Ukraine

Congressional Insider -   A fragile U.S.-brokered energy ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia has collapsed before it even began, exposing the Trump administration’s struggles to deliver on promises of peace while Americans watch energy markets wobble and another foreign conflict drain resources.

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Russia resumed energy strikes on Ukraine days after U.S.-mediated ceasefire talks in Saudi Arabia, leaving hundreds of thousands without power in freezing conditions

President Trump’s peace push failed to produce enforceable agreements, with Russia and Ukraine disputing start dates and protected facility lists

No evidence supports claims linking the ceasefire to an Iran war oil crisis; the energy deal remains confined to the Russia-Ukraine conflict

Conservative voters frustrated as Trump’s second-term diplomacy mirrors the endless foreign entanglements he promised to end