STAND WITH UKRAINE

Queenzha San

Ukraine will survive.

Ukraine will endure.

Ukraine will rise.

Ukraine will outlast the storm.

Ukraine will reclaim every field, every city, every heartbeat that was torn from it by force.

From the first day of this brutal invasion, Ukrainians have stood unbroken. In the face of missiles, darkness, and destruction, they chose courage. In the face of terror, they chose dignity. In the face of overwhelming force, they chose freedom.

The Kremlin believed this war would be swift. It was told it would be easy. Instead, it has become a grinding testament to the resilience of a nation that refuses to disappear.

Despite mobilizations, foreign supplies, and relentless bombardment, the objective remains out of reach. The cost has been staggering. The suffering immeasurable. The outcome uncertain—but not surrendered.

Ukraine fights not for conquest, but for home.

Not for empire, but for existence.

Not for pride, but for its children’s future.

This war has reached a wall of reality. It has met a people who will not kneel.

The path forward is not more destruction. It is not more lives thrown into the fire.

The only just end to this tragedy is for the aggression to cease, for sovereignty to be respected, and for Ukraine to live—free, whole, and unbroken.

No retreat.

No surrender.

Ukraine endures.

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Howard Dotson

Emperor Wanna Be Trump
Until you take down your photo of you and Putin in the WH please bow out of these peace talks. Let the Europeans take care of this themselves. They are the ones with the existential threat before them.

Emperor Wanna Be Trump you are a disgrace to President Reagan’s living legacy. I served in uniform when President Reagan was my Commander in Chief.
I actually preached at his church in Bel Air years later.
This is how know he is rolling over in his grave seeing what you have done to Ukraine.

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U.S. President Donald Trump said Feb. 13 that President Volodymyr Zelensky needs to “get moving” to secure a peace deal with Russia.

When asked by a reporter whether there had been progress in Ukraine-Russia negotiations — and whether he was still demanding that Ukraine hold elections by the summer — Trump did not answer directly. Instead, he said Zelensky “is going to have to get moving.”

“Russia wants to make a deal and Zelensky is going to have to get moving, otherwise he’s going to miss a great opportunity,” Trump claimed. “He has to move.”

Photo: Samuel Corum/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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Russia brings back ‘pseudo-historian’ Medinsky to head peace talks, reversing shift toward ‘constructive’ diplomacy

February 13, 2026 

by Tim Zadorozhnyy

Kremlin aide Vladimir Medinsky on May 15, 2025, in Istanbul, Turkey. (Burak Kara/Getty Images)

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include information about the Ukrainian delegation.

Russia will send presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky to lead its delegation at the next round of talks with Ukrainian and U.S. officials on Feb. 17–18 in Geneva, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Feb. 13.

The return of Medinsky signals a potential hardening of Moscow’s stance during the negotiations, given his history of uncompromising rhetoric in previous rounds of talks.

Medinsky previously led Russia’s delegation during direct negotiations in 2025, after which Ukrainian officials described him as a “pseudo-historian” and accused him of taking a hard-line position.

During negotiations, Medinsky reportedly warned that Russia was prepared to continue fighting indefinitely and threatened further territorial advances if Kyiv refused Moscow’s demands.

Bloomberg earlier reported that U.S. officials had also signaled to their Russian counterparts a preference to limit the involvement of hardliners like Medinsky in the peace process.

Medinsky also headed Russia’s delegation during the March–April 2022 talks in Istanbul.

In the most recent round of negotiations, Russia’s delegation was led by Admiral Igor Kostyukov, chief of military intelligence, alongside senior Defense Ministry officials.

Ukrainian representatives described that team as more “constructive” and said it reflected a “qualitative change” compared to Medinsky’s previous role.

The venue shift also sparked confusion after President Volodymyr Zelensky said earlier this week that Washington had proposed hosting the meeting on U.S. soil, in Miami. 

“The American side has proposed a meeting in America, in Miami, next week. And we immediately confirmed it,” Zelensky said on Feb. 11. 

Later on Feb. 13, Zelensky’s adviser Dmytro Lytvyn confirmed the talks would take place in Geneva.

The Ukrainian delegation will still participate at the highest level, despite Medinsky now heading the Russian team. 

Kyiv is sending National Security and Defense Council Secretary Rustem Umerov, Kyrylo Budanov — Zelensky’s chief of staff and former spy chief — and other senior officials.

“The team was formed taking into account the military, political, and security components of the process,” Umerov said. “The goal remains unchanged—a stable and lasting peace.”

The upcoming talks come amid renewed Russian criticism of the broader peace process. While U.S., Ukrainian, and Russian officials met in trilateral formats in January and early February, the Kremlin has publicly questioned key elements of the proposed plan.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Feb. 11 effectively dismissed a U.S.-Ukraine 20-point plan framework, which had been expected to form the basis for peace negotiations.

Lavrov said that ahead of the August summit in Alaska, U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff handed Moscow a document outlining key issues “in line with realities on the ground.”

The minister claimed that the sides had identified “real approaches based on the American initiative” that “opened a path to peace” and could have formed the basis for a final agreement.

“All subsequent versions are the result of an attempt by Zelensky and (Europe) to override the American initiative,” Lavrov said. “Now they are waving around some kind of ‘document’ with 20 points, which no one has given us either officially or unofficially.”

The 20-point framework Lavrov referenced was developed by U.S. and Ukrainian officials in late December 2025. An earlier 28-point draft, widely viewed in Kyiv as pressuring Ukraine toward capitulation, was revised into a shorter document.

The minister also said the talks remain far from finished, dismissing what he called “enthusiastic perception” around the peace process that should not be embraced.

The Geneva meeting is expected to test whether the sides can bridge their competing versions of the plan, with territorial issues likely to top the agenda.