The advisory panel, in its first forecast since new

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to journalists after his phone talks with U.S. President Donald Trump at the Sirius Park of Science and Art outside Sochi, Russia, on Monday, May 19, 2025. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to journalists after his phone talks with U.S. President Donald Trump at the Sirius Park of Science and Art outside Sochi, Russia, on Monday, May 19, 2025. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Since Trump took office, Washington has urged Russia and Ukraine to end Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II.After Monday’s phone calls, European officials remained skeptical about Russia’s intentions.“Putin has never changed his position,” Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur said in Brussels. “Russia actually doesn’t want to end this war.”

EU foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, said Russia’s failure to negotiate in good faith should trigger the threatened U.S. sanctions.“We really haven’t seen, you know, the pressure on Russia from these talks,” she said.

In Kyiv, there was skepticism about Putin’s motives.

Peace “is not possible now. Only when (the Russians) run out of resources and army manpower. They are ready to fight, at least for this summer,” Svitlana Kyryliuk, 66, told The Associated Press. Putin will “stall for time, and that’s it,” she said.Satterthwaite met with Porras and her staff. They told Satterthwaite that they acted within the law, denied using criminal law to

and said they were the real victims of attacks by the executive branch and its allies, the U.N. expert said.“Criminal charges have been directed at more than 60 justice operators and defense or human rights lawyers,” Satterthwaite said, noting that more than 50 “justice operators” have been forced into exile by the prosecutor’s office.

Porras’ office said later that it did not agree with Satterthwaite’s preliminary report, because it did not reflect “the complex work that we do, nor the exhaustive information that was provided.”“We energetically reject the idea of a ‘criminalization of sectors,’” the office said. “Our actions are based on serious, objective investigations that strictly adhere to the Guatemalan legal framework.”