9 August 2025
Ukraine will not make territorial concessions during discussions of a peace agreement.
Source: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s statement regarding the upcoming meeting between US President Donald Trump and Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin
Quote from Zelenskyy: “The answer to the Ukrainian territorial question already is in the Constitution of Ukraine. No one will deviate from this – and no one will be able to. Ukrainians will not gift their land to the occupier.”
Details: Meanwhile, Zelenskyy noted that Ukraine is ready for real solutions that can bring peace.
Quote from Zelenskyy: “But all partners must understand what a dignified peace is. This war must be brought to an end – and Russia must end it. Russia started it and is dragging it out, ignoring all deadlines, and that is the problem, not something else.”
Details: Zelenskyy emphasised that any agreements made without Ukraine’s involvement are “dead decisions” and will not bring peace. He underlined his readiness to work together with Trump and other international partners to achieve a peace that “will not collapse because of Moscow’s desires”.
Background:
- On 8 August, Trump said during a White House briefing that a peace deal on the Russia-Ukraine war should be expected to include “some swapping of territories”.
- The meeting between Trump and Putin is scheduled to take place on 15 August in Alaska, with both sides confirming the date and location.
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/08/9/7525378
“Swapping” means exchanging one thing for another of equal value.
What for what exactly?
Phillips P OBrien :-
Can you respect evil when its exceptionally well done? Is it possible to recognize the skill and planning that goes into an extremely well-laid out, devious and, regrettably, effective trap? Is that possible even if those who are trapped are the good guys and those laying the trap are not?
(Answer Below)
I am asking these questions because we have and are still witnessing an extraordinarily effective example of a despicable action being plotted, activated and now unfolding in front of our very eyes. Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have, with some skill, maneuvered Ukraine and the rest of Europe into a terrible position—one from which we will soon see Putin handed a win-win outcome from Trump.
The whole idea that Trump would ever sanction or be tough on Russia was a sham from the start. Trump never had any intention of doing anything to harm or even slightly weaken Putin—far from it. The American president has been entirely consistent and loyal to Putin, and has been working assiduously to get the Russian dictator the best possible deal. He has always wanted to see Ukrainian land transferred to Putin, to make sure Ukraine was kept out of NATO and had no US security guarantees, to have Putin exonerated from the war crime charge and, crucially to have economic sanctions on Russia almost entirely (or even entirely) relaxed.
All his seeming inconsistencies (which were not inconsistencies) were aimed at achieving such a deal for Putin. First, Trump tried to bully the Ukrainians generally and President Zelensky in particular into taking this “deal”. The humiliating meeting at the White House was the key moment in that strategy—though the Ukrainians resisted and Europeans were showing what must have been worrying signs of independence from the USA in reaction.
So Trump pivoted, skilfully it must be admitted, and acted like he never meant any of that, that he was eager now to get tough on Putin, that he really wanted to help Ukraine, and that the USA could be a reliable defense partner for Europe. This was all built on the supposed notion that he was appalled at the Russian attacks on Ukrainian civilians—which should have been a tell. Sociopaths do not care about other people.
However, Trump’s “pivot” was taken seriously by far too many. We were told that crippling sanctions were coming on Russia, that Trump was going to apply brutal pressure on Putin, than weapons were going to start flowing in large quantities to Ukraine to help the Ukrainians turn the tide on the battlefield. Such narratives were spread far and wide, egged on by Trump himself who could drop a tweet on Truth social or make a side remark from the Oval Office and people would lose their minds.
In fact last week this sham reached its high points. We were assured that Trump had a new deadline (yesterday, Friday 8 August) which would trigger the most awesome sanctions on Russia. And guess what. On the evening of 7 August the Russians attacked Ukrainian civilians in Bucha and Odesa—the kind of attack that they have been doing for years—and Trump rewarded Putin with a summit meeting in Alaska.
And stories started circulating that Trump was working with Putin to cement in the Russian’s territorial conquests, etc etc.
It was a laugh in the face/spit in the eye to all of those who repeated the lie that he was now going to be tough on Putin.
What we will see emerge from Alaska will almost certainly be a catastrophe for Ukraine and Europe. Trump and Putin will cook up a brilliant deal for Russia. It will involve the ceding of a great deal of Ukraine’s legally recognized territory to Russia, no security guarantees of any value—certainly no NATO membership—for Ukraine, and the relaxation if not immediate end of all existing sanctions on Russia.
And Trump will apply massive pressure on European states and Ukraine to support this. He might even threaten to walk away from NATO if European states do not bow to “daddy’s” wishes. Remember, these are states led by some leaders who have prostrated themselves in front of Trump out of their terror that he might leave NATO.
And Ukraine will face the most terrible dilemma. Do they accept this humiliating and destructive deal? Or do they go it alone, unsure of the backing of European states?
And Putin will sit there with a win-win. Either he gets lots of Ukrainian territory, a permanently insecure Ukraine on his border that he can attack again after rebuilding his military, and the relaxation of sanctions, or, he can continue the war with the US moving on from Ukraine and Europe as is.
Trump and Putin have played pro-Ukraine supporters for fools, and sadly they have gotten what they always wanted.
