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  • Putin is set to take questions from international journalists

    06/18/2025 11:10:02 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 12 replies
    ABC News ^ | 6/18/2025 | AP
    Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to take questions Wednesday from international journalists on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Putin scheduled a roundtable session with senior news leaders of international news agencies, including The Associated Press. Among other issues, he’s expected to spell out Moscow’s position on the conflict between Israel and Iran that he offered to help mediate in a weekend call with U.S. President Donald Trump.
  • North Korea has lost more than half of its troops sent to fight for Russia in Ukraine

    06/16/2025 3:41:29 PM PDT · by Engraved-on-His-hands · 47 replies
    The Express (UK) ^ | June 16, 2025 | Carrington Walker
    Half of the thousands of North Korean troops sent to help Russia's attempted invasion of Ukraine have died in action, according to British Defence Intelligence. Roughly 11,000 troops have been dispatched by Kim Jong Un to aid Vladimir Putin's war effort in Eastern Europe since 2022 as the ties between their two countries has become closer. Now it has been revealed that more than 6,000 soldiers from North Korea have lost their lives after being stationed to the frontline in the Kurk region
  • Putin tells Netanyahu issues surrounding Iran's nuclear programme must be solved through diplomacy

    06/13/2025 1:03:32 PM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 59 replies
    Reuters ^ | 6/13/2025 | Ronald Popeski
    Russian President Vladimir Putin, in separate telephone conversations on Friday, told Iran's president that Moscow condemned Israel's actions against Tehran and told Israel's prime minister that questions around Iran's nuclear programme could only be solved through diplomacy. A Kremlin statement said Putin told Iran's Masoud Pezeshkian that Russia "condemns the actions of Israel taken in violation of the U.N. Charter" and expressed condolences for those killed.
  • Zelensky says Ukraine understands Russian mentality ‘much better’ than Trump

    06/10/2025 5:55:54 PM PDT · by Navy Patriot · 38 replies
    Washington Examiner ^ | June 8, 2025 | Brady Knox
    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he and Ukraine understand Russia “much better” than President Donald Trump, particularly regarding the war. Zelensky touched on a variety of war-related topics after Ukraine’s daring covert drone assault on Russia’s strategic bomber fleet that destroyed six to 10 bombers in Russia’s scarce force. The Ukrainian president delivered several rebukes to Trump throughout, bashing his characterization of the war and suggesting he didn’t understand the Russians. “I feel strongly Putin does not want to end the war without [the] total defeat of Ukraine,” Zelensky said, strongly disagreeing when presented with Trump’s assertion that Russian President...
  • US to cut military aid to Ukraine, Hegseth says

    06/10/2025 3:03:17 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 41 replies
    The Kyiv Independent ^ | June 10, 2025 | Abbey Fenbert
    The United States will reduce funding allocated for military assistance to Ukraine in its upcoming defense budget, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a congressional hearing on June 10. "It is a reduction in this budget," Hegseth told lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives. "This administration takes a very different view of that conflict. We believe that a negotiated peaceful settlement is in the best interest of both parties and our nation's interests, especially with all the competing interests around the globe." The Pentagon has not yet released the full documentation regarding its 2026 budget. According to Hegseth,...
  • NATO F-16s Scrambled in Eastern Europe as Russia Launches Largest Air Raid on Ukraine Yet

    06/09/2025 9:12:57 AM PDT · by bimboeruption · 16 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 6-9-25 | Oliver JJ Lane
    Russia launched what Ukraine said would be the largest air assault of the war to date, with nearly 500 missiles and drones airborne, prompting Warsaw to scramble NATO air assets to protect its airspace. Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched 479 drones, four ballistic missiles, and 16 cruise missiles against its territory overnight. If the figures are accurate, it would make Sunday evening the biggest Russian air raid against Ukraine in the course of the over-three-year war to date, and underlines the ability of the combatants to sustain ever-larger drone attacks as the conflict goes on, given Russia launched another...
  • Exclusive-US believes Russia response to Ukraine drone attack not over yet, expects multi-pronged strike

    06/07/2025 6:23:20 PM PDT · by Mariner · 34 replies
    Reuters via Yahoo ^ | June 7th, 2025 | Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin's threatened retaliation against Ukraine over its drone attack last weekend has not happened yet in earnest and is likely to be a significant, multi-pronged strike, U.S. officials told Reuters.The timing of the full Russian response was unclear, with one source saying it was expected within days. A second U.S. official said the retaliation was likely to include different kinds of air capabilities, including missiles and drones.The officials spoke on condition of anonymity. They did not detail Russia's expected targets nor elaborate on intelligence matters. The first official said Moscow's...
  • Trump Admin Redirects Weapon Components From Ukraine to Middle East

