Politics

Putin is pocketing all the rewards of peace while carrying on with his war [ANALYSIS]

Stuart Dowell
 22.10.2026, 16:37
Putin greets US envoy Steve Witkoff at the Constantine Palace near St Petersburg on 21 October for nearly three hours’ talks. (Photo: PAP/EPA)
Putin greets US envoy Steve Witkoff at the Constantine Palace near St Petersburg on 21 October for nearly three hours’ talks. (Photo: PAP/EPA)

Kyiv has offered to freeze the front line as Trump demanded, yet the pressure keeps landing on Zelenskyy, because Ukraine, wired into American systems, is the easier party to move.