Russia Dismisses Proposal to Exchange Occupied Land for Peace with Ukraine

Russia on Wednesday, February 12, rejected any possibility of swapping occupied Ukrainian territory in a future peace deal, just hours after launching a missile and drone attack on Kyiv that killed one person and injured at least four others.   Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had suggested exchanging Ukrainian-controlled parts of Russia’s Kursk region for Russian-occupied…

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Trump Dismisses USAID Inspector General

US President Donald Trump has dismissed Paul Martin, the independent inspector general for the US Agency for International Development (USAID), a day after his office released a report critical of the administration’s handling of the agency.   The Washington Post, CNN, and other US media outlets reported on Wednesday, February 12, that Martin was informed…

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