Daniel P. Driscoll, the U.S. Army secretary, used the growing threat from Moscow as a way to sell a quick peace deal unfavorable to Ukraine.
Category: 2. RussianAggression
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Top U.S. Negotiator Warned Europeans That Russia Is Stockpiling Missiles
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U.S. Army Secretary’s Unusual Role in Ukraine Peace Negotiations
Daniel Driscoll has met with Ukrainian and Russian officials during a whirlwind of trips as the Trump administration pushes its latest proposal.
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Health Care, Ukraine Differences Roil a Chaotic G.O.P. Congress
Republican lawmakers and the White House have unloaded on one another as post-shutdown tension over policy and performance spreads across Capitol Hill.
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Trump Defends Witkoff’s Tactics in Ukraine Negotiations
President Trump said the envoy, Steve Witkoff, was using standard negotiating methods, after he appeared to coach a Russian official in a leaked call.
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Witkoff To Moscow. Zelenskyy Is Wary. A Phone Call Leaks. A Peace Plan Coalesces. What Exactly Is Going On With Ukraine?
The White House’s lead envoy is heading to Russia for a sixth time. Ukraine fears a peace that heavily favors Moscow. A leaked phone call shows the US envoy advising a Kremlin official on how to sweet talk the White House.
And Russia’s invasion — now in its 46th month — has pushed…
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Russia pursues peace deal — on its own terms
In the aftermath of the Geneva negotiations to end the Ukraine conflict last weekend, Moscow kept its message simple.
Russia had not seen the revised peace plan — but was already blaming the Europeans and Kyiv for wrecking a proposal that it claimed had been the potential basis for a…
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France arrests two Russians and two others on spying charges
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French police have arrested four people, including a Russian woman who runs a France-based non-profit group, on suspicion of spying for a foreign power.
Prosecutors in…
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The Ukrainian Peace Plan Written by … Russia?
President Trump’s proposal to end the war in Ukraine heavily favored Moscow in its initial form and included demands that Kyiv has consistently rejected.
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The Question Hanging Over Peace Talks: What Will Putin Accept?
A U.S. proposal may cross a number of red lines for the Russian leader, who sees little to lose and much to potentially gain from continuing to fight.
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White House Envoy Witkoff To Head To Moscow Next Week For Ukraine Peace Talks, Kremlin Says
White House envoy Steve Witkoff will travel to Moscow next week, the Kremlin said, amid accelerating efforts to cement a US-backed peace proposal that many Ukrainians — and European leaders — are wary of.
The meeting in Moscow, confirmed by foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov on November 26,
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