(2025-08-20). EU Says It Will Continue to Arm Ukraine. globalresearch.ca Apparently, US President Donald Trump's pacifist initiatives are not being endorsed by other NATO leaders. In a recent statement, European politicians expressed their willingness to continue arming Ukraine, despite the US' desire to deescalate the conflict. This clearly shows that …
(2025-08-20). The Heat: Russia-Ukraine conflict. america.cgtn.com 
Details of security guarantees and efforts to arrange peace talks continue to evolve. This, after U.S. President Donald Trump hosted talks in Washington on Monday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and several European leaders. | On Tuesday, Trump ruled out the possibility of sending U.S. troops to join any post-conflict European-led peacekeeping effort. Meanwhile, Russia has not committed to a bilateral leaders' summit with Ukraine, though reports suggest that President Putin did offer to host a possible one-on-one with President Zelenskyy in Moscow. | To dicuss: | William Lawrence is a political scien…
(2025-08-20). No ground troops, but maybe air support, to back Ukraine peace deal, says Trump. geo.tv 
Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks with Donald Trump in the White House on Monday. — ReutersRussia launches largest attack this month amid peace moves.Uncertainty over US security guarantees for Ukraine.Possible sites for trilateral summit…
(2025-08-20). Russia invites Trump for follow-up summit. america.cgtn.com 
Russia has yet to commit to a bilateral summit with Ukraine, though reports indicate President Putin may host a one-on-one meeting with President Zelenskyy in Moscow. The Russian Foreign Minister emphasized that Moscow is open to contact with Ukraine and confirmed that President Trump has been invited to Russia for a potential follow-up meeting after last week's Alaska summit. Dasha Chernyshova reports from Moscow.
(2025-08-20). Putin-Trump meeting: Irreconcilable contradictions are still there, a lasting peace still a distant prospect. unitedworldint.com There are irreconcilable contradictions that will only be solved, one side defeating the other. By Onur Sinan Gàºzaltan US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Alaska on August 15. Reports indicate that the two leaders discussed a range of issues, with the war in Ukraine at the top of the agenda. …
(2025-08-20). The Profits of War: Why Peace in Ukraine Terrifies Europe's Investors. The Defense Industry Boom. globalresearch.ca There is a dark, unspoken truth hanging over the latest round of "peace talks" between Trump, Putin, Zelensky and the European leaders: war has become too profitable to end.
(2025-08-20). Yemeni killed while fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukraine. newarab.com 
(2025-08-20). Trump rules out US troops but eyes air power in Ukraine deal. newarab.com 
President Donald Trump on Tuesday ruled out sending US troops but envisioned extending US air power as Western nations began hashing out security guarantees for Ukraine before any potential summit with Russia. | Trump, in a flurry of diplomacy aimed at ending the war, brought Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and top European leaders to the White House on Monday, three days after his landmark encounter with Russia's Vladimir Putin in Alaska. | Trump said President Putin, whom he called in the middle of Monday's talks, had agreed to meet Zelensky and to accept some form of Western security guarantees for U…
(2025-08-20). Selected Articles: Brussels, London, Berlin, Paris Refuse Trump's "Three Way Summit." New Weapons Scream: 'No Peace Deal!'. globalresearch.ca 
By Putin and Trump don't need to agree on everything, but negotiations are undoubtedly a major development and potentially …
(2025-08-20). Trump jokes Ukraine deal could help him get to heaven. jagonews24.com Donald Trump said Tuesday that a Ukraine peace deal could boost his chances of getting to heaven ⚪ joking that his odds of making it through the pearly gates are currently low.
(2025-08-20). Ukraine and EU Attempted to Change Peace Process Started in Alaska. globalresearch.ca On August 18, US President Donald Trump hosted Ukrainian and European representatives in Washington to discuss possible peace negotiations regarding the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
(2025-08-20). Trump Reneges on Ukraine Peace Agreement. Contradictions Leading to Expansion of U.S. Involvement in the War. Renee Parsons. globalresearch.ca In what was originally billed as a one-on-one Oval Office meeting between President Donald Trump and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky to discuss a possible peace agreement, the meeting almost immediately deteriorated into many conflicting contradictions with an expansion of US involvement …
(2025-08-20). Did the Alaska Summit usher a new ice age? responsiblestatecraft.org The Trump-Putin Alaska summit was about far more than Ukraine. Since long before the meeting in Anchorage, the Arctic has been
(2025-08-20). White House summit exposes deep rift within NATO. wsws.org The European powers' goal of bringing Ukraine and Russia under their control with American support has proven to be a disastrous miscalculation.
(2025-08-20). Will Germany send peacekeeping troops to Ukraine. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Controversy among politicians erupted in Germany after suggestions of sending troops to Ukraine as part of a peace deal with Russia, with opposition parties strongly rejecting the plan.The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has sharply decried the idea imposed by Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who is a member of the German conservative CDU/CSU alliance, to consider sending German troops to Ukraine alongside other European forces."The hawks in the CDU can hardly wait to send German soldiers to foreign war zones again," AfD co-chair Alice Weidel wrote, and warned that the government against taking…
(2025-08-20). Ukraine War: What An 'Article 5-Style' Security Guarantee Might Look Like. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, had good cause to be optimistic following his recent White House meetings with Donald Trump and the leaders of the …
(2025-08-20). Trump Is Absolutely Correct… Richard C. Cook. globalresearch.ca US President Donald Trump is absolutely correct that yesterday's White House event involving himself and his top aides along with Zelensky and the European leaders was the most important meeting to take place since World War II.
(2025-08-20). Airline pilots outraged over one-pilot proposal. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—A federal advisory committee of pro-corporate aviation "experts" is telling the corporate-friendly Trump regime there should be only one pilot, not two, in an airplane's cockpit. Citing safety reasons, the Air Line Pilots (ALPA) strongly oppose that scheme. And so do 43 senators, from both political parties. The plan came to light when ALPA disclosed …
(2025-08-20). Sharaa meets US Congress members in Damascus. newarab.com 
The official SANA news agency reported that Sharaa received a delegation of US senators and members of the US House of Representatives.
(2025-08-20). The Trump-Putin Summit-Regime Change Has Failed. indybay.org The expansion of NATO into Eastern Europe was always to militarily encircle Russia, which was a continuation of the United States' Cold War "containment" towards the Soviet Union.
(2025-08-20). Speaker Berri Discusses Extension of UNIFIL Mandate with US Delegation: Washington Targeting Own Ceasefire Efforts. english.almanar.com.lb 
House Speaker, Nabih Berri, on Wednesday received at the second presidency headquarters in Ain El-Tineh, US Senator, Markwayne Mullin, with a US parliamentary delegation from both the Republican and Democratic parties, in the presence of US Ambassador to Lebanon, Lisa Johnson, and Speaker Berri's media advisor Ali Hamdan. The meeting discussed developments in Lebanon and …