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Last week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited an ammunition factory in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The Scranton Army Ammunition Plant is one of the few plants in the United States to manufacture 155mm artillery shells, according to AP News. These shells, used in howitzer systems that strike targets up to 20 miles away, have been used by Ukrainian forces in the war against Russia. Zelensky’s decision to visit the ammunition plant came under fishy circumstances. Sept. 22, 2024, marked 44 days before the U.S. presidential election. The state of Pennsylvania is seen as a swing state, going to Donald Trump in the...

Two and a half years since the war began, we’ve finally come to the point where most of the Mockingbird Media is ready to call it quits, and openly admit the obvious: Russian Federation troops are winning the war. Even in their cheerleading for Kiev, they have to admit that ‘if Ukraine and its Western backers are to win, they must first have the courage to admit that they are losing.’ The Economist reported: “A measure of Ukraine’s declining fortunes is Russia’s advance in the east, particularly around the city of Pokrovsk. […] Ukraine is also struggling off the battlefield....

Two and a half years since the war began, we’ve finally come to the point where most of the Mockingbird Media is ready to call it quits, and openly admit the obvious: Russian Federation troops are winning the war.Even in their cheerleading for Kiev, they have to admit that ‘if Ukraine and its Western backers are to win, they must first have the courage to admit that they are losing.’The Economist reported:“A measure of Ukraine’s declining fortunes is Russia’s advance in the east, particularly around the city of Pokrovsk.[…] Ukraine is also struggling off the battlefield. Russia has destroyed so...

PART 1 (posted yesterday)PART 2 (below, starting at 33:46 minutes into the video)Mercouris: "I have to say this, but as of this moment, it seems to me as if two of Ukraine's best brigades, the 92nd and the 46th, have been sacrificed to no military purpose. It seems, if one believes what the 46th brigade are saying, for only one purpose, which is to maintain President Zelensky's prestige intact while he goes to the United States." That is the terrible situation in Vuhledar.A little further north, in southwestern Donbas, in a number of areas, the Russians are trying to break...

Israel-Lebanon- First 10 minutes of video10:29 Ukraine video portion beginsPresident Biden and President Zelensky meet today/tomorrow.Mercouris believes that Zelensky has "massively overplayed his hand," (As Zelensky addresses UN Security Council, UN General Assembly).Series of articles in MSM, including one in Bloomberg, which say American officials have seen Zelensky's 'Victory Plan' and are unimpressed by it. Nothing new in his plan - it's been described as more of a 'wish list' rather than a 'plan'. The Pentagon (spokesmen) and Admiral Kirby at US National Security Coucil both reaffirm U.S. policy that the prohibition against using America's long range missiles against Russia...

Former President Donald Trump thanked a surprised-looking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for ending the “impeachment hoax” ahead of their Friday meeting. “[Zelensky] said, ‘President Trump did absolutely nothing wrong,'” Trump said as Zelensky stood silently by his side ahead of their New York City meeting. “He said it loud and clear, and the impeachment hoax died right there.” The comment referred to Trump’s first impeachment in 2019, which centered on accusations that Trump pressured Zelensky to investigate his political opponent, Joe Biden, and his son Hunter Biden, in exchange for military aid from the United States to fight off Russian-backed...

"Trump, alongside Ukraine's Zelenskyy, says Russia's war needs to end" Former President Trump and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy speak to the press after meeting at Trump Tower in New York City. Former President Donald Trump met with the president of Ukraine at Trump Tower in New York City on Friday, saying he has a "very good relationship" with Volodymyr Zelenskyy. "It's very important to share our plan, all of our steps on how we can strengthen Ukraine," Zelenskyy said. He explained to reporters that he decided to meet with both Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris because "after November, we don't...

@charliekirk11 This is what leadership looks like. President Trump flanked by Zelenskyy: “I learned a lot, but I think I haven't changed from the standpoint that we both want to see this end and we both want to see a fair deal made. It's got to be fair and I think that will happen ... This is a war that should have never happened.”

U.S. intelligence agencies believe that Russia is likely to retaliate with greater force against the United States and its coalition partners, possibly with lethal attacks, if they agree to give the Ukrainians permission to employ U.S., British and French-supplied long-range missiles for strikes deep inside Russia, U.S. officials said. The intelligence assessment, which has not been previously reported, also plays down the effect that the long-range missiles will have on the course of the conflict because the Ukrainians currently have limited numbers of the weapons and it is unclear how many more, if any, the Western allies might provide. The...

