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  • Russian troops try to advance in Ukraine's Sumy region, governor says

    04/29/2025 11:09:28 AM PDT · by janetjanet998 · 19 replies
    Reuters) - Russian troops are trying to carve out a buffer zone in Ukraine's northeastern Sumy region, although so far without substantial success, the regional governor said on Tuesday. The Sumy region borders on Russia's Kursk region, where Russian forces have lately recaptured territory seized last year in the Ukrainian military's only major cross-border incursion of the war. Kyiv has said for months that it is concerned about Moscow's troops trying to advance into Sumy. Russia has said its forces have captured some territory there and have driven all Ukrainian troops out of Kursk.
  • Russia rejects Trump’s proposed peace deal

    04/28/2025 4:27:28 PM PDT · by Mariner · 117 replies
    The Telegraph via Yahoo ^ | April 28th, 2025 | Kieran Kelly
    Russia has rejected a Ukraine war peace deal proposed by Donald Trump, the US president, because it does not grant international recognition to territory seized by Moscow’s troops.Sergey Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, also suggested the plan did not satisfy the Kremlin’s demands to oust Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, and limit the size of Kyiv’s armed forces.The rejection came as Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, offered a temporary, 72-hour truce next month to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe.
  • New York Times Publishes Explosive Investigation Article Showing U.S. Military Boots on Ground in Ukraine, and CIA Operation to Target Russian Federation with Drones and Missiles

    03/31/2025 11:57:22 AM PDT · by Macho MAGA Man · 81 replies
    The Conservative Treehouse ^ | March 31, 2025 | Sundance
    Despite our already outlining each of these details the New York Times is now confirming, do not overlook the geopolitical consequences that will surface as a result of their publication. The New York Times published two articles {HERE and HERE} revealing: 1) that U.S. military boots are on the ground in Ukraine. (2) The U.S. military is actively involved in the ongoing targeting of strikes into Russia. (3) The CIA is operating in Ukraine and conducting targeted strikes into the Russian Federation mainland.
  • TRUMP: "Zelensky, by the way, I see he's trying to back out of the rare earth deal — and if he does that, he's got some problems."

    03/30/2025 6:28:34 PM PDT · by Macho MAGA Man · 50 replies
    Benny Johnson on Twitter X ^ | March 30, 2025 | Benny Johnson
    Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson TRUMP: "Zelensky, by the way, I see he's trying to back out of the rare earth deal — and if he does that, he's got some problems." From Rapid Response 47 8:18 PM · Mar 30, 2025
  • Kyiv says Moscow preparing new military offensive to increase pressure on Ukraine

    03/30/2025 4:31:44 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 47 replies
    Euronews ^ | 3/29/2025 | Lucy Davalou with AP
    Ukrainian officials and military analysts have warned that Russian forces are preparing a fresh offensive in the coming weeks, aiming to intensify pressure on Ukraine and strengthen Moscow's position in potential ceasefire negotiations. The anticipated push could lead Russian President Vladimir Putin to delay peace talks in favour of pursuing further territorial gains, Ukrainian officials said. They reiterated long-standing claims that Russia has no genuine interest in meaningful negotiations to end the war. As the spring fighting season approaches, analysts and military commanders report that the Kremlin is planning a multi-front assault across the 1,000-kilometre frontline. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy,...
  • Russian government says it is willing to improve ties—but onus is on Trump to make first move

    12/27/2024 2:58:32 PM PST · by Navy Patriot · 95 replies
    Fox News ^ | December 27, 2024 | Breanne Deppisch
    Russia is willing to work with President-elect Donald Trump to help improve relations with Ukraine so long as the U.S. makes the first move, Kremlin officials said this week, adding fresh momentum for the possibility of peace talks as its war in Ukraine threatens to stretch into a third year. Speaking to reporters Thursday in Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov reiterated that Russia could be ready to come to the negotiating table regarding its "special military operation" in Ukraine— echoing the phrasing used by the Kremlin to describe its war in Ukraine — so long as the U.S. acted...
  • We want Russia to come, say Moldova protesters

    02/19/2023 5:14:39 PM PST · by McGruff · 19 replies
    BBc ^ | February 19, 2023 | Lucy Williamson
    Beneath Moldova's soaring parliament building, a parade of its most precarious file slowly past - bussed in by the thousand from across the country, each with their private tale of poverty and frustration. "When we elected this government, they promised to raise salaries and pensions, but so far we haven't seen a penny," she says. Sunday's protests, organised by Moldova's pro-Russian Sor party, are being closely watched by governments across Europe and beyond. Most protesters travelled to the capital city Chisinau by bus, with their costs reportedly covered by the Sor party. Moldova, strategically located on the border with Ukraine,...
  • The Buildup To War In Ukraine - February 15 2022 (part of daily series)

