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Zelensky Doubles Down on Refusal to Cede Land in Donbas to Russia

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reaffirmed his strong refusal to cede any territory, resisting U.S. pressure for painful concessions to Russia as he moved ahead Tuesday to rally more European support for his country.

“Undoubtedly, Russia insists for us to give up territories. We, clearly, don’t want to give up anything. That’s what we are fighting for,” Zelenskyy told reporters in a WhatsApp chat late Monday.

“Do we consider ceding any territories? According to the law we don’t have such right,” he said. “According to Ukraine´s law, our constitution, international law, and to be frank, we don’t have a moral right either.”

In an interview with Politico released Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump again pressed Zelenskyy to accept the U.S. proposal that Ukraine cede territory to Russia, arguing that Moscow retains the “upper hand” in its nearly 4-year-old invasion, and that Zelenskyy’s government must “play ball.” (Read more from “Zelensky Doubles Down on Refusal to Cede Land in Donbas to Russia” HERE)

Chechen Leader Vows Retaliation After Ukrainian Drone Strike Near His Home

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Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov issued new threats against Ukraine after a drone strike hit a high-rise building close to his residence in Grozny.

According to Reuters, the strike on Nov. 5 targeted a 28-story tower in the Grozny-City complex, located less than a kilometer from Kadyrov’s home. Russian officials reported no casualties, but the attack appeared to rattle the Chechen strongman, who pledged an imminent response. He accused Ukraine of selecting a civilian site “without tactical sense” and warned that Ukrainian forces would “feel a stern response” in the coming days.

A former Ukrainian government official, speaking anonymously to Fox News Digital, said Kadyrov’s remarks amount to another threat aimed directly at Zelenskyy. “The Chechens are really serious about revenge,” the official said. However, the source added that Ukrainian leadership is reacting far differently than it did two years ago: “In Kyiv they are not panicking about this like they were in 2022. Zelenskyy is now better protected, feels more powerful and is less fragile.”

Chechen involvement in attempted operations against Zelenskyy dates back to the early days of the war. The same official described how a Chechen unit aligned with Russia planned to use a metro station in Kyiv as a potential access point to Zelenskyy’s underground wartime bunker. Ukrainian officials at the time viewed that station — deep below the city center — as a major vulnerability. “They were afraid that Chechens would get to the bunker through this metro station,” the source said, recalling how Zelenskyy and top adviser Andriy Yermak urgently sought additional security.

Ultimately, the Chechen fighters were intercepted and killed before reaching the capital. “They tried to reach Kyiv somehow downtown, somehow via the river,” the former official said, “but it’s quite a complicated way to get there.”

Kadyrov’s fighters have been among the Kremlin’s most loyal and aggressive forces since the 2022 invasion. Ukrainian strikes have previously hit Chechnya, including police and training facilities, but Sunday’s attack appears to have penetrated deeper into government-linked territory. The Moscow Times reported that the damaged tower hosts regional government offices, including departments tied to the Chechen Security Council and agencies overseeing tourism and religious affairs.

With cross-border attacks increasing, Kadyrov’s latest warning suggests a more confrontational stance as the conflict increasingly spills into Russian regions. Ukrainian officials, meanwhile, have dismissed the Chechen leader’s threats as bluster.

Someone Leaked Steve Witkoff’s Communications With the Russians

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Negotiations are ongoing on how to end the Russia-Ukraine war, and we have some Deep State clowns thinking they know what’s best. First, this isn’t the Russian collusion circus anymore. Second, what’s the story here: that Special Envoy Steve Witkoff speaks to…Russians? They happen to be a party that must agree to any terms to end the conflict (via Fox News):

U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff gave a senior Kremlin official tips on how to sell a Ukraine peace deal to President Donald Trump, a report said.

Witkoff spoke by phone to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s top foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov on Oct. 14, advising him on how Putin should bring up the topic with the U.S. president, according to Bloomberg.

“We put a 20-point Trump plan together that was 20 points for peace, and I’m thinking maybe we do the same thing with you,” Witkoff was quoted by Bloomberg as saying, in reference to the Trump administration’s Gaza peace deal.

During the phone call, which lasted about five minutes, Witkoff said he had a deep respect for Putin and that he had informed Trump that he believed Russia has always wanted a peace deal for Ukraine, Bloomberg reported.

(Read more from “Someone Leaked Steve Witkoff’s Communications With the Russians” HERE)

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Ukraine Agrees to US-Backed Peace Deal to End Russia War, US Official Says

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Ukraine has agreed to a peace deal that would see an end to the war with Russia, a U.S. official told Fox News.