Answer: No—you cannot respect evil well done. You must fear it and fight it—just never treat it as a joke or a subject of derision. Trump has been able to do so much damage because people sometimes treat him like a buffoon or a big joke. Even the TACO line is part of that (sadly). Trump has been relentless and clever in this regard, just in the service of Putin. No respect can ever be given—but also please stop making fun of it.
And because Trump is so evil and crooked, he must get impeached and thrown into prison. The best chances for that are the Epstein files, which the controversy over them is thankfully not dying down.
lol
Lev Parnas :
Yesterday was Donald Trump’s deadline for Vladimir Putin.
But let’s be clear — this “deadline” wasn’t about saving Ukraine. It was never about stopping the bombs. As I told you yesterday, it was about leverage — a manufactured pressure point meant to push India and China in Trump’s tariff games.
And yesterday you saw the results — not an effort to punish Russia or stop its war machine, but Trump slapping 25% tariffs on India. These were billed as secondary tariffs that were supposed to target Moscow’s ability to wage war. Instead, they hit New Delhi while, behind the scenes, preparations were being made for a meeting in Alaska between Trump and Putin. This wasn’t strategy for peace — it was maneuvering for a deal.
Then today, as the so-called deadline came and went… Putin answered with a show of force.
The Night Ukraine Was Hit From Every Direction
At 8:30 p.m. on August 7, the assault began.
From Shatalovo, Kursk, Bryansk, and Primorsko-Akhtarsk in Russia — and from occupied Chauda in Crimea — Russia launched 108 aerial attacks on Ukraine:
104 Shahed-type kamikaze drones
4 high-speed, jet-powered UAVs
Multiple decoy drones
Ukraine’s defenders — the Air Force, air defense missile units, mobile fire groups, electronic warfare, and UAV units — fought back. As of 8 a.m. this morning, 82 enemy drones were destroyed or suppressed.
But 26 drones hit their targets in ten locations, with debris raining down in eight more.
This is what Trump is allowing — no, enabling — to happen. This is what delay looks like. And that delay is not random. It’s calculated.
According to my sources, this was all theatrics choreographed and set in motion by Vladimir Putin himself. With Russia’s economy breaking under pressure, Putin needed a way out that still kept all the territories he’s seized in the meantime.
My sources say Putin personally put together the deal, handed it to Witkoff, had Witkoff deliver it to Trump, and then had Trump send Witkoff to Ukraine — making it appear as if the deal was Trump’s own idea.
And here are some key points of that proposal:
A temporary truce — not peace — freezing the front lines where they are now.
Postponing the status of occupied territories for 49 to 99 years, leaving them under Russian control for decades.
Gradual lifting of U.S. sanctions against Russia — the linchpin that makes the rest of the deal possible.
Resumption of Russian energy imports to Europe over time — Nord Stream 1 & 2 suddenly back in the conversation.
No commitments to halt NATO expansion — wasn’t this the whole reason why Putin went to war in the first place?
No promises to stop military aid to Ukraine — because Trump has already shifted that burden onto Europe.
My sources tell me this entire sequence — from Trump and Medvedev’s WWIII scare theatrics, to the “urgent” deadline, to a sudden meeting with Putin on U.S. soil in Alaska — was choreographed.
In diplomacy, there’s an old saying: if you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu. With Trump and Putin meeting in Alaska and Zelensky nowhere in sight, Ukraine is the main course.
The goal? Corner Ukraine into a deal by letting Russia seize as much land as possible before talks. And that land isn’t just territory — it’s mineral-rich ground. Oil. Gas. Rare earth elements. Future leverage. This is about controlling the next century of energy and wealth.
If the EU helps broker such a ceasefire deal now, how could they later oppose Nord Stream’s reactivation? That’s the trap.
Even Rubio seemed out of the loop, telling reporters “we have to study and see.” Meanwhile, Trump was all smiles, saying “everything is moving fast” and Minutes later, Russian officials echoed his words. That’s not coincidence — that’s a direct Trump-Putin channel in action.
If this deal is real, Russia will get rewarded for their aggression and it will cement decades-long occupation and Economic Realignment: Reopening Russian energy flow, shifting the balance of global power.
It will be the most controversial peace overture yet — and it will put the Western alliance at a crossroads between ending the war at any cost and upholding the principles that bound them together.
Trump doesn’t want you to know this. Putin doesn’t want you to know this. They’re counting on backroom deals, manufactured deadlines, and a media distracted by circus headlines.
I’m sure that most level-headed people never expected the orange felon to abandon his love affair with the blood-drenched vampire.
I hope that Ukraine and Europe won’t fall for this farce, concocted by those two evil shitheads.
As for North Stream 1 and 2, I’m not sure how the US could force Europe to reopen them. This is just plain stupid.
Putin will get his Alaska back, and Ukraine 2 oblasts without compensation…………is this te deal? OMG.
Syrskyi confirms there are plans for an offensive:
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/08/07/victory-cannot-be-achieved-in-defence-syrskyi-confirmed-that-there-are-plans-for-offensive/
Yes, I think I posted his statement about this the other day.
Swapping things you don’t own is called fencing stolen property.
No surprises there. Taco has always been a crook, and he never respected other’s properties.