Hungary, which has blocked Ukraine's path to NATO for years, has agreed to a decision that has made Ukraine's accession irreversible...

The outlines of the agreement are known: it includes both concessions from Ukraine and "compensations" from Hungary... Orbán plans to remain in the Russian orbit in the future…

Damon Wilson: "Americans increasingly understand that Vladimir Putin is a thug, a bandit, a bully... But this is your country. This is your fight."

If the reason for Hungary's absurd demands is a poor understanding of Ukraine, then a compromise is possible. But it is likely that Budapest is preemptively set on derailing Ukraine’s path to EU accession.

There are exactly two weeks to go to the NATO summit, and we can certainly predict the agreements that will be reached in Washington

"The secret to dealing with a potential Trump presidency is – don't expect anything. [...] I think he would now see that Ukraine failing, losing to Russia, would be just like Afghanistan for him. He doesn't want to be in that position…"

Switzerland has changed the troublesome provisions of the final document of the Peace Summit, which could have had undesirable consequences for Ukraine. Public outcry has improved the possible outcome of the Peace Summit.

Kajsa Ollongren: "Even if there is one right-wing populist party that is not that enthusiastic, the others will be able to force them to continue to support Ukraine."

Making such a decision will send a powerful signal to the world that Ukraine has compromised on key principles...

Tomáš Kopečný: "Today, the pace of deliveries depends on a single factor: the availability of financial resources. And very often we have to compete with the Russians." 

David Stulík: "Not striking Russia is like fighting with one hand tied behind your back... Soon we will see a 'black swan' scenario in Russia."

Even the US – famously Iran’s No. 1 enemy – has made gestures of respect for the politician who was rightly dubbed "the Butcher of Tehran"… 

Baiba Braže: "Ukraine can strike not only Ukraine's sovereign territory but also those places from where Russia is attacking, because that's covered by international law."

Everyone agrees that a special tribunal for Putin is of the utmost importance, but they cannot agree on how it should look. But now, Kyiv has  new hope...

Bernard-Henri Lévy: "Europeans have a tendency to put everything on Putin's head. I hear all this bullshit. The real dictatorship is never one man imposing his will on passive people."