kriykat<p>The Phony Ceasefire<br><a href="https://consortiumnews.com/2025/03/16/the-phony-ceasefire/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">consortiumnews.com/2025/03/16/</span><span class="invisible">the-phony-ceasefire/</span></a><br>Knowing well in advance that Russia would reject it, the U.S. and Ukraine announced with fanfare that its ceasefire deal was in &#8220;Russia&#8217;s court&#8221; in what was an exercise of pure public relations, writes Joe Lauria. By Joe Lauria Special&#8230;<br><a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Analysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Analysis</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Britain</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Commentary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Commentary</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/U" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>U</span></a>.n.SecurityCouncil <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/U" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>U</span></a>.s. <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/UnitedNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedNations</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/J" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>J</span></a>.d.Vance <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/JoeLauria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JoeLauria</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/KeirStarmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KeirStarmer</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/PublicRelations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicRelations</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/VasilyNebenzya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VasilyNebenzya</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/VladimirPutin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VladimirPutin</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/VolodmyrZelensky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VolodmyrZelensky</span></a></p>