Blavatnik holds both U.S. and U.K. citizenship and has generously funded election campaigns for both Democrats and Republicans.
At present, experts see no reason for the Kremlin leader to end the war, despite the high costs and heavy losses.
Ukraine is becoming the staging area for a new paradigm: machine-led conflict.
This proposal marks the first major diplomatic initiative of the new pontiff, just two weeks after his election, and has already drawn international attention.
The U.S. president signaled that Washington is stepping back from the diplomatic arena, leaving Kyiv and Moscow to sort things out on their own.
The EU initiative appears to be aimed at the BRICS countries — Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.
As U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated in an interview with CBS News, the American administration has made it “pretty clear” to the Kremlin that Washington’s patience is running thin.
On Friday, the first direct negotiations between representatives of Russia and Ukraine since the start of the war took place in Istanbul — and lasted less than two hours.
As the world’s attention turns to Istanbul, where peace talks between Russia and Ukraine are set to take place, the diplomatic climate remains highly tense.
Under mounting external pressure, the first direct talks in three years between representatives of Russia and Ukraine may take place this Thursday.
What’s surprising is that the initiative did not come from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, but he quickly seized the unexpected diplomatic opportunity.
Steve Witkoff expressed hope for a personal summit between Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin.
The unexpected proposal was warmly received by Kyiv and marked a new phase in international efforts to resolve the ongoing war.