    06/06/2025 2:58:52 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 35 replies
    The New American ^ | June 6, 2025 | Paul Dragu
    Is America giving up on peace in Eastern Europe and preparing for military action in the Middle East? The Trump administration is diverting anti-drone weaponry that was initially allocated for Ukraine to U.S. Air Force units in the Middle East, according to a Wall Street Journal exclusive. “The Pentagon quietly notified Congress last week that special fuzes for rockets that Ukraine uses to shoot down Russian drones are now being allocated to U.S. Air Force units in the Middle East,” the Journal reported Wednesday.What the Journal didn’t mention is that Russia has received thousands of drones from Iran, which is...
  • VIDEO: The Incredibly STUPID Reasons Why Ukraine War Started and Continues

    06/06/2025 8:55:43 AM PDT · by PJ-Comix · 54 replies
    Rumble ^ | June 6, 2025 | DUmmie FUnnies
    VIDEOThe Ukraine War should much more accurately be called "The War of NATO Expansion." Or maybe the "TDS War." Or perhaps "The Proxy War Against Russia." "The Beyond STUPID War" is my personal favorite label.I've always been an avid reader and one of the books I read when I was fifteen was "The Guns of August" by Barbara Tuchman which detailed how World War I began. I was amazed at the time at how easily avoidable that war was by simply not following through on absurd entangling alliances. Unfortunately, although it is easy to start a war it is very...
  • BREAKING: Russia Retaliates Against Ukraine With MASSIVE Missile & Drone Strike Targeting Kiev

    06/06/2025 9:02:42 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 55 replies
    100 Percent Fed Up ^ | June 06, 2025 | Staff
    After Ukraine launched a huge drone strike on Russian airbases last weekend, Putin vowed retaliation. In a phone call with President Trump, Vladmir Putin was reportedly insistent that Russia must respond to Ukraine’s attack, which damaged over 40 aircraft. Now, we have reports that that retaliation may be underway. Russia has launched a massive overnight drone and ballistic missile strike on Ukraine, targeting Kiev and several other major cities. Alleged footage of the strike is going viral online: VIDEOS AT LINK..................... The Kyiv Independent said: Russia barraged Ukraine with missiles and drones throughout the night, threatening every region in the...
  • Ukraine is using an AI-powered, automated turret to shoot down Russia's devastating Shahed drones

    06/05/2025 6:49:40 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 16 replies
    Business Insider ^ | Jun 2, 2025 | Sinéad Baker and Jake Epstein
    Ukraine has deployed an AI-powered turret that has already shot down at least six of Russia's devastating Shahed drones, a military officer told Business Insider. Yuriy, the commander of Ukraine's air defense group, told BI last week that the system, called the Sky Sentinel, has "already been deployed in real combat, demonstrating high effectiveness." He said one prototype shot down six Shaheds in as many operational uses. This appears to be the first confirmation that one of the Sky Sentinels had downed up to six exploding drones. Ukraine previously said that the turret had been successfully tested, including on the...
  • Russian media reports massive explosions, fire in vicinity of Bryansk airport

    06/05/2025 2:38:19 PM PDT · by janetjanet998 · 41 replies
    video of explosions in Russia's Bryansk tonight. Ammunition detonation can be seen and heard before a powerful blast takes place.
  • Somebody wants war and it isn’t President Trump

    06/05/2025 9:05:41 AM PDT · by Kazan · 46 replies
    American Thinker ^ | June 5, 2025 | By Matthew G. Andersson
    The recent drone attack on Russian nuclear bombers doesn’t mean much strategically, in military terms. Bomber aircraft are an early 20th century technology used to deliver and drop bombs on targets, only because the bombs couldn’t get there themselves. Today, Russia has hypersonic missiles that are entirely self-directed; and they are up to ten times faster than any aircraft that could deliver them. Fighters and bombers are antiquated last-generation relics. They create some symbolic prestige and that’s about all.Moreover, even if all of Russia’s bombers were disabled, how would that stop them from launching weapons from submarines, ships, or silos?...
  • Trump: Putin Vows Retaliatory Strike Coming on Ukraine for Nuke Bombers Hit

