Max Seddon

"Xi and Putin may see the coming years as a chance to make decisions that could immortalise them in history, including redrawing the world’s map even further now that the old order is gone and America is busy sorting out its own mess," writes @AlexGabuev https://t.co/s59HtEjLZx

RT @ChristopherJM: BREAKING: US and Ukraine sign long-anticipated minerals deal, three officials confirm to me and @JamesPoliti @FT. More…

RT @ChristopherJM: The EU is preparing a “plan B” on how to keep economic sanctions against Russia should the Trump admin abandon Ukraine p…

RT @ChristopherJM: Uh oh. Scoop: US and Ukraine ran into last-minute hurdles as they were on the verge of signing a framework minerals deal…

RT @ChristopherJM: NEWS: US and Ukraine are expected to sign a framework minerals agreement on Wednesday, following a breakthrough in month…

RT @shaunwalker7: Together with several Guardian colleagues, as part of a large journalistic consortium, we investigated the torture and de…

European and Ukrainian officials fear Donald Trump is on the brink of walking away from peace negotiations with Kyiv and Moscow, potentially using minor progress in talks as an “excuse” to say his job is done. The latest, with @HenryJFoy @ChristopherJM: https://t.co/Xy7UIsB4Kv

RT @MassDara: The Kremlin wants a ceasefire for those days because it can’t suitably defend airspace from Ukrainian drones and they want a…

Russian politics have been stripped of all substance, so state TV has to fetishize minor details like how Steve Witkoff brought a notebook to see Putin and had a plaque with his name on it. It seems from this he came to the Kremlin alone and didn't know who'd translate for him. https://t.co/vVKo1aupAX

RT @ChristopherJM: NEW: The US and Ukraine could sign a minerals framework deal as soon as this week, officials tell @FT, after Kyiv said i…

Lavrov says Russia wants any peace deal to have "international recognition" of Crimea and the four other Ukrainian provinces it's annexed as an "imperative." That would mark a hardening of what was already a very hardline Russian position. https://t.co/lopf8Wv0AI

RT @ChristopherJM: The Kremlin today claimed that all Ukrainian troops had been pushed out of Russia’s Kursk region. Ukraine literally call…

Those close to Witkoff deny that he has been taken in. “He’s clear-eyed about who Putin is,” says a Trump adviser. “But if we’re in a negotiation and I’m publicly shitting on you nonstop, are you more liable to work out a deal with me? No, of course not.” https://t.co/8RgUXfLH2y

This @bbcrussian deep dive by @lizafokht and @seriozha_s into Steve Witkoff's outreach to Russia is a great exploration of how the US got to this point – and what such a huge departure from past policy means https://t.co/TbtVwoit7Z

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Steve Witkoff meets Vladimir Putin, who greets him in English, in the Kremlin. Putin is flanked by his top foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov and Kirill Dmitriev, head of Russia's sovereign wealth fund. https://t.co/PZ3zdfhn71

Trump in a Time interview: “I think what caused the war to start was when they started talking about joining NATO.” The negotiated peace he is pursuing would hand Vladimir Putin some 20% of Ukrainian territory. “Crimea will stay with Russia,” Trump says. https://t.co/OUZy07HpBV

Steve Witkoff meets Vladimir Putin, who greets him in English, in the Kremlin. Putin is flanked by his top foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov and Kirill Dmitriev, head of Russia's sovereign wealth fund. https://t.co/PZ3zdfhn71

RT @ChristopherJM: "Vladimir, STOP!" Instead: A Russian drone attack on the city of Pavlohrad killed 3 people, injured 10. https://t.co/aZ…