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Daniel Ofman

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Olesya Vartanyan @olesyavart.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
1/ How Statelets Die? I look at this question through the story of Nagorno-Karabakh - once one of the most “successful” de facto entities in the post-Soviet space, and today something no one even wants to remember. Link here: defactostates.ut.ee/how-statelet...
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How Statelets Die: Lessons from Nagorno-Karabakh – De facto states research unit
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Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Today’s Russian papers on chances of a peace deal: “Don't count on Russia making noticeable concessions.” But: “If proposals are acceptable to Russia, one could talk of a summit in Budapest.” Meanwhile, Russia’s “economic malaise betrayed by rise in wage arrears." #ReadingRussia
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What today's Russian papers are saying about the prospects for a Ukraine peace deal
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Stanley Pignal @spignal.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
FIFA awarding a "peace prize" to Trump would be so absolutely on-brand, a truly genius innovation.
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Julia Ioffe @juliaioffe.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Of all the interviews I've done about MOTHERLAND, this one was my favorite. Thank you, @kevinrothrock.me !
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Franz-Stefan Gady @hoanssolo.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
“Three people familiar with the operation said Washington was closely involved in all stages of planning. A US official said Ukraine selected the targets for long-range strikes and Washington then provided intelligence on the sites vulnerabilities.” on.ft.com/4nJJxyt
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Ukraine hit Russian energy sites with US help
Trump administration supported Kyiv’s operations since summer in co-ordinated push to weaken Moscow
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John Hudson @johnphudson.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
The United States government currently employs an admiral named Brad Cooper and a DHS official named Chris Pratt
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 08/10/2025
Russia pinned medals on his chest and gave him citizenship, but Timur Praliyev's homeland of Kazakhstan just sentenced him to five years in prison for fighting in Ukraine as a mercenary with Wagner Group. orda.kz/pytalsja-sbe...
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Пытался сбежать в США: бывшего «вагнеровца» из Казахстана отправили в колонию на пять лет
Суд в Алматы вынес приговор Тимуру Пралиеву — бывшему наёмнику ЧВК «Вагнер», который участвовал в российском вторжении в Украину и был задержан, когда пытался нелегально попасть в США
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
NY Post - Paramount Skydance is poised to name Bari Weiss as editor in chief of CBS News in the coming days. nypost.com/2025/10/02/media/p...
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Exclusive | Bari Weiss to be named editor in chief of CBS News as part of major Paramount Skydance shakeup: sources
Weiss will report directly to Paramount Skydance Chief Executive David Ellison as she helps set the editorial direction at the third-place CBS News, a source close to the situation said.
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András Tóth-Czifra @minczifra.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Fortunately, I had better things to do over the past weekend, so this completely flew past me. How grotesque. www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
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Vietnamese singer Duc Phuc wins Russia’s Intervision song contest
Vietnam was among 23 countries competing in a glitzy Russian song contest, revived three years after Russia was banned from Eurovision.
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The Insider @theins.press · 23/09/2025
Tug of war profiteers: Russia’s military industry is decimating the country’s civilian workforce As Russia’s defense sector and its civilian economy are locked in a wage race with one another, the state is forced to spend more on staffing the military.
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Tug of war profiteers: Russia’s military industry is decimating the country’s civilian workforce
Since the start of Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine, payments to soldiers have increased dramatically — not because the state has more money, but because it has become harder to lure men to the fron...
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Thomas de Waal @tomdewaal.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Just published, my piece on the U.S. Armenia-Azerbaijan deal and its prospects. There is a lot of hard work still to be done, I argue, but the shared coincidence of interests that neither country wants Russia as a guarantor has been transformative. www.foreignaffairs.com/armenia/unli...
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An Unlikely Road to Peace in the South Caucasus
How common cause against Russia enabled an American deal.
