Free Republic

In a bombshell revelation that shouldn't surprise anyone paying attention to the Ukraine conflict, we now have evidence that President Zelenskyy has been misleading the United States about his dealings with our European allies. This deception runs deep, and President Trump is having none of it. Retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer dropped this truth bomb during a recent Newsmax interview, revealing that a "battle of dueling narratives" exists between the White House and Ukraine over a minerals deal. During the interview, Shaffer revealed that mere days before Trump’s inauguration, “the British signed an agreement with Ukraine to have...

The White House and Ukraine are involved in a "battle of dueling narratives" over Ukraine's minerals deal, considering that three days before President Donald Trump's inauguration, the British signed an agreement with Ukraine that includes rights to the resources, retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer told Newsmax Sunday. "This is on the British U.K. website," Shaffer, the president of Project Sentinel, told Newsmax's "Wake Up America Weekend." "Ukraine and the U.K. signed a 100-year deal over security guarantees and economic development."

President Trump tore into Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday for saying that an end to his country’s three-year war with Russia was “very, very far away” — deepening the rift between the two leaders after a shouting match Friday in the Oval Office. “This is the worst statement that could have been made by Zelenskyy [sic], and America will not put up with it for much longer!” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “It is what I was saying, this guy doesn’t want there to be Peace as long as he has America’s backing and, Europe, in the meeting they...

As Ukrainian troops try to stave off Russia's military from advancing through the eastern part of the country, they face tens of thousands of enemy soldiers. But when Ukraine's president sat in the Oval Office on Friday afternoon, he faced a different kind of battle — the blunt testiness of the U.S. Trump administration. The combative exchange left Ukraine's allies and many of its citizens in shock and dismay. Yet for others, there was pride in how Volodymyr Zelenskyy stood his ground. "I was angry, obviously," said Andriy Tkachuk, a Ukrainian soldier serving in the country's north who spoke to...

This is the worst statement that could have been made by Zelenskyy, and America will not put up with it for much longer! It is what I was saying, this guy doesn’t want there to be Peace as long as he has America’s backing and, Europe, in the meeting they had with Zelenskyy, stated flatly that they cannot do the job without the U.S. – Probably not a great statement to have been made in terms of a show of strength against Russia. What are they thinking?

Ukraine’s lack of elections has been cited as a concern by some Western figures as President Donald Trump tries to bring peace to the region, but President Volodymyr Zelensky insists he’s so popular you’d have to ban him from office to prevent him returning to power. Ukraine’s President Zelensky held court at London’s Stanstead airport on Sunday, the latest stop in his version of intense shuttle diplomacy, and among comments made, he rejected calls for him to call fresh elections in his country to refresh its democratic legitimacy. Calling fresh elections is pointless because, he claimed, Volodymyr Zelensky is so...

Video"The media is in meltdown, calling Trump's White House meeting with Zelensky an "ambush"—but what if Zelensky set the trap himself? In this video, I break down the top 4 signs that prove Zelensky orchestrated this confrontation. From rejecting the mineral deal to meeting with Democrat senators beforehand, there’s more to the story than the mainstream media wants you to know." --State of Daniel 00:00​ Introduction: The Alleged Ambush 00:33​ Zelensky's Role in the Meeting 01:22​ Top Signs of Zelensky's Intentions 01:31​ Media's Narrative and Public Reaction 03:42​ The Mineral Deal and Its Implications 13:32​ Pre-Meeting Preparations and Advice 17:14​...

President Donald Trump on Monday plans to discuss suspending or canceling U.S. military aid to Ukraine, it is reported. The New York Times report comes three days after Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was told to leave the White House following a fiery exchange with Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance in the Oval Office. Trump and Vance called Zelenskyy disrespectful during their White House meeting Friday over bringing an end to the Russia-Ukraine war. Before the fallout, the Ukrainian president had been expected to sign a minerals deal with the U.S. Later that day, The Washington Post reported the Trump...

Sunday, during his show’s opening monologue, FNC’s “Life, Liberty & Levin” host Mark Levin told his viewers there was nothing to be “giddy” about regarding Friday’s blowup between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Levin, who maintains he supports Ukraine’s cause, said Zelensky “blew it” during the meeting with Trump. Transcript as follows: Saturday, before — this past Saturday, I spent the monologue discussing the genius of the Trump plan with respect to rare earth minerals in Ukraine, the partnership with Ukraine, and what would it do? It would involve American private sector investments, hundreds and hundreds of...

