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Weekend Update #130: "Concessions" That Are Not Concessions

Trump Threatens to Sanction Putin (again); Russia Does Not Want A Ceasefire?

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Phillips P. OBrien
Apr 27, 2025
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Hello All,

Well, this was the week when the Trump administration finally leaked concrete details of its “peace” plan for Russia and Ukraine. It was entirely as expected, if anything maybe a little worse, and gives Putin practically everything he could want and gives Ukraine practically nothing it does not have already. Yet, there was strange discussion u…

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