Ukraine
March 26, 2026 — John Hinderaker
This is one of those news stories that, not too many years ago, would have been considered an absurd conspiracy theory. Now, who knows? U.S. intelligence intercepted Ukrainian government communications discussing a plot to route hundreds of millions of American tax dollars earmarked for clean energy in the war-torn country and move them to the United States to enrich then-President Joe Biden’s 2024 re-election campaign and the Democratic National Committee,
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December 3, 2025 — John Hinderaker
Gabriella Power hosts the Power Hour on Sky News Australia. I was on her show yesterday. We talked about the exploding Tim Walz scandals, Kamala Harris’s retrospective on her VP choice, President Trump’s halt on Third World immigration, Trump’s revocation of Biden’s “autopen orders,” whether the Seditious Six face legal peril, and the current state of peace negotiations in Ukraine. I make no comment on my own performance, but Ms.
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November 26, 2025 — John Hinderaker
Last night, Rita Panahi included me in her wildly popular “Lefties Losing It” segment on Sky News. We talked about Democrats’ claims that the Trump administration is deporting American citizens, how a man became the world’s strongest woman, liberals’ disinformation about illegal immigration being a crime, the Seditious Six, dismissal of the indictments of Comey and James, and prospects for peace in Ukraine. My part starts at around 5:33 and
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November 25, 2025 — John Hinderaker
President Trump says a peace deal in Ukraine may be at hand: A peace deal between Russia and Ukraine is “very” close, Donald Trump said. The US president said there were a “few remaining points of disagreement” between the two countries following several rounds of negotiations. Mr Trump hailed the “tremendous progress” that had been made towards ending the war, and said his initial 28-point peace plan had been “fine-tuned”
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November 23, 2025 — John Hinderaker
The Trump administration released, or seemed to release, a 28-point plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war. President Trump said that Ukraine had until Thursday to accept it. The plan was seen by everyone as highly favorable to Russia, and Europeans unanimously denounced it. Or, more diplomatically, said it needed some work. Marco Rubio seemed to agree: Secretary of State Marco Rubio told US senators Saturday that the sweeping peace plan
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October 27, 2025 — John Hinderaker
This very long article in the Telegraph is behind a paywall, but that link should work for everyone. It is headlined: “Putin fears another coup as Russia finally begins to buckle.” Subhed: “Panic in the Kremlin as it runs out of cards to play just as Trump turns the screws.” The article is too long to excerpt effectively, but I will try: Suddenly, Putin has many reasons to be worried.
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October 23, 2025 — John Hinderaker
President Trump mused about supplying Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, a dramatic step because Tomahawks could reach Moscow from Ukrainian territory. But now Trump has taken Tomahawks off the table. Instead, the Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies. Treasury’s press release says: Today’s action targets Russia’s two largest oil companies, Open Joint Stock Company Rosneft Oil Company (Rosneft) and Lukoil OAO (Lukoil), which are now designated.
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October 17, 2025 — John Hinderaker
This is from last night’s Rowan Dean Show on Sky News. It starts with Rowan’s “The World’s Gone Mad” segment, and I come in around two-thirds of the way through. We talked about President Trump’s success in Gaza, the prospects for peace (peace through Tomahawk missiles) in Ukraine, and the Left’s puzzling reaction to the long-awaited cease fire in the Middle East:
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August 21, 2025 — John Hinderaker
Rita Panahi has a show on Sky News Australia that includes a wildly popular “Lefties Losing It” segment. I was part of that segment last night. Rita and I talked about the New York Times analysis that shows Democrats losing ground to Republicans in voter registration; whether socialism can be the salvation of the Democratic Party; redistricting and gerrymandering; President Trump’s role on the international stage; and whether peace can
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August 18, 2025 — John Hinderaker
Today, President Trump has been meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Europe’s top leaders. It remains to be seen what will come from today’s meetings and future negotiations with Russia, but for now we can make a few observations. First, President Trump solidified his position as the leader of the Western world. This photo of the heads of state who gathered at the White House today is impressive: Trump
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August 17, 2025 — John Hinderaker
Yesterday President Trump met with Vladimir Putin in Alaska. Trump emerged from the meeting saying that progress had been made, and Volodymyr Zelensky is coming to Washington tomorrow, along with other European leaders, for a follow-up meeting with Trump. The left-wing press reported on the Alaska summit in the only way they know how: anti-Trump. The New York Times headlined, “Breaking news: Trump backs off cease-fire demand, aligning with Putin.”
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August 11, 2025 — John Hinderaker
Last night I was on the Rita Panahi show on Sky News, with guest host Danica De Giorgio filling in for Rita. Our segment covered the Ukraine peace talks, the Armenia/Azerbaijan agreement, President Trump’s takeover of the D.C. police, Bernie Sanders complaining about Kamala Harris’s campaign, the border wall and free speech in the U.K. There is lots to enjoy, I think:
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July 14, 2025 — John Hinderaker
During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump said he believed he could end the Russia-Ukraine war with a few phone calls. I thought he could, too. I thought Russia and Ukraine were both weary, to put it mildly, and would be happy to be given a way out by the U.S. But we were wrong. Ukraine wanted to negotiate an end to the war, but Russia didn’t. So the war goes
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April 23, 2025 — John Hinderaker
The Trump administration has laid a peace proposal before Russian and Ukrainian leaders, and has said that the U.S. will walk away from negotiations if an agreement is not reached soon. In my opinion, this is entirely appropriate. First, what is the American proposal? It corresponds to what many observers have been saying for years would be the rational basis for peace: * U.S. recognizes Russian sovereignty over Crimea, the
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March 27, 2025 — John Hinderaker
At the outset of the Trump administration, I was confident that he would broker a peace between the exhausted combatants, Russia and Ukraine. I thought he would deserve, although of course he would not receive, the Nobel Peace Prize. But more recently, things seem to have gone sideways. This report from the London Times reflects a European perspective, but the facts are concerning: “Trump demands control of Ukraine’s minerals and
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March 11, 2025 — John Hinderaker
Representatives of the U.S. and Ukraine have been meeting in Saudi Arabia, with the result that Ukraine has agreed to a 30-day cease fire: The US state department has said in a joint statement with the Ukrainians that Washington will “immediately” lift the pause on intelligence-sharing and resume security assistance to Ukraine. The US ban on intelligence-sharing was announced last week by the White House. At the time, US officials
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March 4, 2025 — John Hinderaker
I don’t know how else to interpret this tweet by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. He got bad advice from Democrats before meeting with President Trump and Vice President Vance, unfortunately tried to score points in the press through that meeting, lost the opportunity to sign the mineral development agreement, and now realizes his mistake: I would like to reiterate Ukraine’s commitment to peace. None of us wants an endless war.
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