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‼️Zelenskyy announces results of negotiations with Trump envoys

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  From Quora World of Gold ·  Follow Posted by  Elena Gold   Sun ‼️Zelenskyy announces results of negotiations with Trump envoys 3 rounds of negotiations in Kyiv completed—and results are in. As most of us expected, no agreement has been reached today in Kyiv. Yet president Zelenskyy announced that the most important result is that negotiations have re-started. (And now, the European security specialists are also involved, I would say.) At his post-talks press briefing, Zelenskyy emphasized that defense is plan B—plan A is diplomacy. 3 rounds of negotiations were held. The second round was held with participation of the European national security advisors: Ukraine, the United States, and the E3 countries – France, Germany, and the United Kingdom. There was also a meeting of NSAs. Quotes from Zelenskyy: ”We agreed that Ukraine, Europe, and the United States will meet in the near future.” “We may prefer certain formats of negotiations, but it's worse when there are no...

4 Things We Found in Secret Ukrainian Military Audits

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The documents amount to an autopsy of the weapons-contracting process. Ukrainian soldiers from the 14th Mechanized Brigade firing a Grad multiple rocket launcher toward a Russian position near Kupiansk, Ukraine, in 2023. Credit... David Guttenfelder/The New York Times By Andrew E. Kramer,  Bianca Pallaro and Evelina Riabenko Andrew E. Kramer and Evelina Riabenko reported from Kyiv, Ukraine. Bianca Pallaro reported from New York. Sept. 6, 2026, 5:02 a.m. ET Earlier this year, we received a set of audits that reviewed how the Ukrainian military was spending its money on weapons and ammunition for the war against Russia. Ukrainian military procurement is notoriously corrupt and mismanaged. In more than 700 pages of financial tables and dryly worded critiques, these records offer one of the finest-grained pictures to date of just how the process goes wrong. The confidential reviews by the State Audit Service and an internal Ministry of Defense auditing department cover 2024 and 2025....