Posted on 12/20/2025 10:58:25 AM PST by Navy Patriot
A Russian missile strike on port infrastructure in Odesa in southern Ukraine killed eight people and wounded 27, Ukraine’s emergency service said Saturday, as a a Kremlin envoy was set to travel to Florida for talks on a U.S.-proposed plan to end the nearly four-year war,
The discussions are part of the Trump administration's monthslong push for peace that also included meetings with Ukrainian and European officials in Berlin earlier this week. Ukraine's chief negotiator said late Friday that his delegation had completed separate meetings in the U.S. with American and European partners.
Meanwhile, European Union leaders agreed on Friday to provide a massive interest-free loan to Ukraine to meet its military and economic needs for the next two years.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said much will depend on the U.S. posture after discussions with the Russians.
Speaking at a press conference in Kyiv with Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro, Zelenskyy said that "the key question remains how the United States responds after consultations with the Russians. At this point, I honestly don’t know, but I will know later today."
Some of those wounded in Odesa were on a bus at the center of the strike late Friday, the emergency service said in a Telegram post. Trucks caught fire in the parking lot and cars were also damaged.
The port was struck with ballistic missiles, said Oleh Kiper, the head of the Odesa region.
Moscow did not immediately acknowledge reports of the attack. The Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday that over the previous day, it had struck unspecified "transport and storage infrastructure used by the Ukrainian armed forces," along with energy facilities and those supplying Kyiv's war effort.
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That’s the slobbering “Slava Ukraine” worshipping crap I was talking about.
Thanks for posting !
BTW, bookmarked it again, and backing it up this time, even though the juicy stuff is deleted..
What? It’s now ‘toxic’ to ask someone (Dat) to back up a claim THEY made?
What’s “toxic” is YOU posting to ME, upthread, questioning MY faith.
I then asked you to BACK OFF, as you are/were WAY out of your lane.
NOW, you post to me, again, in reply to a post I made to DAT, who had posted to ME, completely out of the blue.
His post claimed he had proof of something that I had neither asked him/anyone about. I then asked HIM to post said proof.
And, now, YOU post to ME, again ... unwarranted and unsolicited ... and claim victimhood of toxicity ... on a thread YOU made toxic.
No SALE, Revenue Mom.
You’re trying to get yet another thread pulled that YOU have embarrassed yourself on.
Again ... BACK OFF.
Stop posting/copying me in on ANY of your pathetic posts.
Yes...it IS best to ignore the disruptors, like YOU. So, you can now consider yourself completely ignored.
No kidding.
See my post 244.
Amen!
It has been an awful infestation...
"forever enshrined in the ledgers of Mensa due to their infinite wisdom"
That would be DENSA 🤣
"That would be DENSA 🤣"
That is exactly what she is doing.
You’re on a roll today! 😄🤣👍🏆🥇
Yup.. that is what I am seeing too.
LOL!
Revenue Mom and DENSA. 😂😂😂
keeper!
"You can measure most things by how the left responds to them. What do your instincts tell you about why the left (think Clintons) loved Russia when it was known as the Soviet Union, but ever since Russia got rid of the Soviets, the left hates Russia. Before 1989: the left loved Russia After 1989: the left hates Russia"
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