Max Seddon
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NEW: CIA director John Ratcliffe is preparing to take a bigger role in US negotiations with Russia and Ukraine. And the White House is considering paring back the involvement of US special envoy Steve Witkoff, the lead negotiator with Putin. Our latest: https://t.co/pKkmKYkgc3
Yuri Ushakov, the Kremlin’s top foreign policy official, says Putin told Trump the US could secure an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine – if it ended all support for Kyiv. The Russian approach to peace talks seems to be pressuring the US to let Russia win. https://t.co/M44xeblDpe
Vladimir Putin told Donald Trump that Russia did not have “aggressive plans” against Europe and praised US peacemaking efforts to end his war in Ukraine in a phone call on Tuesday, the Kremlin said. https://t.co/Jwk39AXRBc
The secret ramjet programme “shows Russia is trying to broaden the Ukraine war and draw the US into different theatres”, said @NicoleGrajewski. “Russia doesn’t care as much about the red lines in the region.” https://t.co/ce6zK8IkvN
“This is the transfer of a highly strategically sensitive military technology from Russia that the Iranians have wanted to acquire for decades,” said @fab_hinz. “A programme like this would require political clearance from the very top in Russia.” https://t.co/01SxsOypLq
NEW: Russia has been secretly helping Iran develop advanced supersonic cruise missiles in one of the most significant known transfers of strategic military technology from Moscow to Tehran. with @MilesMJohnson @charles_clover https://t.co/01SxsOypLq
Ukraine is seeking approval to use Starlink-equipped drones against ballistic missile launchers up to 200km inside Russia as Kyiv faces a severe shortage of air-defence interceptors, @ChristopherJM reports: https://t.co/IIpHbrcM8T