Posted on 09/29/2025 12:16:19 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
Ukrainian defense and national security officials are on their way to Washington to hammer out details of a proposed drone deal with the Trump administration, The Post has learned.
Representatives of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense and its National Security and Defense Council will be working with their American counterparts Tuesday through Friday as Washington and Kyiv aim to solidify a defense agreement that would bind the countries closer together.
“Following the results of the negotiations between the presidents of Ukraine and the United States, a Ukraine delegation will arrive to Washington from Sept. 29 to Oct. 2 for technical consultations on the drone deal,” said new Ukrainian Ambassador to the US Olga Stefanishyna.
The meetings come as Ukraine aims to build upon a successful meeting between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of last week’s United Nations General Assembly.
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I dont won’t to be bound closer to Ukraine. I’d rather be prepping russia for China fight. China is the beneficiary of this war.
I dont won’t to be bound closer to Ukraine. I’d rather be prepping russia for China fight. China is the beneficiary of this war.
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I assumed the USA would be tapping into Ukraine's drone experience. The issue is that the key components, such as optics, batteries, software probably all come from China anyway.
Almost like China Joe and China colluded to prod Russia into intervention in Ukraine
And China has been the major (only?) beneficiary of the Ukraine war
MAGA better get used to it, taking a back seat to Ukraine. If JD Vance was correct and Trump will send more types of weapons and then approve their use, then Trump is going to be a busy guy. Vance did make it clear that Trump makes all the decisions on Ukraine. Vance demanded Russia negotiate with Trump who Vance presents as a netural non-party to the confict as an arbiter of sorts. Trump has never be a non-party to Ukraine or the conflict. Thus, Trump is making clear to Russia that the SMO will continue and that Russia will have to force regime change in Kiev. It is all clear now that Trump backs Zelinski and that is one more reason for the SMO, to remove the Zelinski regime.
This is Trump’s war now.
This is one way in which to integrate Ukraine into NATO thru the backdoor, e.g., contracting Ukrainians to teach US and NATO forces - it is actually happening and there are already contracts in effect. Over the past two years, we have heard a lot about standing up military production in Ukraine for very purpose of building arms for NATO. Russia has a small say in these matters and they have destroyed the Toaster factory, the blender factory, the video game factory, and all sorts of US civilian purposed facilities that produced military supply for the AFU.
Right before our eyes, suggestions like yours are being effected, for the sole purpose of integration of the two military forces by design.
Trump’s straddling the line between ending the war and peace cannot happen with Trump’s activities. Vance has pretty much stated the obvious, by telling the world that Trump approves weapons and targets/use. This was an epic fail by JD Vance and thus speaks to why Rubio not being allowed to the job of diplomacy is hurting the US. Trump is going to conduct diplomacy thru posts on X and by answering questions to assemble throngs of reporters. Is it any wonder that it appears for now that there will be no Ukraine even as a rump state due to Trump’s handling of his war.
These drones aren't going to be used as weapons?
Of course, this could be fake news given how much Rupert Murdoch wants us involved in a war in Ukraine.
Are the lights still out in Belgorod, Ivan? Lol!
You’ve caught me off guard. I guess from the title that Trump is directly providing weapons to Ukraine... Belive nothing from Trump on Ukraine. Nothing has changed on the battlefield and Ukraine is still losing; Biden 2.0 is simply maintianing US Policy to bleed Russia after the attempt to execute a coup against Putin, defeat Russia and now prevent Russo-Chinese relations. Ukraine has served to bring those countries in the world who want to be soverign and trade freely to join Brics in order to escape the US.
Trump tried to salvage something in Ukraine. For Russia Ukraine is America’s Guam or Puerto Rico. The people of Ukriane are considered by the great majority of Russians as Russians and therefore the war is against their own peoples, but with the meddling of the US/EU/NATO. Russia will not cut some deal with Trump that does not achieve their stated goals. Trump can’t understand anything but money - hence his oft handed stupid comments about making money selling weapons to Ukraine. Trump doesn’t care where the money comes from as long as he is on TV.
The US is the one who is bleeding in Ukraine though... we have been the ones demanding a freeze. Any talk of escalating and introducing new weapons into Ukraine is not a sign things are going well. Every escalation has been a result of Ukrainian failures.
The US is busy burning the world to the ground in Cambodia, the PI, VN, Nepal, etc. The US will be involved in many new war in the coming year. Trump has proven to be the reincarnation of Clinton’s foreign policy, breaking International Laws and continuing the Coups and conflicts.
Eventually, we are going to be somewhat self isolated by our own actions, and the revulsion of other soverign nations to avoid entanglements and Trump’s deals.
JD Vance trying to support Trump has shown the world why diplomacy should preceed National Leaders announcing foreign policy on the fly - as Vance said Trump will approve weapons and targets, that was known by Russia but to the average person it shows Trump cannot be taken at his word.
Maybe Trump can defeat the British Deep State DNC/CIA and eventually have influence on foreign policy; however, he is captured into the long forward trajectory of the US MIC, and thus he will keep making his money off Ukraine.
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