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  • Douglas Murray: Putin’s playbook is the same a quarter-century later — peace talks are pointless

    05/31/2025 5:26:32 AM PDT · by tlozo · 73 replies
    The New York Post ^ | May 29, 2025 | Douglas Murray
    President George W. Bush famously underestimated Vladimir Putin. Asked about his impressions of the Russian president, the then-US president claimed that he had “looked into Putin’s eyes” and “saw his soul.” His secretary of state, Colin Powell, said that he, too, had looked into Putin’s eyes “and I saw the KGB.” Bush found out what was behind Putin’s eyes a little too late. Toward the end of Bush’s second term, in 2008, Putin’s Russia invaded the neighboring country of Georgia... Ever since Putin repeated his Georgian maneuver on a much grander scale in Ukraine in 2022, there are still people...
  • Putin's nuclear files

    05/28/2025 12:23:04 PM PDT · by Redmen4ever · 2 replies
    Der Spiegel ^ | 5/28/25 | Mathias Glistrup and Thomas Gosta Svensson
    Danwatch and Der Spiegel has gained access to hundreds of highly detailed blueprints ...
  • Russia proposes June 2 for next round of Ukraine talks

    05/28/2025 9:31:34 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 13 replies
    Baha Breaking News ^ | 5/28/2025 | Christian Baha
    Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in a statement on Wednesday that the Russian delegation led by President Vladimir Putin's aide Vladimir Medinsky is ready to present a memorandum to Ukraine on June 2 in Istanbul. "The Russian side, as agreed, promptly developed a corresponding memorandum, which sets out our position on all aspects of reliably overcoming the root causes of the crisis. Our delegation is ready to present this memorandum to the Ukrainian delegation and provide the necessary explanations during the second round of resumed direct negotiations in Istanbul next Monday, June 2," the Russian diplomat stated.
  • Zelensky departs Germany with pledge for help with long-range weapons, but no Taurus missiles

    05/28/2025 10:57:22 AM PDT · by McGruff · 21 replies
    CNN ^ | May 28, 2025 | Sebastian Shukla
    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will leave Berlin with a new €5 billion ($5.7bn) arms package as he seeks to build his country’s arsenal, and its ability to produce weapons at home. The standout agreement in the package announced in the German capital on Wednesday centers around Germany financing the joint production of long-range missiles inside Ukraine that would enable Kyiv to strike targets deep into Russia. One significant aspect was missing. There had been big expectations prior to the news conference that Merz would announce the transfer or approval of Ukraine’s use of Germany’s highly sophisticated long-range Taurus missiles. Merz...
  • The Blatant Lie of Germany’s Elite

    05/28/2025 11:09:49 AM PDT · by Rummyfan · 10 replies
    City Journal ^ | 27 May 2025 | Heather MacDonakld
    Parties opposed to the Alternative for Deutschland (AfD) continue to block it from exercising its rights—all in the name of stopping “fascism.”Germany’s self-proclaimed democracy defenders are at it again: blocking a law-abiding party from exercising its rights—all in the name of protecting democracy. The Alternative for Deutschland (AfD), a pro-free market, anti-EU, anti-mass migration party, placed second in Germany’s recent parliamentary elections, earning nearly 21 percent of the vote to the top vote-getter’s, the Christian Democratic Union’s, 28 percent. The AfD placed well ahead of the once-dominant Social Democratic Party (16 percent) and the Greens (11 percent).By longstanding tradition, the...
  • Germany's Merz: 'No illusions' over quick end to conflict in Ukraine

    05/27/2025 3:14:03 PM PDT · by Mariner · 9 replies
    DPA International via Yahoo ^ | May 27th, 2025 | Unattributed
    German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Tuesday said he has "no illusions" over a quick end to Russia's war in Ukraine."We may have to prepare for a longer duration," Merz said after talks with Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo in the south-western Finnish city of Turku.Throughout history, conflicts have usually ended when one or both sides have reached exhaustion, either militarily or economically, said Merz."We are obviously still a long way from that in this war," he argued.The German chancellor, who took office earlier this month, insisted that support for Ukraine would continue. The war is not just about Ukraine's territorial...
  • Zelenskyy bound for Berlin with Merz boxed in by German coalition

    05/27/2025 3:26:11 PM PDT · by Mariner · 19 replies
    The Guardian via Yahoo ^ | May 27th, 2025 | Deborah Cole in Berlin
    The German chancellor’s drive to keep a campaign pledge of more robust backing for Ukraine is running into blocks within his own government as he prepares to welcome Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Berlin.Friedrich Merz made a full-throated declaration on Monday, hours before Zelenskyy’s one-day visit was announced, that Germany was for the first time lifting previous range restrictions on weapons supplied to Kyiv, along with Ukraine’s other main western supporters.His statement – in an interview with a public broadcaster, which his team later posted to social media – was widely interpreted as a pivot toward bolstering Berlin’s aid to Kyiv at...