Russia: Trump has ‘promised us Ukrainian territory’

Day 1,392.


Today, as Russia attempts to insist that one of its $400 million
submarines was not destroyed by a Ukrainian sea drone — in a
manner that appears to prove the opposite — we bring you inside
reporting from the American and Ukrainian negotiating teams at
this pivotal moment. We also look ahead to a crunch European vote
on whether to unlock and use frozen Russian state assets.


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Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley
on X.


Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls
on X.


Michael Weiss (Editor of The Insider). @michaeldweiss on X.


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CONTENT REFERENCED:


Russia: US has promised us Ukrainian territory (The Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/12/16/russia-us-promised-ukrainian-territory-war-sergei-lavrov/ 


Susie Wiles, JD Vance, and the “Junkyard Dogs”: The White House
Chief of Staff on Trump’s Second Term (Vanity Fair):


https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/trump-susie-wiles-interview-exclusive-part-1 


Ukraine Support Tracker (Kiel Institute):


https://www.kielinstitut.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-support-tracker/ 


How Europe Can Defend Itself with Less America (CSIS Report):


https://www.csis.org/analysis/how-europe-can-defend-itself-less-america 


Canadian military intelligence officer allegedly shared
classified information with Ukraine (Globe & Mail):


https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-canadian-forces-intelligence-officer-classified-information-ukraine/?intcmp=gift_share 


Swedish Navy spots armed Russian military personnel aboard shadow
fleet tankers in Baltic Sea (Euromaidan):


https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/16/swedish-navy-spots-russian-military-aboard-shadow-fleet/ 


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