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  • Donald Trump reveals exactly how many times Vladimir Putin sabotaged Ukraine peace deal

    07/15/2025 3:36:03 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 15 replies
    Express UK ^ | 7/15/2025 | Ciaran McGrath
    Donald Trump has claimed Russian President Vladimir Putin sabotaged a Ukraine peace deal four times. But the US President also said he was pleased with the progress made to increase NATO defence spending. Speaking in a frank interview with the BBC’s Gary O’Donoghue, Mr Trump said he had been close to brokering a ceasefire on multiple occasions, only for fresh Russian attacks to derail progress each time. The White House had contacted the BBC minutes before the conversation to say Mr Trump was ready to speak - underscoring the urgency he appeared to attach to the issue. Mr Trump said:...
  • Russia seizes more Ukrainian territory amid fears of fresh ground offensive

    05/31/2025 4:31:35 PM PDT · by Navy Patriot · 53 replies
    The Guardian ^ | May 31, 2025 | William Christou
    More than 200 settlements in Sumy region under evacuation orders after Russia takes control of two villages. Ukrainian officials issued evacuation orders on Saturday for 11 more villages in the northern Sumy region after continued Russian gains led to fears that Moscow could be gearing up for a fresh ground offensive. Russia advanced deeper into Ukrainian territory on Saturday, taking control of two more villages in Sumy and killing two people in a missile and drone barrage. More than 200 settlements in the region were already under evacuation orders. The attacks came as Ukrainian diplomats continue to discuss participating in...
  • Ukraine is bleeding out. It cannot fight forever.

    09/15/2024 4:11:15 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 118 replies
    The Washington Post ^ | September 15, 2024 at 5:22 p.m. EDT | David Ignatius
    KYIV — The terrible cost of Russia’s continuing assault on Ukraine is viscerally clear at a military rehabilitation center on the outskirts of this city. Soldiers there describe how their bodies were shattered on the front lines. And they’re the lucky ones who survived. Alexei was trying to hold his position at Pokrovsk, the scene of some of this year’s heaviest fighting, when a drone dropped a grenade near him. His left leg and right hand were nearly severed, attached by thin threads of tissue but now mended. Nikolai lost his left leg in Kharkiv, another Russian target. He waited...