Deal or no Deal: Russia/Ukraine with Dr John Laughland, Mats Nilsson & Mike Ryan on The Protagonists

Deal or no Deal: Russia Ukraine.

The Russia Ukraine conflict has been pushed aside in the mainstream media. Trump is distracted with Iran and Greenland and other places and his middle eastern envoys are incapable of paving the way to a peace plan. Perhaps we should be concerned about President Putin's mindset. Has Putin lost interest in a peace deal, given the arrogant and unrealistic intransigence of the Europeans. Russia struck back aggressively following the attack on his residence, which the Americans had a hand in.

Russia successfully fired multiple nuclear capable, 8000 mph hypersonic Oreshnik missiles and drones at Kyiv and Lviv in western Ukraine.

Russian attacks since October 2025 have hit 256 energy sites, including plants and substations, leaving millions at risk during the coldest winter in decades. President Zelenskyy has now declared a state of emergency in the energy sector. These attacks on Ukraines energy sector will seriously impact European gas supplies.

Tucker Carlson reports Russia is actively considering nuclear strikes against UK and Germany.

What impact will this have on Trump and the Europeans?

Mike Ryan HOST

Guests:

Dr John Laughland is Director of Forum for Democracy International and a lecturer in political science and history at the Catholic Institute of the Vendée in Western France. He was Director of the Euroskeptic think tank European Foundation until 2008 and Director of studies at the Institute of Democracy and Cooperation in Paris until 2018. He worked at the European Parliament from 2018 to 2020.

Mats Nilsson is a legal historian & geopolitical analyst. He is self described as a newshound, LL.M, author, traveler, conditional pacifist, tsundokuist, epicurean, with 15 years of gov. service, no NATO, Eurasian Sovereignist.

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