When does Putin feel the pinch?
• Oct 23, 2025, 6:17 PM
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It's been a long seven days, even by Russia-Ukraine standards.
Last week at this time, the talk was of Tomahawks. But instead of delivering missiles, Donald Trump instead gave a closed-door earful at the White House to Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Then came talk of a mano a mano U-S-Russia summit in Budapest.
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