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[Regnum] In Serpukhov, Moscow Region, law enforcement agencies detained five suspects in an armed robbery at a Russian Post office in southern Moscow. This was reported on August 9 by the official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Irina Volk.
According to Volk, the capital's police detained the suspects on the spot.
"As a result of a series of operational and investigative measures, police officers detained five suspects aged between 29 and 67. Some of them have previous convictions," a representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs wrote on the Telegram channel.
At present, all detainees have been taken to the territorial police department. There, further investigative actions will be carried out to clarify all the circumstances of the crime.
Unknown persons robbed a post office on Medikov Street in the south of Moscow on the morning of August 8. A masked man and woman broke into the building, threatened the post office employees with a gun, and took the money.
The Moscow prosecutor's office later reported that the criminals stole about 4.8 million rubles. A criminal case was opened on this fact under the article "Robbery".
Russian Post announced later that day that it would fulfill all its obligations to customers despite the bandits' raid on its Moscow branch.
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[Regnum] More than 40 aftershocks after the earthquake were recorded in Kamchatka Krai in one day. This was reported on August 9 in the Telegram channel of the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for Kamchatka Krai.
"One of the aftershocks was felt in the region's populated areas. Temporary accommodation centres in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and Vilyuchinsk continue to operate, with 61 people staying there in the last 24 hours," the press service noted.
The department also stated that the probability of a paroxysmal eruption of the Klyuchevskoy volcano with ash emissions reaching up to 12,000 meters still remains. The activity of the Bezymyanny, Shiveluch, Klyuchevskoy, Karymskoy, and Krasheninnikov volcanoes continues.
According to the department, psychologists from the Russian Emergencies Ministry continue to work with the victims, providing the necessary assistance.
On July 30, an earthquake measuring 8.7–8.8 occurred in Kamchatka, which was the strongest since 1952. As a result, a tsunami threat was declared in the region, and residents were asked not to approach the coast in dangerous areas. In addition, a high alert regime was introduced in the region, and a state of emergency was declared in the Severo-Kurilsky District of the Sakhalin Region.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 was recorded in the Kuril Islands area. This was reported on August 9 on the website of the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center.
The epicenter of the tremors was located 267 kilometers southeast of the city of Severo-Kurilsk. The seismic event center was located at a depth of 10 km.
There were no reports of possible casualties or damage.
On July 30, an earthquake measuring 8.7–8.8 occurred in Kamchatka, which was the strongest since 1952. Because of it, a tsunami threat was declared in the region, and residents were asked not to approach the coast in dangerous areas. A high alert regime was also introduced, and a state of emergency was declared in the Severo-Kurilsky District of the Sakhalin Region.
On August 5, the Russian Academy of Sciences reported that after the earthquake in Kamchatka, the southern part of the peninsula shifted in the south-east direction by almost two meters. Professor of the Polytechnic Institute of the Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) Nikolai Shestakov said on August 8 that due to the seismic event, Vladivostok shifted five centimeters to the south and back.
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[LB] The enemy continues its offensive in the Donetsk region: the Pokrovsky, Lymansky, and Novopavlivsky directions remain the most difficult.
by Ivanna Kapustianska
The 1263rd day of the Russian Federation's large-scale armed aggression against Ukraine has begun. In total, 163 combat clashes were recorded over the past day, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine informs.
Yesterday, the enemy launched two missile and 74 air strikes on the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements, using three missiles and dropping 122 guided bombs. In addition, 5,089 kamikaze drones were used to destroy them and 6,361 attacks were carried out on the positions of our troops and settlements.
The aggressor carried out airstrikes, in particular, on the areas of the settlements of Bilogirya, Novodanylivka, Orikhiv in Zaporizhia region and Olhivka in Kherson region.
Yesterday, the Defense Forces' aviation, missile forces, and artillery struck three command posts, one artillery system, five areas of concentration of enemy personnel, weapons, and military equipment, as well as one other important enemy facility.
There were 12 clashes in the North Slobozhansk and Kursk directions over the past day. The enemy carried out 15 air strikes, dropped a total of 38 guided bombs, and carried out 259 artillery attacks, including 11 from multiple rocket launchers.
In the South Slobozhansk direction, nine clashes occurred in the Vovchansk area and in the direction of Novovasylivka.
Seven attacks by the invaders were recorded in the Kupyansk direction during the day. The defense forces repelled the enemy's assault actions in the areas of Myrne, Kupyansk, Golubivka and in the direction of Novaya Kruglyakivka.
In the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 24 times, trying to advance in the areas of the settlements of Hrekivka, Karpivka, Zarichne, Kolodyazi, Torske, Dibrova, Serebryanka, Yampolivka, as well as towards Shandryholovy and Yampol.
