Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky shakes hands with Donald Trump’s envoy, real estate developer Steve Witkoff, as German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (R) looks on, Berlin, December 14, 2025

EA on WION: Ukraine — Tulsi Gabbard and Kremlin v. US Intelligence Agencies

Sunday’s Coverage: US Intelligence — Putin Still Wants to Seize All of Ukraine and Parts of Europe

UPDATE 0920 GMT:

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has commented on the latest Russian aerial attacks:

The energy system is one of the foundations of normal life. Light and heat are things without which it is impossible to live. And for almost four years now, Russia has been deliberately trying to destroy this foundation for millions of Ukrainians. And despite the difficult situation, the light always comes back. And behind every such restoration of power are our energy workers — particular people who work around the clock.

UPDATE 0813 GMT:

Ukraine’s military intelligence service HUR says one of its agents has destroyed two Russian fighter jets, an Su-27 and an Su-30, at the Lipetsk airbase in western Russia.

A Ukrainian drone attack damaged two vessels and two piers in a village on the Black Sea coast in the Krasnodar region in southwest Russia.

Fire spread up to 1,500 sq metres, authorities said.

UPDATE 0722 GMT:

Continuing his trolling on social media, Vladimir Putin’s senior financial advisor Kirill Dmitriev has indicated he will soon meet Donald Trump’s envoys in Moscow.

Dmitriev gave no details about his two days of talks with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Florida.

UPDATE 0716 GMT:

Russian Maj. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov was killed on Monday morning when his car was blown up in Moscow.

Sarvarov was head of the Operational Training Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces and took part in invasion of Ukraine.

The Russian Investigative Committee confirmed the killing and said a criminal case has been opened.

The car exploded in the courtyard of a residential building at around 7 a.m. Investigators said an improvised explosive device was planted under the Kia Sorrento’s chassis and detonated a few seconds after the vehicle started moving.

The 56-year-old driver is in extremely critical condition.

UPDATE 0646 GMT:

Swedish authorities have detained a sanctioned vessel in Russia’s “shadow fleet”.

Swedish customs personnel boarded the Adler early Sunday after the ship suffered engine failure and anchored off Sweden’s west coast the previous day.

The Adler has transported Russian weapons and its owner, M Leasing LLC, is sanctioned by the US and European Union. The company was cited for using its ships to carry North Korean ammunition to Russia for use in the invasion of Ukraine.

ORIGINAL ENTRY: Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky and his senior officials have spoken of “constructive” talks with Donald Trump’s envoys in Florida to end Russia’s invasion.

Ukraine’s delegation, led by National Security Council Secretary Rustem Umerov, held a third day of discussions on Sunday with real estate developer Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.

In his nightly address to the nation, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke of the “constructive engagement”, which included European officials.

He also hailed the European Union’s confirmation of a €90 billion loan to meet 2/3rds of Ukraine’s financial needs through 2027.

Umerov summarized, “Over the past three days in Florida, the Ukrainian delegation held a series of productive and constructive meetings with American and European partners….Ukraine remains fully committed to achieving a just and sustainable peace.”

Umerov did not mention the Russian delegation, led by Vladimir Putin’s financial advisor and Witkoff’s friend Kirill Dmitriev, which is also in Miami to see the American.

Witkoff posted about discussions with the Ukrainians, repeating Umerov’s statement word-for-word:

He also used “productive and constructive” about talks with the Russians. Then he praised the invaders:

Russia remains fully committed to achieving peace in Ukraine. Russia highly values the efforts and support of the United States to resolve the Ukrainian conflict and re-establish global security.

Publicly, Dmitriev spent the day trolling Ukraine on social media. He praised US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard for amplifying the Kremlin’s disinformation as she denounced her own intelligence agencies.

DNI Tulsi Gabbard exposed the warmongers pushing WW3—and the massive fake-narrative media machine that sells fear as policy.

From Dark to Light.

In Moscow, Putin’s senior foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov complained that discussions had moved away from the 28-point ultimatum to Ukraine, prepared by Dmitriev with Witkoff and Kushner in late October.

“I am sure that the proposals that the Europeans and Ukrainians have made or are trying to make definitely do not improve the document and do not improve the possibility of achieving long-term peace,” Ushakov said.

Not wanting to amplify the current proposals, he said he had not seen them and his criticism was “not a forecast”.