Favoring "deals over deterrence" will damage U.S. alliances and embolden Beijing, says Craig Singleton of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

Under the proposed Russian deal, Kyiv would fully withdraw from the eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions in return for a Russian pledge to freeze the front lines in the southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, the sources said.

US President Donald Trump on Friday (16 August) claimed Russia had lost India as an oil customer after Washington announced tariffs on New Delhi for its crude imports from Moscow, though he hinted he may not apply secondary tariffs on other nations still buying Russian oil, NDTV reported.

Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, at his meeting with US President Donald Trump on 15 August, did not oppose security guarantees for Ukraine and named China as one of the states that could provide such guarantees.

China's top diplomat landed in neighbouring India on Monday, seeking to bolster long-fraught relations in the face of intense pressure and tariffs from the United States.Foreign

Former National Security Advisor Susan Rice evaluated President Trump's Friday meeting with Vladimir Putin during an appearance Friday evening on MSNBC. Rice said it was a diplomatic victory for Putin to get such a "warm welcome" from Trump on U.

Trump has issued an ultimatum for India to end its purchases of Russian oil — a key revenue source for Moscow's war in Ukraine — or Washington will double new import tariffs on India from 25% to 50%.

Ukraine controls around 6,600 square kilometres of Donbas, which comprises the Donetsk and Luhansk regions and is claimed by Russia

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