zelenskyy: Trump has his own vision of ending the war, which differs from ours.
The Americans will continue to supply weapons to Ukraine. They earn money from this, and it is in line with their current policy.
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Kasyanov, Putin’s first-term PM, says Putin reshaped Russia by “poisoning minds” with fear, loyalty tests and money.
He recalls Putin warning him: “If you get into politics, I’ll crush you.” He says this tactic later spread from elites to the whole population - The Times. 1/
After he distanced himself, Putin revived an old smear calling him “Misha two per cent” — a claim that he took a 2% cut from big deals while in office.
Kasyanov says the accusation was false but used to damage him and signal how dissenters would be handled. 2/
Russia later labeled him a “foreign agent” in 2023 and a “terrorist and extremist” in 2025.
The FSB accused him and other exiled opposition figures of plotting to overthrow Putin and funding Ukrainian units. 3/
Gen. Dan Caine: Ukraine’s industrial base building tens of thousands and even hundreds of thousands of drones is extraordinary.
Those are the entrepreneurial lessons we need from that fight. It’s another case study in the importance of putting air power over a battlefield. 1/
Caine: The fixed and frozen lines in Ukraine show an opportunity to learn about protecting the force on the ground.
Having been one of those guys on the ground, I value air power that can put an adversary in a particular place of pain. We must scale our own FPV capabilities. 2/
Caine: A major lesson from Ukraine is the need for mass.
Future wars will involve unprecedented kinetic and non-kinetic exchanges.
So we’ll need a new high-low mix: a few bespoke systems, but far more low-cost, expendable ones that create many dilemmas for an adversary. 3X
62 days underground. Two infantrymen from Ukraine’s 31st Brigade, Bohdan and Ivan, survived in a 3-square-meter basement near Pokrovske. No light, no communication, food and water dropped by drone.
Any detection by a Russian drone meant instant death, The Guardian. 1/
At the beginning, 3 Russian soldiers appeared just 10-15 meters away. The Ukrainians killed 2, the 3rd managed to call in drones. Strikes sealed their exit.
For weeks they could not surface. Their withdrawal took 3 days on foot in fog and rain to avoid thermal cameras. 2/
While they were underground, Moscow issued its peace plan: Ukraine must hand over all of Donetsk, abandon NATO, and legitimize Russia’s occupation. It was an ultimatum for surrender. Ukraine rejected it. 3/