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**Putin wants Trump and Xi to help him divide Ukraine.** **Putin proposes a summit with Trump and Xi to discuss an agreement on Ukraine** *Zelensky would not be included in the proposed negotiations, as the Russian leader seeks to negotiate an end to the war on terms favorable to Moscow.* The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, proposed that he, President Trump, and Chinese leader Xi Jinping meet next month to talk about Ukraine, in an attempt to negotiate an end to the four-year conflict on terms favorable to Moscow, according to people familiar with the discussions. The plan represents Putin's effort to capitalize on the rapprochement between Trump and the Russian leader, which has alarmed Ukraine and its allies in Washington and Europe. A summit of this kind — without the participation of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky — would be unprecedented and trigger alarms in European capitals and elsewhere. ## What's at stake The proposal would reportedly take place on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Shenzhen, China, on November 18–19. Putin is said to have floated the idea in a phone call with Trump on October 9; Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed that talks about a possible meeting are underway, but without an agenda or agreement defined. The central point is not just "ending the war": it's **who decides the future of Ukraine**. Excluding Zelensky — and, implicitly, the European Union — would transform peace into an agreement among powers over territory, security, and spheres of influence, rather than negotiations with the invaded country. ## Critique of Putin Putin is trying to convert the invasion into a negotiation of great powers. By proposing a sort of "new Yalta," he seeks three gains: to legitimize Russia's territorial gains, to divide Western allies, and to present Russia as an equal partner to the U.S. and China. His logic is cynical: a country that launched an aggressive war wants the victims and European neighbors to be mere objects of decision. Any "peace" shaped without Kyiv will have little legitimacy and low chances of lasting because Ukraine will continue to have the capacity and will to resist. ## Critique of Trump Trump may not have accepted the summit yet, but his reluctance to immediately refuse is dangerous. By leaving the door open for a meeting without Zelensky, he risks validating Putin's premise: that Ukraine's fate can be resolved by Washington, Moscow, and Beijing. There is also a serious contradiction: Trump presents himself as the man capable of "ending the war," but a hasty peace that rewards aggression would not be peace — it would be a pause that encourages the next invasion. And the report of a potential agreement on Russian diesel, arising in the same conversation, reinforces the perception that economic and personal interests may weigh more than European security. ## Critique of Xi Xi stands to gain a lot by accepting to host or mediate: it places China at the center of the reorganization of European security without bearing the cost of war. However, his neutrality is fictitious; Beijing maintained close economic and political ties with Moscow during the invasion and has an interest in weakening American influence in Europe. If Xi participates in a format that excludes Ukraine, he will cease to be a mediator and become a co-author of a geopolitical arrangement. This would be especially serious for Central and Eastern European countries, which view the defense of Ukraine as a matter of principle and their own security. ## The decisive test A conference can only be legitimate if it includes Ukraine as a participant with full veto rights and involves the European partners who finance and support its defense. Without this, it is not diplomacy: it is an attempt to **divide influence at the expense of a sovereign country**. https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/putin-floats-a-summit-with-trump-and-xi-to-de (translated)

Dawisson Belém Lopes stated that the far-right achieved good electoral results but did not know how to govern. According to him, investors would not invest money in countries without reliable leadership, and this movement was already occurring in the region, not being mere speculation. https://t.co/T2pQtJ1dDE #politica #investimento #liderança (translated)

Claudio Dantas stated that the left was lost for finally realizing, according to him, the effects of decades of "internal dictatorship" by Lula, which would have prevented the emergence of other popular leaders. He predicted that the field would not only lose the current election but also at least the next ten. #esquerda #Lula #eleições (translated)

International relations specialist Miguel Baumgartner warns that U.S. pressure on Zelensky to accept a ceasefire with Russia could put Ukraine at a disadvantage, leading to the possibility of territorial loss and a change of leadership in the country. #Ucrânia #Zelensky #RelaçõesInternacionais (translated)

