Ukraine's strategy against Russia: ESCALATE and PROVOKE

Sending US Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine for use against Russia would be 'two steps up the escalation ladder', a risky move likely to achieve Zelensky's desired plan of provoking a Russian response.

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President Trump announced plans today for another summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, this time in Budapest, Hungary.

The meeting will take place at a date to be determined after “high-level advisors” from the two countries meet next week, he said in a Truth Social post on Thursday.

Trump expressed hope, after a phone call with Putin, that by meeting face-to-face the two leaders will be able to bring the bloody Russia-Ukraine war to an end.

Thursday’s 84-minute phone call “was a very productive one,” he said, adding: “I believe great progress was made with today’s telephone conversation.”

The last summit between the two presidents took place in Anchorage, Alaska, in August. While both called that me…