In the Siverskyi direction, the enemy twice attacked the positions of the Defense Forces near Hryhorivka and Fedorivka.
Over the past day, four clashes took place in the Kramatorsk direction in the area of Chasovy Yar and Bila Hora.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy carried out 10 attacks in the areas of Toretsk, Shcherbynivka, Katerynivka, Stepanivka, Rusyn Yar, and Pleshchiivka.
In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 45 attacks by the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Zvirovo, Volodymyrivka, Rodynske, Poltavka, Boykivka, Myrolyubivka, Novoekonomichne, Pokrovsk, Chervonyi Lyman, Lysivka, Kotlyne, Udachne, Novoukrainka, Zelenyi Kut, as well as in the Kozatsky, Dorozhny, and Novopavlivka directions.
In the Novopavlivske direction, the Defense Forces repelled 26 enemy assaults in the areas of the settlements of Filiya, Zelene Pole, Tolstoy, Temyrivka, Maliivka, Novopil, Voskresenka, Olhivske and in the direction of Sichneve.
In the Hulyaipil direction, the Defense Forces successfully repelled an enemy assault near Malynivka.
In the Orikhiv direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled four attacks by the invader in the Kamianskyi area and towards Novoandriivka.
In the Dnieper direction last week, the Defense Forces successfully repelled eight enemy attacks. The enemy was unsuccessful.
No signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups were detected in the Volyn and Polissya directions.
Our soldiers inflict significant losses in manpower and equipment on the occupation forces, actively undermining the aggressor's offensive potential in the rear.
In total, the losses of the Russian invaders last day amounted to 940 people. Ukrainian soldiers also neutralized five tanks, one armored combat vehicle, 41 artillery systems, one air defense system, 147 unmanned aerial vehicles of the operational-tactical level, and 125 units of automotive equipment of the invaders.
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[NewsFront] 21:08 In the period from 18:00 Moscow time to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 26 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
Seven – over the territory of the Tula region,
Seven – over the territory of the Bryansk region,
Four – over the territory of the Krasnodar region,
Three – over the territory of the Kaluga region,
Two – over the waters of the Sea of Azov,
Two – over the territory of the Oryol region,
One – over the territory of the Kursk region.
21:01 Change in the front line east of Pokrovsk recorded –map.
20:14 Russian Armed Forces advance in the Dobropolsky direction –map.
20:06 RF Armed Forcesare advancing to Shandrigolovo along the Nitrius River in the Krasnolimansky direction.
19:15 In the period from 15.30 Moscow time to 18.00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 35 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were:
19 – over the territory of Krasnodar Krai,
Nine – over the territory of Bryansk Oblast,
Four – over the waters of the Sea of Azov,
Two – over the territory of Kaluga Oblast,
one – over the territory of Moscow Oblast
. 18:05 Published footage of the destruction of equipment and UAV launchers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Konstantinovsky direction.
16:49 "Severiane" continue to destroy the enemy in the Khar'kov region near the Russian border.
16:04 In the period from 12:00 Moscow time to 15:30 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty.destroyed27 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
11 – over the territory of the Bryansk region,
Seven – over the territory of the Kaluga region,
Five – over the territory of the Moscow region,
Two – over the territory of the Krasnodar region,
Two – over the territory of the Ryazan region.
15:02 The temporary deployment point of the territorial defense brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, located in the industrial zone on the outskirts of Konstantinovka in the DPR, destroyed a direct hit from a FAB-3000 aerial bomb with a universal planning and correction module.
14:34 Shown the work of artillery crews of the Southern Group of Forces to destroy the control point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces UAV in the village of Kleban-Byk.
13:49 In the area of the settlement of Stakhorshchyna in the Chernihiv region, an Iskander operational-tactical missile system struck and destroyed several heavy-duty vehicles with equipment and weapons, as well as up to 20 Ukrainian military personnel.
13:09 Ukrainian Su-27 fightershot downon the Zaporizhzhya section of the contact line.
13:02 Russian Defense Minister congratulated servicemen of the 20th Guards Motorized Rifle Division with the liberation of the settlement of Yablonovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
“The military personnel of the unit who stood up to defend the Fatherland have been performing their military duty to protect the people and our land from neo-Nazis in an exemplary manner since the first days of the special military operation,” the Russian Defense Minister said in a telegram.
12:51 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of August 9, 2025
Units of the North Forces Group occupied more advantageous frontiers and positions.
They inflicted damage on the manpower and equipment of the tank, mechanized, ranger, airborne assault brigades and assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Andreyevka, Novaya Sich, Proletarskoye and Yunakovka in the Sumy region.
