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  • Reports: NKorea Deploys 25K Troops to Fight in Ukraine

    07/02/2025 5:23:05 PM PDT · by SmokingJoe · 80 replies
    Newsmax ^ | 02/07/2025 | Sam Barron
    North Korea is tripling the number of troops fighting for Russia in Ukraine, sending 25,000 to 30,000 more soldiers, CNN reported, citing an intelligence assessment from Ukrainian officials. The country sent 11,000 troops to help repel Ukraine from the Kursk region of Russia last November. About 4,000 North Korean soldiers have been killed, CNN reported. Russian President Vladmir Putin did not confirm North Korea's involvement until late April.
  • Republicans tear into Pentagon’s Ukraine weapons freeze

    07/02/2025 4:50:41 PM PDT · by Mariner · 60 replies
    Politico via Yahoo ^ | July 2nd, 2025 | Joe Gould and Connor O'Brien
    Republican lawmakers are slamming the Trump administration’s decision to halt some U.S. missile and munitions shipments to Ukraine, warning it risks emboldening Russia at a pivotal point in the war.Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, co-chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, said he would be “aggressively looking into this matter” following the White House’s acknowledgment that the Pentagon froze deliveries of critical air defense weapons due to concerns over shrinking U.S. stockpiles.“We must build up our own defense industrial base here in the U.S. while simultaneously providing the needed assistance to our allies who are defending their freedom from a brutal invading...
  • Sources: US Halts Some Ukraine Missile Shipments Over Low Stockpiles

    07/02/2025 10:11:06 AM PDT · by Navy Patriot · 9 replies
    Newsmax ^ | July 2, 2025 | Rooters Sewer Service
    The Pentagon has halted some shipments of air defense missiles and other precision munitions to Ukraine over concerns that U.S. stockpiles are too low, two people familiar with the decision said Tuesday. The slowing of some weapons shipments promised to Kyiv by former President Joe Biden's administration came in recent days, they said, adding that air defense interceptors to help knock down Russian drones and projectiles were among the items delayed. In recent weeks Russia has intensified air attacks on Ukraine's cities, on several nights launching hundreds of drones and missiles at a time, leading to widespread damage and an...
  • NATO Has Abandoned Ukraine to Russia

    06/28/2025 8:28:41 AM PDT · by bimboeruption · 170 replies
    National Security Journal Via MSN ^ | 6-28-25 | Georgia Gilholy
    Key Points and Summary - At this week's NATO summit in The Hague, Ukraine was largely sidelined as the alliance focused on internal matters, primarily a new commitment to raise defense spending to 5% of GDP to placate US President Donald Trump. -While European allies pledged new military aid—including German artillery rockets, Dutch F-16s, and British-funded drones—the final summit declaration omitted previous language about Ukraine's "irreversible path" to membership. -This shift, combined with a strained and brief meeting between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, leaves Kyiv in a precarious position, increasingly dependent on European support as US commitment appears...
  • ERIK PRINCE: “This is not our fight. Not our party. If the Israelis want to take out this Iranian site they can use their Air Force or rent planes from any country nearby. They are trying to coerce us in.

    06/21/2025 9:45:26 AM PDT · by Macho MAGA Man · 177 replies
    Jack Posobiec on Twitter X ^ | June 21, 2025 | Jack Posobiec
    Jack Poso 🇺🇸 @JackPosobiec ERIK PRINCE: “This is not our fight. Not our party. If the Israelis want to take out this Iranian site they can use their Air Force or rent planes from any country nearby. They are trying to coerce us in. That’s what this is about, and I’m resolute about it” 10:39 AM · Jun 21, 202
  • Russia Pounds Ukraine with Massive Drone Strikes /Lt Col Daniel Davis

    06/06/2025 2:38:47 PM PDT · by SaxxonWoods · 54 replies
    Deep Dive ^ | 6/6/2025 | Daniel Davis
    The war between Russia and Ukraine is intensifying, growing more violent and escalating rather than moving toward peace. A recent Ukrainian drone strike deep inside Russia damaged bomber bases, but this has provoked a major retaliatory response: Russia launched over 400 drones and missiles, overwhelming Ukraine’s air defenses. Many of these were advanced Iranian-made drones now upgraded by Russia, making them harder to intercept. Ukrainian forces reportedly intercepted only about half the attacks, and even Patriot systems were either ineffective or destroyed. Footage shows multiple successful Russian missile strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure, with minimal air defense response in cities like...
  • After Putin call, Trump suggests Ukraine, Russia should ‘fight for a while’

