Apologies, a little later than usual today.
And just a quick reading, a three-card Lenormand.
Birds(Owls): Talk, Communication, Negotiation, Discussion
Bear: Power, Strength, Force, Material Protection & Security, Defence
Coffin: Death, Ending, Completion
At the centre is the Bear, representing power and strength, a kind of material security, with assets (or “food”). It can refer to protection and defence, so on the world stage, this might indicate issues of national security, self protection… or a particular power such as Russia, which itself has the symbol of the bear.
Around it, we have negotiations or talks about an ending (Birds, Coffin).
Reading the cards from left to right, defence talks or negotiations, or powerful ones, or perhaps those bigging up strength (Birds, Bear), bring an ending to a show of strength, or to power in some way (Bear-Coffin). The Coffin can suggest a kind of energy drain, so it could also represent the draining of power and strength in some way.
Final talks, or those that bring an end to power or a show of strength.
Bang on. Russia's withdrawal this week from Kherson.