Ben Meiselas

Probably a big freaking story that should be reported on.

Here's what Kirill Dmitriev said.

Again, he's Putin's special envoy.

He runs Russia's sovereign wealth fund.

Here's what he had to say here, playing this clip.

Now, here's how the Institute for the Study of War is putting it.

U.S.

pressures Ukraine to plan for a vote on a peace agreement would be odd considering that the sides reportedly remain far apart on central issues and that the Kremlin continues to refuse compromises offered by both the United States and Ukraine.

As Republican Congress member Don Bacon from Nebraska writes, it's worse than odd.

It's morally wrong.

The White House puts pressure on Ukraine while Russia is invading and bombing cities.

Russia wants a vassal state while Ukraine wants independence and democracy.

Moral blindness is more accurate than odd.

Actually, thank you, Bacon, because stop this like, oh, it would be odd.

And while the parties remain far apart on a compromise.

Russia's not trying to compromise.

Russia has agreed to nothing.

It has never agreed to anything.

And Ukraine has been the one saying, let's do a ceasefire.

The latest of what the Trump regime is pushing is that we want to have a referendum on elections by May or June, the latest, and an election regarding Zelenskyy.