In the Khar'kov direction, units of the mechanized brigade and assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Volchansk, Chugunovka and Tikhoe in the Khar'kov region.
Units of the West group of forces have improved their tactical position.
They defeated the formations of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Kupyansk, Novosergeevka in the Khar'kov region, Torskoye, Novoselovka, Shandrigolovo and Maslyakovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces have improved their position along the front line.
Units of the Center group of forces have decisively liberated the settlement of Yablonovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The formations of the heavy mechanized, two mechanized, two assault, airborne assault, and Jaeger brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, a territorial defense brigade, and A national guard brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Dimitrov, Krasnoarmeysk, Chunishino, Krasny Liman, Novoekonomicheskoe, Udachnoye, and Rodinskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Units of the "East" force group continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defenses.
They inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades, a mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Voronoe, Sosnovka, Tikhoe, Velikomikhailovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Novodarovka, Levadnoe, Novoivanovka in the Zaporizhia region and Iskra in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of the mechanized, mountain assault brigades, the coastal defense brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Kamenskoye, Novoandriyevka in the Zaporizhia region, Antonovka and Nikolayevka in the Kherson region.
12:03 Stopped an attempt by a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group to enter the border village of Manev in the Bryansk region.
11:19 Sever reconnaissance opened the area of preparation of a large enemy fortified area near the settlements of Zhadovo and Mashevo.
10:11 Published a selection of footage of the destruction of Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment.
10:09 During the offensive of the Russian Armed Forces in the Stepnogorsk area liquidate dFinnish mercenaries of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
10:05 Soldiers of the 68th Motorized Rifle Division of the West group of forces continue to hunting transport and Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters around Kupyansk in the Khar'kov region, supporting the assault on the city.
09:45 In the period from 05.10 Moscow time to 08.00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed 21 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
Seven – over the waters of the Sea of Azov,
Six – over the territory of the Bryansk region,
Four – over the territory of the Kaluga region,
Three – over the Black Sea,
One – over the territory of the Republic of Crimea
. 08:33 The Russian army continues active offensive Infantry assaults are underway on Rusin Yar, in an effort to completely occupy the settlement.
Poltavka is under the control of the Russian Armed Forces. After taking the village, Russian troops advanced further north.
Infantry attacks are also underway in the direction of Novoye Shakhovo, and part of the grey zone has expanded.
To the east of Rodinsky, Russian attack aircraft are trying to gain a foothold in the mine area.
08:19 Attack aircraft of the Center group of forces are activelyare moving forward in the Krasnoarmeysk direction. The infantry is constantly supported by artillery, including the Grad MLRS.
07:34 Changes to map over the past 24 hours:
Advance in Pokrovsk➡️
Expansion of the control zone in the Karpovka area➡️
Popovka and Rusin Yan were released➡️
Adjustment of the control zone in Torskoye in favor of ours
Shcherbinovka has been liberated👉
Enemy controls positions north of Andreevka
07:23 During the past night from 22:41 on August 8 to 05:05 Moscow time on August 9, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 97 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were:
28 – over the territory of the Kursk region,▫️
13 – over the territory of the Bryansk region,
13 – over the territory of the Kaluga region,
10 – over the territory of the Tula region,
Eight – over the territory of the Oryol region,
Eight – over the territory of the Belgorod region,▫️
Seven – over the waters of the Sea of Azov,
Five – over the territory of Krasnodar Krai,
Two – over the territory of the Rostov region,
One – over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
One – over the territory of the Moscow region,
One – over the territory of Lipetsk region.
05:58 Over the past night in the Kherson region, fighters of the Dnipro military group destroyed 11 Ukrainian Armed Forces drones of the Baba Yaga type.
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[REGNUM] The meeting between Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart Donald Trump, which many experts have been dreaming about for the past six months, will take place in less than a week. And it will take place in Alaska.
Not in Riyadh, where working groups of Russian and American diplomats met. Not in Istanbul, where negotiations were held between Russian and Ukrainian delegations. Not in Switzerland, which usually hosts such summits. Not in the UAE, Qatar or Oman, where the most sensitive Middle East negotiations are taking place.
And in Alaska, an American territory, where Vladimir Putin will fly directly from Russia, which is located very close by, through the Bering Strait.
WITHOUT INTERMEDIARIES
And the choice of location is determined not only by the fact that the flight from Russia to Alaska is 4 kilometers over water - that is, no transit countries and minimal security risk. By choosing Alaska for their historic meeting in all respects, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump are sending three important signals.