Some minor details of the agreement are still to be sorted out, the official said.

Lt. Col. Jeff Tolbert, a spokesman for U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, had told Fox News that Driscoll and his team met with Russian officials in Abu Dhabi on Monday and Tuesday to discuss the framework for a Ukraine peace deal.

“The talks are going well and we remain optimistic. Secretary Driscoll is closely synchronized with the White House and the U.S. interagency as these talks progress,” said Tolbert.

A U.S. official told Fox News that the Ukrainian delegation was also in Abu Dhabi and was in contact with Driscoll and his team.

The diplomatic flurry over the weekend followed the leak of the 28-point peace plan to Axios, which many European leaders and U.S. lawmakers viewed as largely favorable to Russia. (Read more from “Ukraine Agrees to US-Backed Peace Deal to End Russia War, US Official Says” HERE)

Former Zelensky Spox: Ukraine Must Sign Peace Deal To Avoid Even Greater Losses

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Things are very bad in Ukraine right now. The former spokeswoman for Ukraine’s clearly overmatched comedian leader says things could get a lot worse if Ukraine’s government walks away from peace this time.

“Every subsequent deal for Ukraine will only be worse — because we are losing. We are losing people, territory, and the economy,” Iuliia Mendel, press secretary for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky from 2019 to 2021, wrote in an X post this weekend as negotiators went back and forth in marathon peace talks.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday told multiple news outlets that he was pleased with the “tremendous amount of progress” toward finalizing a U.S.-brokered peace deal to end the Russia-Ukraine war, but more needed to be done to get there.

As the Trump-hating BBC reported, Ukraine and its friends in Europe weren’t happy with previously leaked proposals, “seen as favouring Russia and welcomed by [Russian President] Vladimir Putin as ‘the basis’ for settlement.” Zelensky earlier said his bomb-battered country and his fellow citizens “might face a very difficult choice: either losing dignity, or risk losing a key partner” — President Donald Trump.

The Washington Post reported the leaked draft would force Ukraine to reduce its army and turn over land that Russia has not taken. That proposal also would prohibit NATO troops. U.S. officials said the draft has been updated, with Zelensky sounding more confident that “President Trump’s team is hearing us.” (Read more from “Former Zelensky Spox: Ukraine Must Sign Peace Deal To Avoid Even Greater Losses” HERE)

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Kremlin Sinks Trump’s Hope of Peace Deal by Thanksgiving

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Russia has sunk Donald Trump’s hope that a peace deal in Ukraine can be achieved by Thanksgiving after the Kremlin said Europe’s counterproposal was not constructive and did not work for Moscow.

In a sign that both sides remain far apart, the Kremlin said that Europe’s demands for Ukraine would not be accepted by Vladimir Putin but said that an earlier proposal by the US seemed “quite acceptable to us”.

Trump claimed on Monday that progress was being made in peace talks in Geneva between US and Ukrainian officials. Washington and Kyiv said in a joint statement that they were working to narrow the gaps in the 28-point peace plan revealed by the US last week.

The US president had given Ukraine until Thanksgiving, this Thursday, to agree to the plan – but US officials later indicated the deadline could change.

Some EU leaders met to discuss Ukraine on the sidelines of an EU-African Union summit in Luanda on Monday, with others dialling in via video conference. (Read more from “Kremlin Sinks Trump’s Hope of Peace Deal by Thanksgiving” HERE)

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US Peace Plan Asks Almost Nothing of Russia, Leaving Some American Officials Questioning Why Kyiv Would Accept It

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The US peace plan to end the war in Ukraine contains almost no concessions from Russia aside from it abandoning its vow to take over the entire country — and American officials say they can’t see why Kyiv would accept the proposal.

The plan, devised by President Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, after consultations with both Ukrainian and Russian officials, would see Kyiv surrendering the entirety of its Donbas region.

The handed-over area would include territory that the Kremlin hasn’t even been able to secure for more than a decade, since it made a separate land grab for it in 2014.

The proposed pact also calls for Ukraine to pledge to never join NATO, shrink its armed forces from its current estimated 900,000 to 600,000 personnel — and grant amnesty for all parties involved in wartime actions, eliminating any future legal claims over Russian war crimes.

