Pollak: Trump Adds a New Weapon to America’s Diplomatic Arsenal
President Donald Trump has added a new weapon to America’s diplomatic arsenal: mediation.

President Donald Trump has added a new weapon to America’s diplomatic arsenal: mediation.

We need to talk. That was the message delivered Wednesday by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirming he plans to speak with U.S. President Donald Trump to hear more about his call with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

Andrii Hnatov appointed as the new chief of the general staff as the country looks to restructure and strengthen its military.

The newly appointed Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney made one of his first conversations with a foreign head of state a phone call to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday, vowing to continue prioritizing Ukraine in Canadian foreign policy as predecessor Justin Trudeau had done.

US President Donald Trump and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin are expected to speak this week, officials said on Sunday, as Washington and Kyiv’s European allies press Moscow to accept a ceasefire in the three-year war.

The top U.S. and Russian diplomats discussed Saturday the “next steps” to end the war in Ukraine, hours after Kyiv’s allies agreed to exert pressure on Moscow.

The Kremlin says Vladimir Putin sent some “additional signals” to Donald Trump concerning Trump’s proposal for a ceasefire in Ukraine.

Turkish Trade Minister Omer Bolat said on Thursday that his country looks forward to supporting reconstruction in Ukraine with investments and a free trade agreement.

Trump cautiously welcomed Putin saying he accepted precepts of ceasefire, but Zelensky warns Moscow biding to derail talks altogether.

Ukrainian forces have reportedly been forced into a retreat from captured Russian territories in the Kursk region in what may become a significant loss and major embarrassment for President Zelensky ahead of peace talks with Moscow.

Ukraine has agreed to an immediate 30-day ceasefire negotiated by the United States if Russia also accepts the plan, officials announced Tuesday.

Burak Pehlivan, head of the Turkish-Ukrainian Business Association (TUID), said on Tuesday that Turkey opened more new business ventures in Ukraine last year than any other country, including the U.S. and China.

Talks to determine whether Ukraine is ready to engage with President Trump’s peace process started on Tuesday morning.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto ruler of the country, on Monday in anticipation of a summit on Tuesday to discuss an end to the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Representative Don Bacon (R-NE) said Monday on CNN’s “The Situation Room” that President Donald Trump was playing into the hands of Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Ukraine conflict.

U.S. “just about” lifting intel sharing ban on Ukraine, introduced last week to remind Kyiv of the importance of following the peace path.

On this week’s edition of FNC’s “Fox News Sunday,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for how he handled himself at the White House weeks earlier.

President Donald Trump said on this week’s “Sunday Morning Futures” broadcast that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky took money from the United States during the Biden administration “like candy from a baby.”

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Vice President JD Vance criticized pro-Ukrainian protesters who had followed him and his three-year-old daughter around, noting that his daughter “grew increasingly anxious.”

More than 20 people were killed when Russia launched an attack on Ukraine overnight on Saturday, and officials said there may be more victims.

Russia said a partial or temporary ceasefire in its war on Ukraine would be “unacceptable” and launched a massive attack on infrastructure.

Friday, during an appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” long-time MSNBC personality Chris Matthews likened President Donald Trump to 20th-century Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini.

Kremlin poured scorn on the French Prez after his speech, accusing of everything from duplicity, to nuclear sabre-rattling, to bad manners.

President Donald Trump has made clear he wants Europe to be less reliant on U.S. military backing and be more self-sufficient. The message appears to be finally getting through with a day of emergency summit talks Thursday planned to examine ways to build capabilities.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal says U.S military assistance is still flowing despite President Donald Trump’s pause order.

Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) has introduced legislation to ban the display of foreign flags on U.S. Capitol grounds, Breitbart News has learned exclusively.

Perhaps eyeing the chance for another incident the British and French leaders may offer to accompany Zelensky to Washington next time.

President Donald Trump announced during his joint address to Congress that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is ready to negotiate toward peace and sign a mineral deal with the United States.

Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) claimed that President Donald Trump’s policies do not help Americans get ahead and asserted that Ronald Reagan is “rolling in his grave,” making these claims during her rebuttal following Trump’s address to the nation.

Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) suggested that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky could “strengthen his hand” in negotiations with Russia regarding a peace deal by calling for and winning “a new election.”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday he was ready to come to the negotiating table to begin peace talks and expressed regret over last week’s meeting at the White House where he sparred with President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance and blew a minerals deal with the U.S.

Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) claimed Tuesday on CNN’s “The Situation Room” that it is “disgusting” that President Donald Trump is not standing with democracies like Ukraine.

Politicians in Britain and Europe flew into a complete meltdown after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a suspension of American aid to Ukraine, with some going so far as to suggest the leader of the free world is a “traitor” and a “Russian asset”.

Leaders “puff up their chests” and say they back perma-war in public but are honest about the need to end it quickly in private, Vance said.

Iran adorned Tehran with banners featuring images from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s disastrous White House visit.

The Trump administration has put a temporary pause on all military aid to Ukraine following the breakdown in negotiations at the White House last week.

MSNBC contributor Claire McCaskill, also a former Democratic U.S. Senator, said on Monday’s “Deadline” that the Oval Office meeting last Friday between President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was a heartbreaking “clown show.”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky undermined his own cause by “Ukraine-splaining” to President Donald Trump, according to world-renowned historian and political commentator Dr. Victor Davis Hanson, who warned that Zelensky’s misreading of global power shifts and treating Trump like a “compliant, clueless moneybags Biden waxen effigy” is costing his war-torn country vital U.S. support — and could cost it even more.

President Donald Trump said the United States “will not put up with” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksy’s anti-peace rhetoric “much longer.”