    06/04/2025 11:41:17 AM PDT · by Navy Patriot · 30 replies
    Newsmax ^ | June 4, 2025 | Rooters Sewer Service
    President Donald Trump said Wednesday he discussed the recent drone attacks by Ukraine on Russia and developments concerning Iran in a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov confirmed the two spoke. During the conversation, Putin told Trump that Russia will have to respond to the Ukrainian drone attacks, the U.S. president said. "It was a good conversation, but not a conversation that will lead to immediate Peace," he said in a Truth Social Post. "I stated to President Putin that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon and, on this, I believe that we...
  • Ukraine ‘strikes Russian airfields destroying nuke bombers’ in huge drone blitz as footage shows aircraft up in flames

    06/01/2025 5:08:00 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 116 replies
    Sun UK ^ | 6/1/2025 | Will Stewart Harvey Geh
    TWO Russian airfields housing Putin's nuke bombers have reportedly been blitzed in an extraordinary drone strike - wiping out at least 40 aircraft. A Ukrainian security official told Reuters that the SBU conducted a large drone attack on Tu-95 and Tu-22 strategic bombers - which Russia uses to fire long-range missiles at Ukraine. The source did not specify where the drone attack took place, but Ukrainian media said that Olenya airbase - home to Russia’s Tu-95 strategic bombers - had been targeted. The second base under fire is understood to be the Belaya nuclear airbase in eastern Siberia’s Irkutsk region...
  • Trump's team threatens to exit Ukraine negotiations amid growing rift

    05/30/2025 9:15:01 AM PDT · by bimboeruption · 222 replies
    RBC Ukraine via MSN ^ | 5-30-24 | Kateryna Danishevska
    The United States of America may withdraw from the negotiation process to resolve the full-scale war in Ukraine if White House leader Donald Trump believes he is being "used," warns White House Special Envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg on ABC News. "I think when you talk about walking away if he believes he's being used and that there is no hope in progress going forward, he goes: 'We’re done with this. Europe, we leave it over to you'," Kellogg stated, commenting on Trump’s threats to exit the negotiation process. Negotiations on resolving war in Ukraine Over the past few months,...
  • President Trump gives Putin deadline to prove he’s serious about ending the war in Ukraine

    05/29/2025 5:33:20 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 37 replies
    NY Post ^ | 5/29/2025 | Emily Crane
    President Trump appeared to give Vladimir Putin a hard deadline for ending the war in Ukraine — as the Kremlin revealed Thursday the Russian leader has no plans to pow wow with the commander-in-chief. “We’re going to find out whether or not he’s tapping us along or not, and if he is, we’ll respond a little bit differently, but it will take about a week and a half to two weeks,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office Wednesday. Asked whether Putin wanted to end the war, Trump said, “I can’t tell you that, but I’ll let you know in...
  • Trump fires ominous six-word warning shot to 'disrespectful' Putin as row rages on

    05/28/2025 3:14:35 PM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 11 replies
    Express UK ^ | REBECCA ROBINSON
    Donald Trump issued an ominous warning to Vladimir Putin after accusing him of deliberately drawing out the fragile peace process in Ukraine. The US president was asked whether he thought it was "disrespectful" of his Russian counterpart to accuse him of being overly emotional. A reporter questioned: "Do you believe the Russians are being disrespectful when they say that your criticisms of Putin are simply an emotional response? And do you still believe that Putin actually wants to end the war? Mr Trump responded: "I can't tell you that, but I'll let you know in about two weeks. Within two...
  • Trump Will Walk Away from Ukraine; And That's a Good Thing

    05/28/2025 1:48:24 PM PDT · by EnderWiggin1970 · 52 replies
    The American Conservative ^ | 5/27/25 | Brandon J. Weichert
    This is not my war,” stated President Donald Trump emphatically to a dubious—nay, hostile—White House Press Corps when asked about the potential outcome of negotiations with Russia over ending the Ukraine War. Whether those in the corporate press fully grasped what the 47th president was saying is another matter. Without stating it plainly, the president was essentially acknowledging that he had no real leverage over Russia to get them to end the war. So, rather than needlessly drag out this hopeless conflict (for the NATO side of the proxy war with Russia), where 5,000 young men die every week, Trump...
  • Trump suffering ‘emotional overload’, says Russia

    05/26/2025 10:37:23 PM PDT · by Alter Kaker · 54 replies
    Daily Telegraph ^ | May 26 2025 | Jörg Luyken
    Moscow makes comment after US president’s criticism of record drone strikes on Ukraine Russia has suggested that Donald Trump is suffering from “emotional overload” as it deflected his criticism of its record drone strikes on Ukraine at the weekend.