The “major statement” on Russia Trump hyped up turned out to be an attempt to thread the needle between escalating US involvement in Ukrainian and walking away from it.
The West’s Hybrid War on Russia to follow peace in Ukraine is inevitable due to neoconservatives and liberal-globalists in its decision-making ecosystem.
Only political engineering by the US can restore Russian language rights in Ukraine like Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov pledged Russia would do.
Trump appeared to have recognized the limits of third-party mediation between Russia and Ukraine in the post that he made after his latest call with Putin.
Xi Jinping will talk with Putin on a range of issues, signing a number of inter-governmental agreements, suggesting a deal between them if Ukraine talks fail.