Witkoff and Kushner discuss negotiating positions, whilst the Russian president has never ceased to respond by citing the ‘root causes’: the denazification and demilitarisation of Ukraine. The European approach that can (and must) change

In diplomacy, the Kremlin leader pays no heed to substance; he focuses on form and tries to convince the Americans that a dialogue has begun, but he will not be the one to change his mind. Moscow, Kyiv and the results 

The Russian attack on the SBU whilst Trump’s envoys are travelling to Moscow is not a sign of peace. Nor does the pace of missile production in the Kremlin’s factories indicate a willingness to negotiate. Figures