Ukraine peace talks little more than a mafia-style shakedown by the US and Russia
- Posted on February 18, 2026
- By The Independent
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Ukraine peace talks little more than a mafia-style shakedown by the US and Russia
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been powered by lies and backed up by the US. World affairs editor Sam Kiley in Pavlohrad in eastern Ukraine meets Putin’s Russian-speaking victims as Vladimir Zelensky calls out Trump’s ‘unfair’ treatment of his country