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Matthew Bell @matthewjbell.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
on.ft.com/3HKFEtK Russia launches record mass drone attack on Ukraine
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Russia launches record mass drone attack on Ukraine
Moscow’s forces fire 805 drones in one night, striking government building in Kyiv
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Bianca Hillier @biancahillier.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Bad Bunny's most recent album, DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS, explores the colonial relationship between Puerto Rico and the US. Students at Yale are now diving into the lyrics in a new class: “Bad Bunny: Musical Aesthetics and Politics." My latest for @theworld.org theworld.org/stories/2025...
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András Tóth-Czifra @minczifra.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
New on Substack: a summary of the issues around Russia's upcoming regional and local votes and why these votes are interesting even under the current circumstances. minczifra.substack.com/p/on-russias...
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On Russia's upcoming elections and why they matter
A couple of thoughts about the upcoming week in Russia.
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Mark MacKinnon @markmackinnon.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
“The Indian leader bristled. He told Mr. Trump that U.S. involvement had nothing to do with the recent cease-fire. It had been settled directly between India and Pakistan.”
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The Nobel Prize and a Testy Phone Call: How the Trump-Modi Relationship Unraveled
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 27/08/2025
Another morale hit: For the 1st time, Russia reportedly seized villages in Urkaine's Dnipropetrovsk region. The NYT calls it "a minor but symbolic gain that gives the Kremlin another bargaining chip" as Russia tries to exert pressure along that stretch of the front. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/w...
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Russian Troops Gain a Toehold in Another Ukrainian Region
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 22/08/2025
"Yevgeny Prigozhin looked 'doomed' after his failed mutiny and told his mother he expected to die in the days before his private plane crash," reports @pjotrsauer.bsky.social, summarizing Violetta Prigozhin's interview with Fontanka. The authorities still haven't told her what happened to her son.
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Prigozhin knew he was ‘doomed’ after failed rebellion, says mother
Violetta Prigozhina, 85, says she warned her son not to defy Putin’s authority before he was killed in a plane crash
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Alex Leff @alexleff.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Russia launched massive strikes in Ukraine last night, including on an American company called Flex. www.npr.org/2025/08/21/g...
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Russian airstrikes hit a U.S. factory in western Ukraine
Two Russian cruise missiles hit a U.S. electronics plant in the far west of Ukraine. The strike was part of an overnight barrage of more than 600 drones and missiles.
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 16/08/2025
FT reports that Putin is demanding a resolution to the Ukraine war's "root causes," including a rollback of NATO's eastward expansion. It sounds like he's sticking to the terms presented to the US and NATO before the Feb 2022 invasion. A refresher:
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NPR @npr.org · 16/08/2025
Documents with sensitive details about the meeting between President Trump and Russian President Putin were left behind on a public hotel printer.
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Government papers found in an Alaskan hotel reveal new details of Trump-Putin summit
Documents with sensitive details about the meeting between President Trump and Russian President Putin were left behind on a public hotel printer.
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 14/08/2025
A lot of the Russian Internet news lately has focused on the Kremlin’s efforts to herd WhatsApp and Telegram users to the state-sponsored “MAX” substitute, but don’t sleep on this story from Nizhny Novgorod about experiments with a *total shutdown* of mobile data service. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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Russia goes offline Mobile Internet blackouts in the Nizhny Novgorod region leave residents questioning officials’ explanations and fearing lasting restrictions — Meduza
In the spring of 2025, mobile Internet providers began disabling service in regions across Russia. The authorities argue that the measures are necessary to protect civilians and strategically importan...
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Matthew Bell @matthewjbell.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Insightful conversation here with Fiona Hill, a Russia expert who served on the National Security Council during Trump's first term. LISTEN: theworld.org/segments/202...
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Trump 'can't hand Ukraine on a platter' to Putin, says former top advisor - The World from PRX
Fiona Hill advised US President Donald Trump on Russia during his first term and is now a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. She’s also one of the few people to have been in a room with  Trum...
