Roman Sheremeta

Dec 8, 2025

Putin’s fear of Trump evaporated after their so-called “peace talks” in Moscow. The Kremlin made it unmistakably clear: they are not choosing between peace and war — they are choosing between total victory or simply continuing the war.

Russia’s one and only bet is on the West’s softness and indecision. They now see that Trump’s loud declarations are just as fictional as Macron’s theatrics.

The sad truth is that today’s diplomacy is less about finding peace and more about dealing with the behavior of the American president. At this point, Ukraine — and everyone else — is simply trying to manage Trump.

These are the realities: Trump isn’t pressuring russia — he’s pressuring the victim. And that is exactly what Putin wants.

Source: The Times

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Russia Wants to Produce Drones in India.

On December 5, Rostec head Chemezov announced that russia is negotiating with India to localize the production of russian drones, particularly the Lancet.

It is also known that, as part of the russian-Indian strategic partnership, a delegation from the Smolensk FPV Drone Piloting Center has arrived in India.

In return, Moscow is offering New Delhi essentially unlimited acceptance of Indian labor migrants.

Source: ISW

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The majority of Americans want Ukraine to defeat russia and support sending U.S. weapons to Ukraine.

A new survey from the Ronald Reagan Institute finds a widening majority of Americans want Ukraine to defeat russia, and back sending U.S. weapons to support that effort.

Key findings

• 62% of Americans now support Ukraine over russia — a majority that crosses party lines.
• 64% favor sending U.S. arms to Ukraine, up 9 percentage points from last year.
• 70% of respondents said they do not trust russia to honor any peace deal — including 61% of Republicans and 77% of Democrats.

The shift points toward growing public skepticism of russia and rising confidence in Ukraine as an ally. Combined with increasing support for stronger U.S. military engagement and backing for the NATO alliance (currently at a survey-high 68%), many Americans favor a more assertive U.S. foreign policy.

With bipartisan backing — including among voters aligned with the MAGA movement — this poll underscores a remarkable shift: even Americans once skeptical of new wars now seem to believe in defending democratic sovereignty abroad.

Source: Newsmax