Michael Weiss

Missiles are still landing into Kiev and Kharkiv, and you're going to have a ceasefire before, which will be kind of fitfully maintained, and then you're going to go to the polls. It doesn't make much sense, but this is another demand the Russians have.

Missiles are still landing into Kiev and Kharkiv, and you're going to have a ceasefire before, which will be kind of fitfully maintained, and then you're going to go to the polls. It doesn't make much sense, but this is another demand the Russians have.

He would tell me if he were lying. He wouldn't do the dirty on me.

He would tell me if he were lying. He wouldn't do the dirty on me.

He would tell me if he were lying. He wouldn't do the dirty on me.

Well, I mean, I think they want to drag this out as much as possible. A de facto ceasefire or anything that lowers the temperature. is a boon for the Russians because it allowed them to regenerate their forces. It allowed them to kind of pause and reconstitute and, you know, bring new kit to the front, dial up more North Koreans that they can send into Kursk, whatever.

Well, I mean, I think they want to drag this out as much as possible. A de facto ceasefire or anything that lowers the temperature. is a boon for the Russians because it allowed them to regenerate their forces. It allowed them to kind of pause and reconstitute and, you know, bring new kit to the front, dial up more North Koreans that they can send into Kursk, whatever.

Well, I mean, I think they want to drag this out as much as possible. A de facto ceasefire or anything that lowers the temperature. is a boon for the Russians because it allowed them to regenerate their forces. It allowed them to kind of pause and reconstitute and, you know, bring new kit to the front, dial up more North Koreans that they can send into Kursk, whatever.

I mean, but it also, frankly speaking, allowed the Ukrainians to do the same thing. I mean, Ukrainians are suffering pretty badly themselves. I mean, this is a matter of population differences. One of the big points of vulnerability for Zelensky is his refusal to,

I mean, but it also, frankly speaking, allowed the Ukrainians to do the same thing. I mean, Ukrainians are suffering pretty badly themselves. I mean, this is a matter of population differences. One of the big points of vulnerability for Zelensky is his refusal to,

I mean, but it also, frankly speaking, allowed the Ukrainians to do the same thing. I mean, Ukrainians are suffering pretty badly themselves. I mean, this is a matter of population differences. One of the big points of vulnerability for Zelensky is his refusal to,

to lower the draft age to 18 and bring more younger people to the – I mean you've got 40-something-year-olds, in some cases geriatrics, who are now in trenches in Donbass fighting on the Ukrainian side. So they have a problem with manpower. But ultimately, look, I think the Russians understand that this is going to be a process. Sure.

to lower the draft age to 18 and bring more younger people to the – I mean you've got 40-something-year-olds, in some cases geriatrics, who are now in trenches in Donbass fighting on the Ukrainian side. So they have a problem with manpower. But ultimately, look, I think the Russians understand that this is going to be a process. Sure.

to lower the draft age to 18 and bring more younger people to the – I mean you've got 40-something-year-olds, in some cases geriatrics, who are now in trenches in Donbass fighting on the Ukrainian side. So they have a problem with manpower. But ultimately, look, I think the Russians understand that this is going to be a process. Sure.

And so what they're trying to do is set the sort of players correctly such that they can get the maximum concessions from the American side. They don't really believe in negotiating with Ukrainians at all. Remember, Ukraine has no agency. It practically does not exist as a sovereign entity unto itself. For them, this is really a war with the United States and NATO.

And so what they're trying to do is set the sort of players correctly such that they can get the maximum concessions from the American side. They don't really believe in negotiating with Ukrainians at all. Remember, Ukraine has no agency. It practically does not exist as a sovereign entity unto itself. For them, this is really a war with the United States and NATO.

And so what they're trying to do is set the sort of players correctly such that they can get the maximum concessions from the American side. They don't really believe in negotiating with Ukrainians at all. Remember, Ukraine has no agency. It practically does not exist as a sovereign entity unto itself. For them, this is really a war with the United States and NATO.

So they want to talk only to Washington. And who do they want to talk to? So I think it was interesting. There was some misreporting that, you know, Kellogg, the special envoy to Ukraine, was was not going to Munich at all. When Trump did his Truth Social post about this, you know, sort of the preliminaries of this discussion, he did not mention Kellogg. Witkoff

So they want to talk only to Washington. And who do they want to talk to? So I think it was interesting. There was some misreporting that, you know, Kellogg, the special envoy to Ukraine, was was not going to Munich at all. When Trump did his Truth Social post about this, you know, sort of the preliminaries of this discussion, he did not mention Kellogg. Witkoff

So they want to talk only to Washington. And who do they want to talk to? So I think it was interesting. There was some misreporting that, you know, Kellogg, the special envoy to Ukraine, was was not going to Munich at all. When Trump did his Truth Social post about this, you know, sort of the preliminaries of this discussion, he did not mention Kellogg. Witkoff