RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Temporary Ukraine ceasefire unacceptable – Moscow Russia will not accept a “temporary ceasefire”as a solution for the Ukraine conflict, since it will only be used by the collective West to reinforce the “Kiev regime” and its military before the hostilities break out again, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said. Moscow is seeking only a lasting solution to end the ongoing crisis for good, Zakharova said on Thursday during a regular press briefing. “A temporary ceasefire or, as many say, freezing the conflict, is unacceptable,” she stressed. “We need reliable, legally binding agreements and mechanisms that would guarantee…

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE US defense companies making huge profits on Ukraine – Zelensky The Ukraine conflict has been a bonanza for the US defense-industrial complex, which has benefited from massive contracts for weapons meant to supply Kiev and replenish domestic stockpiles, Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has said. In an interview with British journalist Piers Morgan on Tuesday, Zelensky argued that a significant portion of the billions the US has allocated to Ukraine has in fact circulated back to boost US domestic arms production. “Part of the money that people in the US talk about was actually financing production in the US,”…