Some US officials and experts characterized the plan as a no-win for Kyiv. (Read more from “US Peace Plan Asks Almost Nothing of Russia, Leaving Some American Officials Questioning Why Kyiv Would Accept It” HERE)

Several NATO Nations Scramble Jets as Russian Airstrike Kills At Least 20 Including Children

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The air forces of several NATO states were scrambled overnight to protect the airspace of the alliance along its eastern border as Russia launched one of its deadliest air strikes against Ukraine’s western regions of the war so far.

Polish, Romanian, German, Spanish, Norwegian, and Dutch fighter jets were scrambled in two deployments in airspace bordering Ukraine over Poland and Romania and the Russian armed forces hammered western Ukraine. According to Kyiv, Russia launched 476 drones, 47 cruise missiles and one ballistic missiles in strikes across the country, but particularly on Western cities Ternopil and Lviv.

At least 20 people have been found dead in Ternopil, which is approximately 225 miles west of Ukrainian capital Kyiv and 110 miles short of the Polish border. Of the killed, at least two are children, and a further 66 were wounded including 16 children in the strikes which badly damaged two apartment blocks.

Ukraine said it scrambled its own Western-built jet fighters including U.S.-made F-16s and French Mirage-2000 jets to shoot down Russian missiles. In all, Kyiv said 41 cruise missiles were shot down, 10 of them by Western-supplied Ukraine Air Force jets.

The BBC notes the unusually large and deadly Russian air raid came one day after Ukraine said it had used U.S.-made ATACMS missiles against targets inside Russia, the first time this has happened under the Trump Presidency. (Read more from “Several NATO Nations Scramble Jets as Russian Airstrike Kills At Least 20 Including Children” HERE)

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Trump Administration Drastically Increases Sanctions on Russia in Effort to Push Ceasefire in Ukraine

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President Donald Trump announced Wednesday a sweeping escalation of U.S. sanctions against Russia, aiming to pressure Moscow into agreeing to a ceasefire in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.

In a statement released by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the administration said it was placing Rosneft Oil Company and Lukoil OAO — Russia’s two largest oil firms — under expanded sanctions pursuant to Executive Order 14024, which targets individuals and entities operating in Russia’s energy sector.

“Today’s actions increase pressure on Russia’s energy sector and degrade the Kremlin’s ability to raise revenue for its war machine and support its weakened economy,” the Treasury release stated.

The move blocks dozens of subsidiaries connected to Rosneft and Lukoil, including those involved in oil exploration, development, production, and refining. Any company in which either corporation holds a 50 percent or greater stake will now be subject to U.S. sanctions.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the sanctions were designed to halt the flow of money fueling the war. “Now is the time to stop the killing and for an immediate ceasefire,” Bessent said. “Given President Putin’s refusal to end this senseless war, Treasury is sanctioning Russia’s two largest oil companies that fund the Kremlin’s war machine.”

He added that the United States is prepared to impose even stricter measures if needed. “Treasury is prepared to take further action if necessary to support President Trump’s effort to end yet another war. We encourage our allies to join us and adhere to these sanctions.”

Speaking from the Oval Office alongside NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, Trump praised the sanctions package as one of the toughest yet.

“These are tremendous sanctions,” Trump said. “And we hope that they won’t be on for long. We hope that the war will be settled.”

In Zelensky Meeting, Trump Indicates He Is Not Ready To Give Ukraine Tomahawk Missiles

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President Donald Trump suggested Friday that he is not ready to give Ukraine the United States Tomahawk missiles as he spoke publicly with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House.

Zelensky came once again to Washington to speak with the president following Trump’s highly discussed call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday. Trump announced on Thursday that he and Putin will soon meet in Budapest, Hungary, to hammer out details on ending the war between Russia and Ukraine.

On Friday, he suggested that the meeting will only be between him and Putin, pointing to the “tremendous bad blood” between Putin and Zelensky.
“They have tremendous bad blood,” Trump said. “It really is what is holding up, I think, a settlement. I think we are going to get it done, and we have to make it long-lasting, as I said, in the Middle East, everlasting.”

“The Middle East is a much more complicated situation,” the president noted, referring to the peace deal he struck between Israel and Hamas. “You know, we had 59 countries involved, and every one of them agreed. And it’s, you know, it’s sort of amazing. Most people didn’t think that was doable. This is going to be something I really believe that’s going to get done. I had a very good talk yesterday with President Putin. I think he wants to get it done.” (Read more from “In Zelensky Meeting, Trump Indicates He Is Not Ready To Give Ukraine Tomahawk Missiles” HERE)