Posted on 05/14/2025 4:02:32 AM PDT by McGruff
Moscow on Wednesday said it would send a delegation to Istanbul to meet with Ukrainian officials, potentially bringing diplomats from the two at-war countries together for the first known in-person direct talks in more than three years.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov confirmed on Wednesday that Russian diplomats would travel to Turkey, but didn't detail which officials would be present.
The confirmation followed an act of one-upmanship from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine, who on Wednesday said he would be willing to meet personally with Russian President Vladimir Putin, should the latter decide to travel to Turkey.
"We are ready for such direct diplomacy to put an end to killings and advance real peace," Zelenskyy said on social media "And this must certainly be discussed with the person who makes decisions in Russia."
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VIDEO
Zelensky holds press conference after Putin shuns Russia Ukraine peace talks in Turkey
The Independent
1.03M subscribers
5-14-2025 11:00 a.m.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctg2TgGG0p8
“World leaders have criticised Russian president Vladimir Putin for sending a “low-level” team to peace talks in Turkey, where European ministers and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky have gathered in hopes of a meaningful breakthrough.
Mr Putin sending juniors aides and deputy ministers to Turkey was “like a slap in the face”, Estonian foreign minister Margus Tsahkna said this morning, while Latvian foreign minister Baiba Braze said she does not see any indications that Russia wants peace in Ukraine.”
That’s all she does.
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Most times she doesn’t even read the crap she posts.
FOOTAGE: Ukrainian POWs Survive a Toxic Gas Ambush, Break Free, and Kill All Russian Captors! RFU News — Reporting from Ukraine 661K subscribers May 13,2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEQo8k-K_mA
I am Ukrainian. On this channel I will give you the latest news about the war in Ukraine.<<<<
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This is who you should be concerned about...but then again, you care more about Ukrainians than you do Americans...TRAITOR.
>>>>Why don’t you post the names and evidence of the FReepers you are accusing of being Russian Communists.<<<<
Because she can’t.
The Stupid Ukrainian Woman is again demonstrating to FR just how stupid she is.
“for forgiveness for posting forgiveness for posting my opinion.”
I have repeatedly stated:
I firmly believe everyone is entitled to freedom of thought and expression.
I am not here to be responsible to dictate a viewpoint. The responsibility for each individual is to weigh information and develop their own point of view.
Nor do you have to ask...
I forgive others because I have been forgiven.
I’ve never read “East of Eden” so I researched Kate Trask and this is one of the descriptions I found:
Catherine Ames, also known as Kate Albey and Kate Trask, is the main antagonist of John Steinbeck’s novel East of Eden. She is the evil, treacherous wife of main character Adam Trask, and the mother of his sons Cal and Aron.
Steinbeck characterizes Cathy as a “psychic monster” with a “malformed soul”. She is an evil woman who manipulates and destroys people for her own amusement and profit.
Source: https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Cathy_Ames
The description fits the phony reverend to a tee.
Thanks Rocco!
>>>>CORRECTION: I have not labeled any FReeper.<<<<
Liar. You not only label pro-America FReepers who disagree with you, you report them to the mods.
Here’s a FReepmail you intended for another but sent to Worldtraveler once upon a time by mistake.
From UMCRevMom@aol.com | 01/22/2024 11:04:38 AM PST replied
Don’t reply to World Traveler Once Upon a Time.
He is evil & delights in entrapping freepers to have them removed from FR
Just one example of your labeling. FR has archives, you know, “REVEREND”-mommy.
>>>>Typically, I am involved with the topic subject.<<<<
Your topic subject happens to be Ukrainian Propaganda and when you’re criticized for the anti-America lies you post, you go into your Victim Mode and start beating FReepers over the head with God’s Word.
You never quote Scripture in love but with seething, insane hatred. You drive people away from Christ with your lies and haughtiness. Not good for someone who claims to be a Christian, let alone a “REVEREND”.
ARTICLE
Russia Could Be Ready to Strike NATO in Two Years, New Report Says
Published May 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM EDT
NEWSWEEK
By Ellie Cook and Brendan Cole
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-strike-nato-two-years-us-europe-ceasefire-agreement-2069537
“Russia could be ready to attack a NATO country within two years if the United States brokers a ceasefire deal in the next few months, according to a new assessment from a leading think tank.
Moscow could pose “a significant military challenge to NATO allies, particularly the Baltic states, as early as 2027,” the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) said in a report released on Wednesday evening ET (Thursday U.K. time.)
The think tank said Russia’s ability to challenge the alliance would hinge on the Trump administration soon succeeding in its goal to bring the more than three years of bitter war in Ukraine to an end, and for the U.S. to start a withdrawal from NATO.
It comes as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he would be in Istanbul on Thursday, ready for direct ceasefire talks with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, while U.S. President Donald Trump ramps up the pressure for a swift end to hostilities.
Newsweek reached out to NATO for comment.
Why It Matters
The IISS’s stark assessment chimes with warnings by NATO leaders about the threat Russia poses to the alliance even when the war in Ukraine is over.
French President Emmanuel Macron said in March that Russia’s rearmament showed Moscow’s intentions beyond Ukraine—echoing a warning by EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, who, while still Estonia’s prime minister in 2024, said that “it’s a question of when they will start the next war.”
It means that hanging over Ukraine war talks is the prospect of what Putin might do next, and with it, the future security threats posed to Europe and the U.S.”
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Satellite Images Show Russian Troops Build-Up at NATO Border
Published May 15, 2025 at 8:10 AM EDT
Newsweek
Brendan Cole
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-build-nato-finand-2072647
atellite imagery has revealed an increase in Russia’s military activity near its border with Finland signaling its intention to beef up its troops by NATO’s eastern flank.
The pictures from earth imaging company Planet Labs PBC show increased accommodation, aircraft deployment, and infrastructure construction at four military bases near the country.
Finnish military analyst Emil Kastehelmi said if Russia follows it current plans, there could be tens of thousands new soldiers near the borders of Norway, Finland and the Baltic countries in the coming years.
When contacted by Newsweek, a spokesperson for the Finnish defense forces for comment said they “won’t comment or speculate on operative observations.
Newsweek has contacted the Russian defense ministry for comment.
Why It Matters
Finland shares an 830-mile border with Russia and after decades of neutrality, joined NATO in 2023 in response to the ructions to Europe’s security caused by Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Rhetoric from the Trump administration about drawing down the U.S. presence in Europe dovetails with increasing concerns about the threat that Moscow poses the continent after the end of the Ukraine war.
Members of NATO’s eastern flank have said Russia has stepped up its hybrid activity in the region and the build-up of Russia’s military by Finland will add to those concerns.
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