"I woke up this morning in Ukraine to the familiar sound of air-raid alerts and the less familiar feeling that reality is being rewritten somewhere far away. Overnight, the New York Post reported that Donald Trump said Vladimir Putin had "kept his word" on a ceasefire. Yesterday, from the ground here in Ukraine, I wrote the complete opposite, and like Witkoff's recent comments to Trump, which only confirmed what I'd already reported, that claim feels completely detached from what people here are actually living through."
"One of the most basic problems has never been solved: nobody can clearly explain what this ceasefire is even supposed to mean. When does it start? When does it end? What can be hit and what cannot? Energy infrastructure? Cities? Transport? Military targets only? These aren't technical footnotes, but they are the difference between real de-escalation and a public relations exercise. Yet this kind of vagueness has become a bad trademark of the Trump administration's approach: sloppy, unorganised, heavy on statements, light on structure."
Air-raid alerts continue across Ukraine while reports claim a ceasefire, but battlefield actions contradict those claims. Diplomatic language about a ceasefire remains vague, with no clear start, end, or definitions of protected targets such as energy infrastructure, cities, transport, or military assets. The ambiguity turns ceasefire terms into public relations optics rather than enforceable de-escalation measures. Russia continues strikes, including ballistic missiles, causing civilian casualties; a passenger train was struck in Kharkiv. The vagueness of the ceasefire resembles an administration approach heavy on statements and light on operational structure.
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