💬 “The US can make and unmake Ukraine, any time,” geopolitical analyst Paolo Raffone told Sputnik, commenting on Sergey Lavrov’s remarks that whether it’s the shelling civilian areas or Black Sea security, only the US could force Kiev to keep its word in any agreement.

“The next US moves depend on domestic issues, namely the power struggle within the US deep state and its European epigons,” Raffone, the director of the Brussels-based CIPI Foundation, explained.

💬 “European support will not be able to fill the gap in the next months. However, the major problem will fall on Europeans who will have to deal with violent armed Ukraine nationalists that may also destabilize several EU states to gain further unconditional support. Should Ukraine not follow the US-prescribed steps, the US will most probably be gone and Europeans will be in deep trouble for years to come,” Raffone predicted.

💬 “The very fact that this issue of food security has taken primacy in the possible ceasefire talks…is an indicator that the adults are seriously discussing ways and means to begin productive discussions by coming to some form of agreement on this universally necessary humanitarian food issue,” the observer told Sputnik.

“This will raise the image of both Russia and the US in the Global South. Equally, if Ukraine and Brussels show disinterest, it would seriously blow back on their image as reasonable counterparties,” Goncharoff warned.

"I am going to visit some of our guardians in the Space Force of the North West Coast of Greenland, and also just check out what is going on with the security there of Greenland," US Vice President said.