Here’s what The Counteroffensive is reading today: Putin proposed holding a summit with Trump and Xi next month. Putin plans to exclude Ukraine and negotiate an end to the war favourable to Russia as U.S.-Russia relations warm up.

CAT OF CONFLICT Compot the cat now has his own passport, but he’s not particularly thrilled, since it came with a rabies vaccine. He did not expect such a betrayal from Ally.

Here’s what The Counteroffensive is reading today:  Russian drones hit two ships inside Romania’s territorial waters, after which seven sailors have gone missing.  Russia has been escalating attacks on Ukrainian grain exports in Black Sea.