Oliver Carroll

RT @jakluge: Russian deputy FM says Russia cannot accept US/Ukraine proposal for a ceasefire, because it doesn't address the "root causes"…

The invasion that Putin unleashed on Ukraine is mental on so many levels.

WarTranslated @wartranslated

18-yr-old Russian soldier’s last video to his mom. He gathered cash for commanders so they wouldn’t send his friends on assault. Ended up there himself—his own squad offed him on orders. https://t.co/6jFytIiMwt

RT @yarotrof: Where Germany is now. No longer fringe. https://t.co/KKE6KEAyt8

Fair is foul and foul is fair. My new dispatch from the topsy-turvy world of post-Trump Kyiv, pregnant with resentment, paranoia and pre-election speculation. https://t.co/sgaWDOPXK8

RT @yarotrof: The Russian readout and the U.S. readout once again differ on critical details.

RT @michaeldweiss: Also hinges on EU approval to reconnect the Russian Agricultural Bank to SWIFT. Looks like those freeloading Europeans a…

Feels like a bit of a mugging. The talks were trailed as technical, agreeing no-strike list of infrastructure targets. In the end, seasoned Russian negotiators spent 12 hours wearing the Americans down. Sanctions relief the minimum. Who knows what else was agreed.

Oliver Carroll @olliecarroll

Been speaking with senior Ukrainian govt source re skewed negotiations. He called it a “deliberate humiliation” by Putin: “Trump needed an info win fm ceasefire deal, but Russia undercut his success, demanding sanctions relief. Alpha male isn’t Trump, they’re saying, it’s Putin.”

Been speaking with senior Ukrainian govt source re skewed negotiations. He called it a “deliberate humiliation” by Putin: “Trump needed an info win fm ceasefire deal, but Russia undercut his success, demanding sanctions relief. Alpha male isn’t Trump, they’re saying, it’s Putin.”

Soldiers in Kursk dispute effectiveness of the pipeline operation. Clearly some Russians got behind Ukrainian lines. But the vast majority of the group was killed in the operation. Even z-bloggers admit this.

WarTranslated @wartranslated

To cover up the poisoning of Sudzha’s “pipe cleaners,” Russia is hyping their heroism with a replica of the pipe they “heroically” used to enter Sudzha. The 16-meter Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhgorod pipeline piece now stands as a symbol of their “unmatched feat.” https://t.co/EwY3HyXS32

British ambassador to Kyiv

Martin Harris @MartinHarrisOBE

As negotiators head to Riyadh today, Russia has launched another “massive Shahed drone attack on Kyiv: explosions, fires, destruction”. No peace tonight in Ukraine from Russia’s relentless aggression. Sleepless in the shelter, again.

At least two dead in the Russian drone attacks on Kyiv. Was pretty intense all night. Mr Witkoff believes Mr Putin is acting in good faith. I think the facts probably speak otherwise.

Oliver Carroll @olliecarroll

Last few nights have been quite loud. Would be wise to expect this to continue until we get a full ceasefire down on paper. And even then ...

Last few nights have been quite loud. Would be wise to expect this to continue until we get a full ceasefire down on paper. And even then ...

Jimmy Rushton @JimmySecUK

Kyiv: Yet another nightly Russian drone raid. Explosions and anti aircraft fire in the night sky.

Russia isn’t even really negotiating yet. Problem is that when Trumpland peeps realise this their first instinct will be to give more away.

Tatarigami_UA @Tatarigami_UA

State Department: Ukraine, Russia “just a breath away from a full ceasefire” - The Hill Last year, I wrote that Ukraine and Russia would likely make peace in 2025 or early 2026. However, they are not "a breath away" - Russia has no incentive to stop, and there is no enforcement

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RT @APHClarkson: The inevitable outcome of not giving a society with advanced military industrial industries like Ukraine the kind of Germa…