    02/15/2023 6:03:59 PM PST · by elpadre · 41 replies
    moonofalabama.org ^ | February 15, 2023
    After the 2014 coup in Kiev the dully elected President Yanukovich had fled the country. His supporters in parliament were afraid and would no show up for further assemblies. The incoming U.S. selected government immediately set out to suppress the Russian speaking parts of Ukraine. The first move of the rump parliament, now dominated by right-wing people from west Ukraine, was to prohibit the Russian language for official business. The ethnic Russian population in the east and southeast was opposed to the coup and rebelled against it. The new government tried to oppress it by military means. But a lot...
  • Former top US general: Jets could seal quick Ukraine victory

    02/10/2023 10:33:19 PM PST · by familyop · 78 replies
    Deutsche Welle ^ | FEBRUARY 10, 2023 | Saim Dušan Inayatullah, Richard Connor
    The former commanding US general in Europe, Ben Hodges, has told DW that the West should provide Kyiv with fighter jets. He said that providing Ukraine with the planes could lead to a victory for Kyiv within the year. The former commanding general of the United States Army in Europe, Ben Hodges, said that Ukraine could achieve a quick victory if the West provided swift help with fighter jets. He predicted that the defeat of Russia could otherwise take three to five years, given the current level of Western support. What the former general said "The sooner we deliver them...
  • Russia to Dramatically Increase Number of Military Priests at the Front in Ukraine

    02/07/2023 6:00:23 PM PST · by marshmallow · 21 replies
    Spiritual support and health of the troops is a priority for the ROC.The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) is hoping to boost the number of priests acting as chaplains in the special military zone, and has petitioned the government for the "regularization" of the status of military priests, establishing the subordination of military priests to their hierarchy, (right now the priest is fully accountable to the commander of his military unit) and introducing social benefits and guarantees for chaplains, similar to those that already apply to contract servicemen. Vakhtang Kipshidze, Deputy Head of the Synodal Department for Church, Society, and Media...
  • Ukrainian serviceman: Soldiers of the 30th brigade, which arrived near Bakhmut, simply run away at the sight of the enemy, since they have nothing to shoot with

    02/07/2023 9:34:05 AM PST · by JonPreston · 96 replies
    Military Review ^ | 2/7/23 | Editor
    In contrast to the uplifting statements of the top Ukrainian leadership and Yermak's publications about the "task to reach the borders of 1991 by military means", the Ukrainian military personnel stationed in Bakhmut (Artyomovsk) are sounding a real alarm. The statement of the former deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, and now an officer of the 72nd brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Igor Lutsenko is published on the network. This statement attracts special attention, since it (as Lutsenko himself writes) is firsthand, from Ukrainian soldiers stationed in Bakhmut:"The 30th brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near...
  • Ukraine's defence ministry in turmoil as Russia readies offensive

    02/06/2023 11:53:09 AM PST · by Mariner · 40 replies
    Reuters via Yahoo ^ | February 6th, 2023 | Tom Balmforth and Pavel Polityuk
    KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine sowed confusion on Monday about whether its defence minister would be replaced, creating doubts about the leadership of its war effort just as it braces for an expected Russian offensive.The questions over Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov were the first public sign of serious disarray in Ukraine's wartime leadership.A day after announcing that Reznikov would be sidelined, a top ally of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy appeared to row back, saying no changes would be made this week.David Arakhamia, chief of the parliamentary bloc of Zelenskiy's party, had said the 37-year-old head of military intelligence, Kyrylo Budanov, would replace Reznikov,...
  • Ultra-patriots' may try to overthrow Putin because of his army's failures in Ukraine, says Russian MP

    02/06/2023 8:34:23 AM PST · by dennisw · 74 replies
    MSN ^ | Feb 6 | sbaker@businessinsider
    Oleg Matveychev said "ultra-patriots" could overthrow Putin over his army's performance. "The situation is not so critical yet, but 2023 will be very dangerous," Matveychev said. Oleg Matveychev — an MP with Russia's largest political party, United Russia, which backs Putin — said in an interview that the biggest threat to Putin is now supporters of the Ukraine war who are unhappy with the progress of the conflict, The Times of London reported. Matveychev said that "ultra-patriots" in the country will likely put forward a candidate to run against Putin in next year's presidential elections, when Putin is set to...
  • Resupplying Ukraine: Arms, Aid & Escalation

    02/05/2023 8:02:01 AM PST · by buwaya · 32 replies
    Perun ^ | 2/5/2023 | buwaya
    Perun analysis of Aid to Ukraine, 1 hour + video- "Aid to Ukraine has evolved dramatically since February 2022, and there are few topics that have attracted more constant press coverage away from the battlefield itself. So today I try and set out how aid has evolved, who the major contributors are, and the impact aid has had - and may have in 2023." 00:00:00 — Opening Words 00:01:43 — What Am I Talking About? 00:03:21 — From Korea to Afghanistan 00:04:47 — AID PRE-2022 00:05:00 — The Ukrainian Military of 2014 00:08:27 — Made in Ukraine (with some help)...
  • Who is running our government?