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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
MORE: Ukrainian and European officials reportedly presented a counterproposal to US officials on August 9 as European officials continue to issue statements of support for Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity. for an end to Russia’s war against Ukraine. isw.pub/UkrWar080925
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
WSJ - European powers and Ukraine have responded to Putin’s cease-fire plan with a counterproposal that they say must serve as a framework so that coming talks between President Trump and the Russian leader can gain traction. www.wsj.com/world/ukrain...
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Ukraine and Europe Counter Putin’s Cease-Fire Proposal
The alternative blueprint to end the war comes after Russia demanded major territorial concessions and President Trump said he would meet with Vladimir Putin next week.
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John Hudson @johnphudson.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
SCOOP: Leaked drafts of the State Dept's annual human rights reports on El Salvador, Israel & Russia show the Trump admin is planning to eliminate or downplay accounts of prisoner abuse, corruption & LGBTQ discrimination www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Center for European Policy Analysis @cepa.org · 29/07/2025
In occupied Crimea, Russia is accelerating efforts to suppress the Crimean Tatar language and culture. In the latest #BehindTheLines, Elina Beketova reports on how Crimean Tatars are fighting to preserve their identity.
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Behind the Lines: Crimean Tatars Battle to Save their Language
Suppression of language is a key part of Moscow’s drive to erase the Crimean Tatar identity as it seeks to colonize occupied Ukraine.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
The Democratic Party’s image has eroded to its lowest point in 35 years, per @wsj.com poll, with 63% expressing an unfavorable view. Even so, Democrats edge Republicans in generic House matchup 46% to 43%. @aaronzitner.bsky.social www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
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Exclusive | Democrats Get Lowest Rating From Voters in 35 Years, WSJ Poll Finds
Republicans are seen as better at handling most issues that decide elections despite respondents’ unease with President Trump over the economy, tariffs and foreign policy.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Washington is awash in conspiracy theories these days, a cascade of suspicion and intrigue promoted or denied in the Oval Office, ricocheting around Capitol Hill and cable news and propelled at warp speed across social media. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/u...
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Competing Conspiracy Theories Consume Trump’s Washington
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Rachel Ziemba @reziemba.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
US reportedly considering allowing Chevron to resume production in Venezuela- but terms/length unclear. Volumes could be limited if short time and limited benefit to Ven govt. Logic of avoiding more Chinese influence makes sense, but US admin Ven policy still conflicted
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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
More protests are expected tonight outside Zelenskyy's presidential office in Kyiv, after he approved a controversial bill weakening two anti-corruption agencies. Europe is unhappy. Civil society is furious. Ukraine's political crisis is growing. My Guardian piece www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Zelenskyy defends bill stripping anti-corruption bodies’ independence amid protests
Move by Ukrainian president widely opposed and may prove a setback to hopes of country one day joining the EU
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Franz-Stefan Gady @hoanssolo.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
‚Heavy losses have reduced the quality of soldiers on both sides. “The men now are not capable of the same feats. Now it’s a war of drones.“‘ www.wsj.com/world/ukrain...
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See How Drones Are Dominating Every Corner of the War in Ukraine
A sky full of buzzing robots has changed everything about how the war is conducted.
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Alex Leff @alexleff.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Marines to leave LA - from NPR member @laist.com laist.com/brief/news/p...
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Marines to leave LA
They were sent to LA during anti-ICE protests
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Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org · 21/07/2025
Local stations — from New York City to Indigenous communities — will be the most impacted by the rescission and will likely have to lay off staff, reduce programming, and more if they don't find ways to replace government funds. www.niemanlab.org/2025/07/publ...
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Public media appeals to audiences for support after Congress cuts off its funding
Stations are tapping audiences to try to raise the money Congress took away.
