Ukraine has made a dramatic diplomatic move as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy publicly rejects Vladimir Putin’s invitation to Moscow and instead invites the Russian leader to Kyiv for direct talks. At the same time, the Kremlin confirms a temporary pause in strikes on Ukrainian cities following a direct request from President Donald Trump. 

Alexander Dugin often called “Putin’s Brain”, has once again raised alarm bells by publicly pushing for a seven-nation expansion that would reshape the entire post-Soviet region. From Moscow’s ideological inner circle, Dugin has framed territorial conquest as a necessary state objective, arguing that international law is secondary to force. He even uses Trump’s Greenland comments as a strategic example of how great powers claim territory and why Russia must do the same. WATCH