    02/04/2023 4:48:38 AM PST · by MtnClimber · 54 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 4 Feb, 2023 | Alan Halbert
    Classified documents, everywhere, and by everyone: Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, Mike Pence… and the list keeps growing. Now there are questions about Barack Obama, who took 30,000,000 documents to his Presidential library (it’s doubtful he even knows what he has) and who has ignored the National Archive’s requests for their return. This is just more evidence of what the American people have learned really exists: The Deep State. The Deep State successfully ousted Trump with constant leaks and political chicanery against a sitting president, all to foment distrust and dishonor, and to make his life and office a living Hades....
  • Ukraine can’t retake Crimea soon, Pentagon tells lawmakers in classified briefing

    02/03/2023 7:11:10 PM PST · by MinorityRepublican · 44 replies
    Politico ^ | February 1, 2023 | ALEXANDER WARD, PAUL MCLEARY and CONNOR O’BRIEN
    Ukrainian forces are unlikely to be able to recapture Crimea from Russian troops in the near future, four senior Defense Department officials told House Armed Services Committee lawmakers in a classified briefing. The assessment is sure to frustrate leaders in Kyiv who consider taking the peninsula back one of their signature goals. It’s unclear what led the briefers to that assessment. But the clear indication, as relayed by three people with direct knowledge of Thursday’s briefing’s contents, was that the Pentagon doesn’t believe Ukraine has — or soon will have — the ability to force Russian troops out of the...
  • Ukraine’s Zelensky vows to defend ‘fortress’ Bakhmut as Russia gears for escalation

    02/03/2023 3:23:22 PM PST · by MinorityRepublican · 27 replies
    New York Post ^ | February 3, 2023 | Snejana Farberov
    President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed Friday that Ukrainians will fight “for as long as we can” to hold the key eastern city of Bakhmut, as Moscow ramps up pressure in the eastern region of Ukraine. “Nobody will give away Bakhmut,” Zelensky said during a meeting with European Union leaders. “We will fight for as long as we can. We consider Bakhmut our fortress.” “If weapon (supplies) are accelerated, specifically long-range weapons, not only will we not abandon Bakhmut but we will also begin to remove the occupiers from the Donbas, which was occupied since 2014,” he president added. Moscow says its...
  • Ukraine and The Lost Lessons of Vietnam

    01/31/2023 8:33:11 PM PST · by Antioch · 26 replies
    US Russia Accord ^ | Jan 31, 2023 | James Carden
    Days ago marked 50 years since the signing of the Paris Peace Accords which effectively ended American participation in the Vietnam war. One of the consequences, according to Georgetown University international affairs scholar Charles Kupchan, was that an “isolationist impulse” made a “significant comeback in response to the Vietnam War, which severely strained the liberal internationalist consensus.” As the Cold War historian John Lamberton Harper points out, President Jimmy Carter’s hawkish Polish-born national security adviser, Zbigniew Brzezinski, scorned his intra-administration rival, the cautious, gentlemanly secretary of state Cyrus Vance as “a nice man but burned by Vietnam.” Indeed, Vance and...
  • Ukraine in 'First World War-like' battle for Bakhmut as it races Russia for arms

    02/01/2023 8:43:08 PM PST · by MinorityRepublican · 30 replies
    The National ^ | Jan 31, 2023
    Ukraine and Russia are fighting a "First World War-like" battle for the city of Bakhmut as casualties pile up on both sides, western officials have said. But Britain said on Tuesday it was "not practical" to supply fighter jets despite the assessment of western analysts that the war is entering a stalemate. Ukraine is pushing Nato members to supply their jets after US President Joe Biden ruled out sending F-16s. Kyiv and Moscow are believed to be planning spring offensives as the war's anniversary approaches. The eastern city of Bakhmut has been the site of heavy fighting as Ukraine awaits...
  • Russia blocks US arms control inspectors in blow to milestone treaty, State Department says

    02/01/2023 6:43:06 PM PST · by Golden Eagle · 45 replies
    Washington Examiner ^ | February 1, 2023 | Joel Gerhke
    Russia is flouting its obligations under a major arms control treaty with the United States, according to State Department officials. “Russia is not complying with its obligation under the New START Treaty to facilitate inspection activities on its territory,” a State Department spokesman said Tuesday. "Russia’s refusal to facilitate inspection activities prevents the United States from exercising important rights under the treaty and threatens the viability of U.S.-Russian nuclear arms control.” Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s team outlined that breakdown in a notification to key congressional leaders on Tuesday. The assessment points to the degeneration of the last major arms...