The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. June 15, 2022 U.S. Admits It Is Not Pushing Ukraine to Hold Talks to End War -------------------------------------------------------------- A Pentagon official has publicly said the Biden administration is not pushing Ukraine to hold talks to end the war. Colin Kahl, the under secretary of defense for policy, said, "We're not going to tell the Ukrainians how to negotiate, what to negotiate and when to negotiate." Meanwhile, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has posted a message on Telegram suggesting Ukraine won't exist on world maps in two years. .