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Zelensky arrives in the Netherlands for an address at The Hague, Dutch media reports.
The New York Times ^ | May 4, 2023 | Claire Moses

Posted on 05/04/2023 3:21:08 AM PDT by Timber Rattler

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine unexpectedly traveled to the Netherlands on Wednesday and was scheduled to speak in The Hague on Thursday, according to the Dutch wire service ANP.

Mr. Zelensky made the trip after spending much of Wednesday denying Russian claims his country was responsible for an early morning drone attack on the Kremlin, saying that Ukraine was focused on the fight on its own soil. “We’re defending our villages and cities,” he said, while visiting Nordic leaders in Helsinki, Finland.

In the Netherlands, Mr. Zelensky was also expected to meet with Prime Minister Mark Rutte and to visit the International Criminal Court in The Hague, which issued an arrest warrant for President Vladimir V. Putin and a Russian official for war crimes in March.

The visit, which had not been reported until hours before his arrival, was Mr. Zelensky’s first in-person visit to the Netherlands as the leader of Ukraine. Mr. Zelensky addressed the Dutch House of Representatives over video in March 2022, when he asked lawmakers to stop doing business with Russia and to send more munitions.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia; Ukraine
KEYWORDS: buyasuitdude; dresslikeabum; hague; houseshopping; icc; nato; needmorecocaine; netherlands
Touching base with NATO, the EU, and the ICC...
1 posted on 05/04/2023 3:21:08 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
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To: Timber Rattler

Putin @DarthPutinKGB ·

Weeks - 62

Victories - O

Dead - 195,000🌻

Russian Flag - False

War Crimes - ♾

Wanted - In 123 countries

Currency - Yuan🇨🇳

Victory parades - Cancelled

Crimean property - Booming💥

UNGA - Voting against Russia

Me - In bunker

Zelensky - Not in bunker

I remain a master strategist

2 posted on 05/04/2023 4:26:09 AM PDT by tlozo ( Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees )
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Touching base with NATO, the EU, and the ICC...

Is Grease Spot looking for a new home?

3 posted on 05/04/2023 4:43:01 AM PDT by JonPreston
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Is Grease Spot looking for a new home?

He sure did a quick skedaddle from The Ukraine. As has been said, timing is everything.

4 posted on 05/04/2023 4:53:11 AM PDT by BlackbirdSST (Trump or Bust! Long live the Republic.)
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Some speculate he won’t be returning to the nation he helped to destroy. The question is how do the Bidenites want this to end? Or will they allow Putin to chime in? I’m going with the latter. It saves money.


5 posted on 05/04/2023 5:01:18 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: Timber Rattler

This is day old news. It was reported yesterday before the attack on the Kremlin. Probably just a coincidence though. Probably.


6 posted on 05/04/2023 5:08:20 AM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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So how did your Hero get to the Netherlands? On a Private Jet paid for by the US Taxpayer?


7 posted on 05/04/2023 5:20:20 AM PDT by EC Washington
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So how did your Hero get to the Netherlands? On a Private Jet paid for by the US Taxpayer?

Zelensky travels by train. They do have those in Europe, you know.

The extraordinary train lifeline behind Ukraine’s Rail Force One

8 posted on 05/04/2023 5:24:55 AM PDT by Timber Rattler ("To hold a pen is to be at war." --Voltaire)
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Zelensky travels by train. They do have those in Europe, you know.

That does make total sense considering how Nazis have used trains in the past.

9 posted on 05/04/2023 5:28:27 AM PDT by The Iceman Cometh (The Enemy Is The Left)
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Putin travels by train.


10 posted on 05/04/2023 5:41:19 AM PDT by tlozo ( Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees )
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To: The Iceman Cometh

You ever hear of the Trans-Siberian railroad and the gulags?


11 posted on 05/04/2023 5:47:59 AM PDT by Timber Rattler ("To hold a pen is to be at war." --Voltaire)
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“That does make total sense considering how Nazis have used trains in the past.”

Putin has traveled by train.

President Trump also no doubt traveled by train.

your comment is, sorry to say, non sequitur


12 posted on 05/04/2023 6:09:20 AM PDT by Cronos
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Hide your wallets! Zelenskyyyy is coming!


13 posted on 05/04/2023 6:33:50 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (We didn't have all this violence when we had God in our schools and AMERICA WAS GREAT!)
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Will he encourage them to farm?

Like what Ukraine is good at?


14 posted on 05/04/2023 8:01:37 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob
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Yes - I used to live in Germany and took the ICE train - So what Train do you take when you are picking up your paycheck in Kiev?


15 posted on 05/04/2023 9:08:14 AM PDT by EC Washington
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Here’s hoping the Russians blew his plane out of air if when he decides to leave.


16 posted on 05/04/2023 9:18:30 AM PDT by Kazan
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