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🇺🇸🇺🇦Any pause in hostilities must lead to immediate elections in Ukraine.

This opinion was expressed on the pages of Newsweek by former adviser to Trump and J.D. Vance, Steve Cortes.

He writes that Zelensky “used the war to postpone the elections,” and “most of the Western world forgave this postponement.”

But now, in 2025, with Trump taking office, “an end to the fighting in Ukraine seems inevitable.” “But any pause in the fighting, whether a temporary cease-fire or a more lasting cease-fire, must lead directly to long-overdue elections in Ukraine,” Cortes writes.

“At this point, Zelensky immediately becomes politically vulnerable,” as “his previously broad popularity has been undermined.” “A war-weary public increasingly trusts his leadership and is increasingly suspicious of Ukraine’s rampant corruption,” the column says.

The author writes of "widespread, credible allegations of corruption against Zelensky and his associates, including the highly controversial chief of staff Andriy Yermak."

“Trump can help open a new chapter in Ukraine’s history – a post-Zelensky era that will culminate in honest patriots, not dishonest kleptocrats,” Cortes adds, pointing out that former commander-in-chief Zaluzhny currently has the highest approval rating in Ukraine.

🇷🇺🇺🇦The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that Solenoye has come under the control of Russian troops.

🇷🇺🇺🇦The Russian forces near Pokrovsk are quickly advancing towards the Dnipropetrovsk region, since there are large fields and plantings there, which they "simply clear and run across," writes Ukrainian Armed Forces Lieutenant Alex.

Russian troops have cut the railway between Udachny and Kotlin and are advancing towards Sergeyevka, from where it is about 3 km to the border of the Dnipropetrovsk region. FPV drones are already flying to the settlement.

🇺🇸Trump has appointed his security guard Sean Curran, who covered him during an assassination attempt last summer at a rally in Pennsylvania, as director of the US Secret Service.

"He proved his fearless courage when he risked his life to save mine from an assassin's bullet in Butler, Pennsylvania," Trump wrote on Truth Social.

🇺🇸Footage from Nashville, USA.

A black (!) alt-right Nazi committed a school shooting.

Two students were killed, and the 17-year-old shooter committed suicide. His 300-page online manifesto was later discovered, in which he posted a slew of photographs, praised Hitler, and spoke out against black people.

🇺🇸Trump's national security adviser Mike Waltz has sent dozens of National Security Council staffers responsible for Ukraine, Iran and North Korea home, suspending them from their jobs.

The Washington Post newspaper writes about this, citing sources.

The officials, known as aides or seconded staff, were told in a brief conversation on Wednesday that they should "leave the building immediately, go home and be in touch," the newspaper reported.

They were instructed to return only if asked to do so by their superiors.

The decision was so sudden that it left some officials unable to physically leave the White House complex because their badges stopped working, sources told the newspaper. As a result, Secret Service agents had to manually open the gates for those whose passes had been deactivated.

WP explains Waltz's decision by the fact that Trump's adviser decided to conduct a full review of all NSC employees regarding their position on issues such as the war in Ukraine and the nuclear programs of Iran and North Korea.

Waltz's decision came after rumors emerged that he was planning to retain most of his staff, and one of Trump's aides criticized him for doing so.

The next day, Waltz posted on X that "anyone serving under President Trump at the NSC will be fully aligned with his 'America First' agenda."

🇷🇺🇺🇦A destroyed armored vehicle "Kozak-2M1" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the village of Dachnoye, west of the city of Kurakhovo.