Russia not interested in negotiated settlements, hybrid warfare to continue beyond Ukraine
Europe • Oct 16, 2025, 9:58 PM
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Donald Trump said he would meet Vladimir Putin in Budapest after making "great progress" in a call Thursday, just a day before Volodymyr Zelenskyy is due at the White House to push for US-made Tomahawk missiles. Speaking on FRANCE 24, Scott Lucas, Professor of International Politics at University College Dublin, says that Moscow is ''not interested in a negotiated settlement' and that we are heading towards a continuation of hybrid warfare.
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