Russia plays for time in Ukraine ceasefire talks
A Black Sea deal starts sinking as soon as America announces it
As american spooks tell it, Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky may be willing to talk about ending their war, but they are not ready to stop fighting. “Both leaders for now probably still see the risks of a longer war as less than those of an unsatisfying settlement,” concluded an annual threat assessment by America’s 18 intelligence agencies published on March 25th.
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