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NPR @npr.org · 21/07/2025
The Pentagon says 700 U.S. Marines sent to Los Angeles by President Donald Trump during immigration protests more than a month ago will be withdrawn as soon as Tuesday. via @laist.com
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Marines to leave LA
They were sent to LA during anti-ICE protests
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Kristina Berdynskykh @berdynskykh.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Kyiv metro. People hiding from the shelling. Photo by Yan Dobronosov #Ukraine #Kyiv
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
During Trump's 50-day delay in imposing further sanctions against Moscow, Russia summer offensive in Ukraine is gaining ground as its forces attack on multiple fronts. Ivan Nechepurenko @constantmeheut.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/w...
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Why Russia Is Gaining Ground in Ukraine
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Doug Klain @dougklain.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
A headline like this would have seemed unthinkable a month ago
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Togzhan Kassenova @togzhankassenova.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
How layoffs will affect the State Department and American diplomacy www.npr.org/2025/07/17/n...
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How layoffs will affect the State Department and American diplomacy
NPR's Steve Inskeep asks John Dinkelman, new president of the American Foreign Service Association, about how layoffs will affect the State Department and American diplomacy.
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 16/07/2025
Gutting the offices America needs most: among the roughly 1,350 workers laid off at the State Department last week were senior analysts in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, commonly known as INR, including people who specialize in Russia and Ukraine. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/u...
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State Dept. Layoffs Hit Russia and Ukraine Analysts
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Moreover, the Russians have paid attention and realize that Trump deadlines tend to be less than firm so they have already indicated that they don't take this one all that seriously.
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Christopher Miller @christopherjm.ft.com · 14/07/2025
New: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he had nominated first deputy prime minister Yulia Svyrydenko to lead his cabinet and “significantly renew its work”, in the most notable shake-up of his government since Russia’s full-scale invasion. www.ft.com/content/c235...
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy nominates new Ukraine PM in major reshuffle
The president asks deputy prime minister Yulia Svyrydenko to head his government
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Will Vernon @willvernon.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
One of Russia's most popular writers has been sentenced in absentia to fourteen years in prison on charges of justifying terrorism. Boris Akunin, a famous crime novelist who lives in exile in London, is an outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine.
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Foreign leaders meticulously prepare for phone calls & meetings w/ President Trump, war-gaming possible surprises and entanglements and quietly trading information and best practices with allies. By @ashleyrparker.bsky.social and @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Flattery, Firmness, and Flourishes
World leaders and diplomats quietly swap strategies for managing Trump.
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Brian Taylor @bdtaylor-su.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
"Russia has so far stuck to a hard line in negotiations, saying that any resolution to the war must address its “root causes,” referring to Moscow’s desire to demilitarize Ukraine and reassert its dominance over its politics." Matthew Luxmoore gets it right re: Putin's "root causes."
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Putin’s Strategy of Paying Lip Service to Peace Falters as Trump Loses Patience
The president’s remarks during a cabinet meeting were the latest sign of his growing displeasure with the Russian leader.
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orlabarry.bsky.social @orlabarry.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
"We are going to spend hundreds of millions of euros on anti-tank mines, but also on anti-personnel mines," says Lithuanian Deputy Defence Minister www.reuters.com/business/aer...
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Exclusive: Finland and Lithuania set to produce anti-personnel mines, officials say
Lithuania and Finland look set to start domestic production of anti-personnel landmines next year to supply themselves and Ukraine because of what they see as the military threat from Russia, officials from the two NATO member states told Reuters.
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Franz-Stefan Gady @hoanssolo.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
'Either way, Ukrainian soldiers say Russia’s expanded drone strike capacity gives it an edge it did not have during previous assaults.' www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/w...
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Ukrainian Troops Struggle to Hold the Line on the Eastern Front
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Christopher Miller @christopherjm.ft.com · 07/07/2025
It's been an open secret for months that Zelensky was going to swap out Ukrainian ambassador in DC Oksana Markarova. But he vowed to Trump in their call last week that he'd replace her soon and work with Trump's team to agree on a suitable replacement. www.ft.com/content/d20e...
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Zelenskyy vowed to replace US envoy criticised by Trump allies
Move to replace Kyiv’s ambassador to Washington expected to come alongside major wartime cabinet reshuffle
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