France is proposing a partial one-month truce between Russia and Ukraine, Emmanuel Macron and his foreign minister have said, as European efforts to bolster support for Kyiv accelerate in the face of uncertain US backing. On Monday, a day after European leaders rallied around Ukraine at a summit in London, Jean-Noël Barrot said: “Such a truce – on air, sea and energy infrastructure – would allow us to determine whether Vladimir Putin is acting in good faith” and gauge his attitude to “real peace negotiations”.

Why does every “step forward” seem to bring us even closer to an apocalyptic showdown with Russia? Now we are being told that the UK, France and other European nations will be working with Ukraine to develop a “plan to stop the fighting”. We aren’t being given specific details about the plan yet, but there are two things that we do know. First of all, it will involve European troops on Ukrainian soil. In fact, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is already telling us that the British are ready to put “boots on the ground”. Secondly, the plan will almost...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A deal to end the war between Ukraine and Russia “is still very, very far away,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, adding that he expects to keep receiving American support despite his recent fraught relations with U.S. President Donald Trump. “I think our relationship (with the U.S.) will continue, because it’s more than an occasional relationship,” Zelenskyy said late Sunday, referring to Washington’s support for the past three years of war. “I believe that Ukraine has a strong enough partnership with the United States of America” to keep aid flowing, he said at a briefing in...

JPMorgan lifts price targets of European defense companies by an average of 25%. The shocking scenes of President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance dressing down Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky — and the ensuing reaction from European capitals — sent Europe’s defense stocks on Monday to their best day in years. -snip- The biggest news came from Germany, where Bild and other publications report the country’s centrist parties are working on creating two large fiscal funds, outside the constitutional debt brake, with at least €200 billion ($208 billion) for a special defense fund. The reports also cite studies that...

CRY LOUDER VINDMAN, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.pic.twitter.com/rID6oqCWxC— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) March 3, 2025

Before we get to Sir Keir's "peace summit", let us consider the far more relevant news from Paris. How relevant? Well, it's the entire history of the contemporary western world in a single news story. And, for those who regretted there weren't more Daryl Hannah moments at last night's Oscars, we hope this makes up. Poets, said Shelley, are "the unacknowledged legislators of the world". So what happens when poets - or at any rate arts administrators - get to make actual policy? Long-ish headline from The Daily Mail: Left-wing theatre managers who invited 200 migrants to a free show...

Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky shot down the prospect of agreeing to an immediate ceasefire with Russia despite his country being on the back foot after three years of war with a much larger adversary. Apparently bolstered by fawning displays of support from European leaders in London on Sunday, Zelensky expressed intent to continue the war until he is satisfied with the security guarantees on offer from Western powers. “If you don’t have an end to the war and you don’t have security guarantees, no one is able to control a ceasefire,” Zelensky said, according to the Financial Times. The Ukrainian leader...

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday that Senator Lindsey Graham could take Ukrainian citizenship and then call for his resignation. Zelenskyy made the remark in an interview, a clip of which was shared by Collin Rugg on the social media platform X. He was responding to the senator's statement that he should resign as president. "I can give him Ukrainian citizenship, then his voice can start to gain weight," Zelenskyy said. He also said that citizens from other countries telling Ukrainians who should lead Ukraine was undemocratic. Senator Lindsey Graham, once a strong supporter of Ukraine, had told reporters...

The Kremlin said on Monday that someone would have to force Volodymyr Zelenskiy to make peace and that the Ukrainian leader's public clash with U.S. President Donald Trump had shown just how hard it would be to find a way to end the war. -snip- "What happened at the White House on Friday, of course, demonstrated how difficult it will be to reach a settlement trajectory around Ukraine," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. "The Kyiv regime and Zelenskiy do not want peace. They want the war to continue." "It is very important that someone forces Zelenskiy himself to change his...

Things are not always as they seem, and I am convinced that the drama that we witnessed at the White House on Friday is a perfect example. Right now, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is being endlessly ridiculed by the conservative media in the United States. One of the words that is being used to describe Zelenskyy is “stupid”, but the truth is that Zelenskyy is not stupid at all. I strongly disagree with Zelenskyy on a lot of things, but I also recognize that he is an incredibly cunning individual. He has used the war with Russia to become one...

Volodymyr Zelensky is willing to step down as president of Ukraine in exchange for peace or the country being granted Nato membership.