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Ukraine’s Fall Is Final — Trump’s Choices Are the Cleanup

The peace plan isn’t a negotiation. It’s a terms-of-surrender memo — and Moscow wrote it.

Dec 08, 2025
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Russia’s winning. Kyiv’s collapsing. And Trump’s team is racing to broker a peace deal before the map hardens in Putin’s favor. Today, we cut through the fog and show you exactly what’s happening behind the battlefield briefings, legal showdowns, and diplomatic posturing.

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