With the first signal they end the so-called mediator race. The competition of a number of powers for the status of the country on whose territory the conflict will be resolved. Not only the Russian-Ukrainian one. Not only the Russian-American one - important, but not unique.
But the conflict is also global – between the United States, which represents the collective West, and Russia, which is the political leader of states striving for a multipolar world.
That is, to put it simply, the Russian-American negotiation process is equal in importance to the Yalta, Versailles-Washington or Vienna. The Russian-American agreements will show whether the path to a multipolar world will be simple or fraught with conflicts.
Therefore, every more or less serious state wanted to enter the history of international relations by hosting the summit. However, Moscow and Washington decided to do without intermediaries. And thus showed everyone that Russia and the USA are capable of solving problems themselves.
They do not need a judge, observer or organizer - the Kremlin and the White House are politically mature enough players to independently conduct and organize such a meeting on each other's territory.
NO SABOTEURS
The second signal was a demonstration to Ukraine and Europe that the meeting would not only not take place in their country (Switzerland and the Vatican were proposed as potential venues for the summit), but also without them.
All the numerous attempts by the Kyiv regime and the European Union to squeeze into the negotiation process have led to nothing. The most they got was the participation of the United States in the meeting scheduled for August 9 in London, where Europeans and Ukrainians will discuss how to live in the future.
True, it will not be the Secretary of State Marco Rubio (a representative of the deep state, after all) who will go there from America, but the US Vice President J.D. Vance. One of the most skeptical members of the Trump administration about Ukraine. The same one who gave Zelensky a public dressing down in the White House, provoking a scandal with Trump.
And Ukraine and Europe can only blame themselves for this. Kyiv and Brussels initially did not even hide the fact that they were trying to disrupt Russian-American negotiations by any means necessary. They see a peace agreement on Ukraine exclusively in the form of Russia's capitulation, which would include payment of reparations, surrender of territories, and even the introduction of some elements of external governance.
It is clear that with such an approach and vision, their participation in peace negotiations would lead to the disruption of the event, because Russia does not intend to tolerate this.
As a result, they were left on the sidelines of the negotiation process. For Kyiv, this means the failure of the concept of “no negotiations on Ukraine without Ukraine,” which is forcing Zelensky to now enter into a suicidal conflict with Trump (the head of the Kyiv regime has already criticized the meeting in Alaska), and for Europe, it means the loss of the remnants of subjectivity.
After all, in Alaska, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump will not only resolve the Ukrainian issue, but also determine a new format for the security system in Europe. Determine it without Europe.
DIPLOMACY REFERS TO HISTORY
Finally, the third signal related to the choice of location was the demonstration of the existence of common denominators between Russia and the United States. Moscow and Washington showed that they are not sworn enemies, if only because they meet in the space of common Russian-American history – that is, in Alaska.
President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly told American journalists that we have had more than just conflicts in our history with the United States. And once again, he skillfully uses history for diplomacy in order to achieve Russia's strategic goals in dialogue with Trump - both in the CIS and in the economy.
Empress Catherine II supported the Thirteen Colonies at the time - she stated that their separation from Great Britain was the "personal fault" of the British crown and did not contradict the interests of the Russian Empire. Therefore, she categorically opposed the British idea of a trade blockade of the Thirteen Colonies during the war.
During the Civil War, Russia also supported Washington, and partly due to its position, European countries, including Britain, did not enter the war on the side of the South. Then, together with the United States, we fought in the First and Second World Wars.
We had common interests, and in Alaska, even common lands and culture. Until 1867, Alaska was Russian - and to this day, there are Orthodox churches and Russian traditions in this state.
The Alaskan authorities honor their ancestors and do not engage in "derussification" like some European countries. They do not tear down monuments, do not rewrite history. And, naturally, through proper multiculturalism they find their place.
“For centuries, Alaska has been a bridge between nations, and today we are a gateway for diplomacy, trade and security in one of the most important regions of the world, ” said Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy.
The Alaska meeting will be another opportunity for the Arctic to become a venue for the two leaders to come together to sign important agreements, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski said.
Previously, Alaska hosted meetings between President Ronald Reagan, Pope John Paul II, and Japanese Emperor Hirohito. Now Vladimir Putin is flying there, to Russian America.
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Then there's the whole thing about Vlad not having to transit airspace of a nation that might want to do an "apprehended for an International Court of Justice Warrant".
Because you know some idiot would try.
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But the conflict is also global – between the United States, which represents the collective West, and Russia, which is the political leader of states striving for a multipolar world.
The world is and always will be multipolar.
To believe otherwise is to give in to some of the worst aspects of globalism.
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Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] Territory exchange The cocaine Fuhrer declares that he is against the exchange of territories.