    06/05/2025 5:49:23 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 50 replies
    The Washington Post ^ | June 5, 2025 5:54 p.m. EDT | Mary Ilyushina , Robyn Dixon and Michael Birnbaum
    The comments, in an Oval Office meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, were Trump’s clearest indication to date that he was unsure he would be able to quell Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine.Ukraine and Russia may need to keep fighting, President Donald Trump said Thursday, comparing the warring nations to squabbling children in what appeared to be a signal that the U.S. leader was losing interest in brokering peace in a conflict he once promised to end in a day. The comments, in an Oval Office meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, were Trump’s clearest indication to date that...
  • 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...
  • Russia blasts Trump over mineral deal, says Ukraine will soon ‘disappear’

    05/01/2025 7:24:44 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 35 replies
    NY Post ^ | 5/1/2025 | Caitlin Doornbos
    The Kremlin on Thursday blasted President Trump’s historic mineral rights deal with Ukraine inked a day earlier, sarcastically praising the US leader for making a deal with a nation that will soon “disappear.” “Trump has finally pressured the Kiev regime to pay for US aid with mineral resources,” Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said on Telegram. “Now, the country that is about to disappear will have to use its national wealth to pay for military supplies.” The State Department has already notified Congress of its intent to sell $50 million or more in military equipment to Ukraine in...
  • Trump Interview with ABC: 'Putin wanted all of Ukraine... The war only happened because of incompetent people'

    05/01/2025 1:46:46 AM PDT · by RandFan · 10 replies
    X ^ | May 1 | President Trump
    @Mylovanov Trump: Putin wanted all of Ukraine. He saw weakness after Afghanistan and made his move. He never would’ve invaded if I were in office. Ukraine was always his goal, but because of me, he didn’t take the whole country. I believe he now wants to stop the war.
  • US, Ukraine agreed on 22 concrete action plans aimed at ending war with Russia, says Trump's special envoy

    05/01/2025 5:12:37 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 44 replies
    Anadolu ^ | 4/30/2025 | Seda Sevencan and Yasin Yorganci
    US President Donald Trump's Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia, Keith Kellogg, has said Washington and Kyiv have reached an agreement on 22 concrete action plans aimed at ending the war with Russia. Kellogg spoke to Fox News on Tuesday about last week's peace talks in London, which included representatives from the US, Ukraine, and the E3 countries (the United Kingdom, France, and Germany). “We came up with 22 very specific actions, after very candid and frank and hard discussions with the Ukrainians, we think we're in a very, very good position,” he said. He admitted that Ukrainian officials "didn't...
  • 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.
  • Ukraine: Fighting to the Conclusion [Big Serge]

    03/31/2025 2:03:33 PM PDT · by EnderWiggin1970 · 16 replies
    Substack ^ | 3/28/25 | Big Serge
    The Russo-Ukrainian War is now three years old, and the third Z-Day, on February 24, 2025, was marked by a substantively different tone than prior iterations. On the battlefield, Russian forces stand significantly closer to victory than they have at any point since the opening weeks of the war. After reversals early in the war as Ukraine took advantage of Russian miscalculations and insufficient force generation, the Russian army surged in 2024, collapsing Ukraine’s front in southern Donetsk and pushing the front forward towards the remaining citadels of the Donbas. At the same time, 2025’s Z-Day was the first under...
  • 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,...
  • Zelenskiy says Ukraine has 'low chance' of survival without US backing

    02/16/2025 11:07:15 AM PST · by Mariner · 62 replies
    Reuters via Yahoo ^ | February 16th, 2025 | Kanishka Singh
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ukraine has little chance of surviving Russia's assault without U.S. support, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday after phone calls this week by U.S. President Donald Trump with Zelenskiy and Russian President Vladimir Putin."Probably it will be very, very, very difficult. And of course, in all the difficult situations, you have a chance. But we will have low chance - low chance to survive without support of the United States," Zelenskiy said in an interview on the NBC News program "Meet the Press."An excerpt was released on Friday from the interview, which will be broadcast on Sunday.Trump discussed...
  • Trump promises Kyiv involvement in peace talks with Russia

    02/13/2025 1:46:36 PM PST · by Mariner · 20 replies
    Reuters via Yahoo ^ | February 13th. 2025 | Tom Balmforth and Bart H. Meijer
    KYIV/BRUSSELS (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Ukraine would be involved in peace talks with Russia, after Kyiv and its European allies warned against a "dirty deal" between Washington and Moscow following Trump's call with Russian President Vladimir Putin.Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said Ukraine would have a seat at the table during any peace negotiations with Russia over ending the war."They're part of it. We would have Ukraine, and we have Russia, and we'll have other people involved, a lot of people,” Trump said.Asked whether he trusts Putin, he said: "I believe that...
  • President Trump says he wants to hold a summit with President Xi and Putin (Video)

    02/13/2025 1:54:39 PM PST · by hardspunned · 39 replies
    X ^ | DJT
    when "things have calmed down" to "cut our military budget in half"