Ceasefire Trap : The Duran

Good overview of a very busy few days

00:00:00 Introduction: Putin’s busiest 72 hours

00:01:18 Overview of the LuKashenko meeting in Valdai

00:02:46 The Zarubin interview: what Putin said

00:04:02 Russia’s information war: West trying to destabilize

00:05:44 Fuel shortage crisis: panic buying vs. real shortages

00:07:08 Anchorage exposed: the US proposal and the walkback

00:08:16 The ceasefire proposals Putin rejected outright

00:09:27 Novorossiya: Putin signals Odessa as a strategic objective

00:10:49 Drone strikes on Russia: Putin plays defense

00:13:48 Domestic messaging: fuel, reserves and Crimea

00:17:43 Reading Putin’s concessions to Trump in Alaska

00:21:42 The 3 plus 2 model: Witkoff’s piece of paper

00:26:58 Anchorage is dead: no deal, just embarrassment

00:32:04 What failed: unconventional diplomacy and its cost

00:42:58 Kremlin internal pressure: who wanted to stop the SMO

00:46:32 Sumy buffer zone and Kursk revenge