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Weekend Update #146: A Deal To Destroy Ukraine

Europe Will Have To Choose Soon; The Pokrovsk "Collapse" Was Nothing Of The Sort

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Phillips P. OBrien
Aug 17, 2025
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Hi All,

Well, Its been fewer than 48 hours since the Trump-Putin love and respect fest in Anchorage, and the analysis is finally catching up to the reality. This meeting has brought about arguably the most dangerous moment of the war for Ukraine and the rest of Europe. They have been put in a situation soon where Donald Trump might urge upon them a very …

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