Donald Trump just confirmed that he will be meeting President Zelenskyi tomorrow in his Trump tower.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told a bipartisan group of senators Thursday that he could bring Russia to the negotiating table next year if the Biden administration speeds up shipments of weapons to Ukraine and greenlights missile strikes deeper into Russia. In a closed-door meeting that lasted about 90 minutes, Zelensky told senators that he needs more F-16 fighter jets and long-range missiles with capability to strike more than 100 miles into Russia, promising that Russian President Vladimir Putin would negotiate a peace deal if his own country faces a greater military threat. “He’s saying that within the [military aid] package...

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Thursday criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s trip to Pennsylvania, where he appeared with Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) in what many Republicans saw as a political event. Graham told reporters at the Capitol that “what happened in Pennsylvania was a mistake.” Graham said he didn’t know who set the meeting up and that Zelensky’s visit to a munitions factory to thank workers “makes sense.” But the political overtones of the trip, Graham suggested, should have been avoided. “Whether it was intended or not, [it] has a political perception, and that was a mistake,” Graham said. But...

The House Oversight Committee has opened an investigation into Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s recent visit to Pennsylvania as the November election quickly approaches. The committee is asking questions surrounding the Biden-Harris Administration’s alleged use of taxpayer-funded resources to fly Zelensky to the state, Fox News reported on Wednesday. In a press release, the committee said Chairman James Comer (R-KY) “is seeking documents from the White House, Department of Defense, and Department of Justice regarding the Biden-Harris Administration’s misuse of government resources that allowed Zelensky to interfere in the 2024 presidential election.”

Comrade Zelensky caused quite a stir this week when he got flown in on the taxpayers' dime to inadvertently make a Trump campaign ad. Somehow the optics of signing bombs with rejected VP candidate Josh Shapiro and condemning Trump and Vance for not wanting to fork over endless billions into his bank account were supposed to resonate with your average voter. But that is neither here nor there - I asked The One Question Nobody Is Asking About Ukraine. It's a short post, but I'll give you the summary - If Russia is such a mortal threat to world security,...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of refusing to strike a deal with Moscow to end Russia's war in Ukraine. "We continue to give billions of dollars to a man who refuses to make a deal," Trump said at a campaign rally in North Carolina. "So many dead people, any deal, even the worst deal, would have been better than what we have right now," the former US president said. "You have a country that has been obliterated, not possible to be rebuilt," Trump continued, referring to the situation in Ukraine. "It will take hundreds...

WASHINGTON -- House Speaker Mike Johnson is calling on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to fire his country's ambassador to the U.S. as Republicans criticize Zelenskyy's visit to an ammunition plant in Pennsylvania, a swing-state, as a political stunt. The Republican speaker's demand Wednesday came as Zelenskyy addressed the United Nations in New York on the eve of his visit Washington, where he has plans to brief lawmakers on Capitol Hill... Rep. James Comer, the Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee, announced Wednesday he was opening an investigation into whether the Biden-Harris administration used taxpayer-funded resources to fly Zelenskyy to...

WASHINGTON, Sept 25 (Reuters) - The United States plans to announce more than $8 billion worth of military assistance for Ukraine on Thursday during Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's visit to Washington, two U.S. officials said on Wednesday. President Joe Biden's administration has been engaged in urgent discussions with Congress to allow it to use up $5.6 billion in military aid for Ukraine before Sept. 30 - the end of the federal fiscal year - when the authority was set to expire.Congress has approved nearly $175 billion of aid and military assistance for Ukraine and allied nations in the 2-1/2 years...

The United States plans to announce more than $8 billion worth of military assistance for Ukraine on Thursday during Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's visit to Washington, two U.S. officials said on Wednesday.

House Republicans launched an investigation Wednesday of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to battleground Pennsylvania this week — describing it as an apparent campaign stop to benefit Vice President Kamala Harris. James Comer (R-Ky.) demanded communications about Zelensky’s visit to a Scranton ammunition factory with Pennsylvania Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro, a key supporter of the Democratic presidential nominee. Comer likened Zelensky’s Sunday trip — during which the Ukrainian leader was flown on an Air Force C-17 cargo jet — to former President Donald Trump’s pressure on Zelensky to investigate alleged corruption by President Biden’s family, for which Trump was impeached...

Russia is planning to attack Ukrainian nuclear power plants and disconnect them from the energy grid, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday, warning that such attacks risk nuclear disaster. “Radiation does not respect state borders,” Zelensky said Wednesday in his address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Since Russia “can’t defeat our people’s resistance on the battlefield,” Zelensky said Russian President Vladimir Putin is “looking for other ways to break the Ukrainian spirit.”