Bryen alleges that there is a behind-the-scenes back channel that is far ahead of what is publicly known and reported. [[Ukraine]] and the [[Zelensky regime]] have been cut off by the Trump administration. The only question I can determine unresolved is, does this mean the port city of [[Odessa]] is also included in Russia's territorial demands, and a Ukrainian rump state will be landlocked? (There is an internal debate in Russia about not being overextended beyond what they can control and defend, such as what happened in 1989 with [[East Germany]] & the [[Warsaw Pact]], etc.) The fact that [[Keith Kellogg]], [[Waltz]] and [[Rubio]] appear cut out, and [[Middle East]] envoy [[Witkoff]] has appeared in the [[Kremlin]] is more evidence of Bryen's theory. | Bryen alleges that there is a behind-the-scenes back channel that is far ahead of what is publicly known and reported. [[Ukraine]] and the [[Zelensky regime]] have been cut off by the Trump administration. The only question I can determine unresolved is, does this mean the port city of [[Odessa]] is also included in Russia's territorial demands, and a Ukrainian rump state will be landlocked? (There is an internal debate in Russia about not being overextended beyond what they can control and defend, such as what happened in 1989 with [[East Germany]] & the [[Warsaw Pact]], etc.) The fact that [[Keith Kellogg]], [[Waltz]] and [[Rubio]] appear cut out, and [[Middle East]] envoy [[Witkoff]] has appeared in the [[Kremlin]] is more evidence of Bryen's theory. |