Lula stated that voting for Flávio would also mean choosing his father and his brothers and said it was a civic duty to remember what, according to him, the Bolsonaro family was capable of doing. He asked if people would go through another pandemic and a dark period under leaderships he described as filled with disgust and contempt for the Brazilian people. #Brasil #politica #eleições (translated)

The PT in Brazil stated that voting for Flávio would also mean choosing his family, including his father and brothers. It said it was a civic duty to remember what they would be capable of doing and questioned whether people would face another pandemic or a dark period under leaderships that, according to the party, had shown repulsion and contempt for the people. The party argued that this remembrance would serve to prevent repetition. #Eleições2024 #Bolsonaro #Brasil (translated)

NINJA Media reported, with data from Indigenous Media, that Indigenous leaders and organizations from various regions of the country would promote a national mobilization on social networks this Sunday (18). According to the publication, the initiative aimed to bring the demands of the original territories closer to the digital environment, give visibility to historical agendas, and reinforce support for President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the second round. The mobilization also intended to highlight the political participation of Indigenous peoples in national public decisions and defend the maintenance and advancement of territorial and social rights achieved in recent years. #LutasIndígenas #DireitosHumanos #ParticipaçãoPolítica (translated)

André do Prado called supporters for an event on Avenida Paulista, in São Paulo, which, according to him, would take place the following day at 11 am, with the presence of Flávio Bolsonaro. He stated that the meeting would bring together supporters and political leaders at a decisive moment in the elections, referred to Bolsonaro as "our future president" and asked for votes for the number 22. #Eleição2024 #AvenidaPaulista #Bolsonaro (translated)

Arthur Machado stated that if Lula lost the elections on the 25th, sectors of the right that defined themselves by anti-PT sentiment could be left without a central opponent, since, according to him, they had not built an alternative project for the country. Machado criticized a portion of the liberal right, which, in his view, repeated slogans without presenting proposals to attract investments, modernize laws, or promote coexistence with divergent views. He also mentioned that the PT could fragment and compete for space among leaders after Lula. As an example, he cited European sectors that, according to him, reorganized their political identity around fighting other groups, including the radical right. Machado stated that without a consistent national project, former opponents of the PT could start targeting Eduardo Bolsonaro and other movements in search of new adversaries. The author also said that the criticisms of the "5th element" came from groups without a project or knowledge about Brazil and claimed that political groups that treated law as a tool for control, rather than as a guarantee of rights and freedoms, were technocratic and promoted a Chinese governance model. He concluded that the problem for these sectors would be discovering that they never had a project to replace Lula as an opponent. #PolíticaBrasil #Antipetismo #Lula (translated)

The PS, under the leadership of José Luís Carneiro, seeks to maintain a strategic position of the State in TAP, while facing internal debate and resistance regarding the possibility of a complete sale of the company, advocating for a partial privatization and the preservation of influence over strategic decisions. #TAP #Privatização #PartidoSocialista (translated)

UpdateCharts reported that TV Globo informed, in an official statement, that Flávio Bolsonaro, the PL's candidate for the Presidency of the Republic, visited the broadcaster's headquarters in Rio de Janeiro on the afternoon of this Friday (16). According to the statement, he was received by the president of the Globo Group, João Roberto Marinho, and the vice president of Institutional Relations, Paulo Tonet, without the presence of journalism leadership. The broadcaster also stated that requests for institutional visits were part of the routine for executives of media companies and that candidates for elective positions usually held courtesy meetings. #FlávioBolsonaro #TVGlobo #Eleições2024 (translated)

Dieguinho classified what Globo did that day as an unprecedented scandal. He wrote that Grupo Globo confirmed a lunch with Flávio Bolsonaro and stated that there was no participation from journalism leadership. He also questioned whether the population was considered idiotic. https://t.co/d72gLofALz #Globo #Política #Escândalo (translated)