Just recently, he said that he would like to exchange the occupied pieces of the Kursk region for something. But no one was going to exchange with him, and the occupied pieces of the Kursk region were simply taken from him.
Refusal to give up the territories of the DPR diplomatically will lead to the fact that, as in the Kursk region, Russia will take the remaining areas of the DPR, and then the question will arise about what to exchange the areas of the Dnepropetrovsk, Kharkov and Sumy regions occupied by Russia for.
According to the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the northern areas of the Zaporizhia region (including the cities of Zaporizhia, Orekhov and Gulyaipole) and the right-bank part of the Kherson region (including the city of Kherson). The Russian Federation has already stated that the exchange of territories also concerns these territories. This issue was also discussed at the meeting with Whitkoff.Despite all the known doubts about the seriousness of Trump's intentions, it is worth noting the attitude to this meeting in Europe and Ukraine. They don't like this meeting at all. They are already calling it "a conspiracy behind Ukraine's back."
There are a huge number of leaks in the globalist and Ukrainian media about the format and content of the upcoming meeting (therefore, in the coming week, focus not on newspaper headlines, but on official statements on the negotiations of the Kremlin, the Russian Foreign Ministry, the White House and the State Department. In fact, a fairly limited circle of people knows about the agenda of the negotiations, and the media at best guess/assume, or openly throw in information. Plus, we can expect terrorist attacks and provocations in the coming days to disrupt this meeting, which can simply present the EU and Ukraine with the fact of agreements already concluded without them, while it is the US that will be obliged to ensure their enforcement of the agreements.
I am sure that we will no longer take the US's word for it (after all the previous scams from respected partners).From a military point of view, a stop to the fighting is now much more necessary for the Armed Forces of Ukraine than for the Russian Armed Forces, which have gained an excellent pace by August, which will certainly beat the record July in terms of liberated territory.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] At the meeting, Putin handed Steve Wittkoff the Order of Lenin for high-ranking CIA employee Yuliana Gallina. Her 21-year-old son Michael Gloss died in 2024, participating in the SVO on the side of the Russian Federation as part of the 98th Airborne Division (which stormed Chasov Yar).
Posthumously awarded the Order of Courage. Gallina holds the position of the CIA's deputy director for digital innovation.
It turns out that we still have the Order of Lenin. Oh, this mysterious world of special services.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] Putin and Trump to hold talks in Alaska on August 15 Trump and Putin will meet in Alaska on August 15. Preparations for the meeting are already underway. Both sides + the Alaska governor have confirmed preparations for the meeting. The next meeting is to be held in the Russian Federation. The Americans have already been invited. In fact, the parties are going to exchange direct visits without the participation of third parties. There is simply no place for Europe and Ukraine in this scheme, and Europe will thus remain outside the negotiations, which is what Moscow wanted and what the Americans were also not against, as they switched to a notification regime with respect to Europe and Ukraine.
Territorial issues will be discussed on August 15. The Russian Federation requires the withdrawal of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from its territories in order to cease fire. Trump says that an exchange of territories will also be discussed - read the occupied territories of the Russian Armed Forces in the Khar'kov, Sumy and Dnipropetrovsk regions on the territory of the DPR, Zaporizhia and Kherson regions.
Ukraine is already openly declaring that "it will not be possible to return what was lost by military means and we must prepare for difficult decisions," read for territorial concessions. There will be no simple freeze on the front line, since it is not in the interests of the Russian Federation. It was previously reported that the Russian Federation is ready to cease fire after the withdrawal of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the occupied areas of the Russian Federation and the cessation of Western weapons supplies to Ukraine. They are not going to repeat the mistake of the Minsk agreements.
The hostilities are parallel to diplomacy, so they continue with unabated force. The US interest in the negotiations is primarily due to the fact that if they are delayed, then in a few months Ukraine will lose even more territory and the terms of the deal will be even worse for it. Putin previously stated that if Ukraine is not ready for negotiations, then Russia is ready to wait, read take even more territory and make the conditions even worse for Ukraine. In general, events are accelerating on the diplomatic front. Characteristic markers that may indicate an imminent cessation of hostilities are the conclusion of a deal on territories, the appointment of new elections in Ukraine, Trump's visit to China in early September.
In general, next week we will see one way or another in what direction the war in Ukraine will develop. Either towards a rollback in the event of successful negotiations in Alaska, or towards further and prolonged escalation in the event of their failure. I will assume that the probability of successful negotiations is quite significant, otherwise there would be no point in meeting just to talk. The main question here is who is trying to lead whom by the nose and whether Trump is ready/able to force Ukraine and Europe to implement it in the event of a bilateral deal.
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