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  • Russia-Ukraine Fighting Continues Before Trump-Putin Meeting

    08/15/2025 12:52:45 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 71 replies
    The New American ^ | August 15, 2025 | Paul Dragu
    Ukraine hit two Russian cities with drone attacks the day before President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin were set to meet in Alaska.Ukraine hit the cities of Rostov-on-Don and Belgorod. Reuters reported:Thirteen people were wounded, two seriously, when a drone struck an apartment building in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, the acting regional governor said. Three civilians were wounded in the city of Belgorod near the border with Ukraine, according to the governor of that region, who posted video appearing to show a drone striking a car in the centre of the city.Meanwhile, Russian troops have been making significant...
  • Carefully and Gracefully

    08/15/2025 3:52:45 PM PDT · by delta7 · 1 replies
    Kunstler ^ | 14 Aug 25 | James Kunstler
    And so, now, in Alaska, Mr. Trump sits down with Vlad Putin to attempt a settling of Ukraine’s hash. This war has been a three-year bloody grind, millions killed, mostly Ukrainians, provoked underhandedly by US State Dept / CIA neocons, Britain’s MI6 apparatus, and the girl-bosses of the EU, for no good reason, namely, to weaken and possibly break-up Russia so as to get at its vast mineral and energy resources. This has been tried before in history, always to the grief of the triers. From our country’s point of view, the dynamics in play at this moment are delicate...
  • Britain 'ready to put boots on the ground' in Ukraine, says UK Defence Secretary

    08/15/2025 2:56:25 PM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 64 replies
    Daily Star UK ^ | 08 15 2025 | Joshua Whorms
    The UK's Defence Secretary has said that Britain is willing to “put boots on the ground” to help enforce a ceasefire in Ukraine, in the event that one is agreed. Defence Secretary John Healey has commented the peace summit today in Alaska "could be the first step" towards peace in the Ukraine conflict. The minister also stated the government was prepared to "step up economic sanctions and pressure on Putin if he shows today in Alaska he really isn't serious". The Defence Secretary has affirmed the UK will continue to stand by Ukraine during these peace talks and has said:...
  • Nervous Putin reacts to Trump's power move moments after leaders meet in Alaska for talks to end Ukraine war: Live updates

    08/15/2025 2:03:14 PM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 72 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 8/15/2025 | JAMIE BULLEN RACHEL BOWMAN JON MICHAEL RAASCH
    Vladimir Putin appeared rattled by Donald Trump's military jet flyover after the two leaders shook hands for the first time in six years today during a historic moment in Alaska. A B2 bomber and four F-35 figher jets flew above Putin and Trump as they walked to the US president's motorcade - a symbolic ride together into one of the most high-stakes diplomatic showdowns in decades. The Russian leader appeared shocked as the jets took off, pausing his walk to look up overhead.
  • ALASKA SUMMIT 2025 WITH POTUS AND VLADIMIR PUTIN

    08/15/2025 2:04:44 PM PDT · by backpacker_c · 249 replies
    RealAmerica'sVoice ^ | Aug 15, 2025 | RealAmerica'sVoice
    Watch our live coverage of President Trump's historic meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage Alaska, with RAV White House correspondent, Brian Glenn.
  • Russian Official Proposes Invading Five NATO Countries

    10/05/2023 3:17:20 AM PDT · by canuck_conservative · 130 replies
    Newsweek ^ | Oct. 5, 2023 | Brendan Cole
    The top Kremlin-installed official in the oblast, Yevgeny Balitsky, said Russia should also have its eye on the Baltic states, as well as Poland and Finland, all five of which are NATO countries... In the interview shared by Russia watcher Julia Davis, Balitsky seemed ready to take on the alliance as he spoke of how the Russian Empire that ended with the 1917 revolution had "lost its footing" as well as "great numbers of people." "I'm not even talking about territories. I understand that it includes Warsaw, Helsinki, also known as Helsingfors," he said... "I don't believe in any diplomacy...
  • General Mike Flynn: NOT GOOD THE NIGHT BEFORE PEACE TALKS BEGIN…JUST DUMB! | Open Source Intel: One of Ukraine's largest drone attack now hits Russia

    08/14/2025 9:03:59 PM PDT · by ransomnote · 102 replies
    X.COM ^ | Aug 14, 2025 | General Mike Flynn @GenFlynn; Open Source Intel @Osint613
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  • Trump, Putin to meet in Alaska at 11:30 local time

    08/14/2025 5:47:30 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 17 replies
    Baha Breaking News ^ | 8/14/2025 | Christian Baha
    The summit between Russian and US Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump will begin at 11:30 local time (Alaska Daylight Time), and will kick off with a one-on-one conversation in which only interpreters will be present, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov announced on Thursday in a briefing. After the initial meeting, the parties will continue negotiations in the format of a working breakfast. "It is expected that everything will begin tomorrow, August 15, at approximately 11:30 local time (22:30 Moscow time/ 21:30 CET/ 15:30 ET) with a conversation between Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and Donald Trump," the diplomat said. "This conversation...
  • Trump threatens 'very severe' consequences if Russia doesn't agree to end Ukraine war

    08/13/2025 12:06:11 PM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 15 replies
    Fox News ^ | 8/13/2025 | Greg Norman
    President Donald Trump threatened "very severe consequences" for Russia if President Vladimir Putin doesn’t agree to end the war in Ukraine after their meeting in Alaska on Friday. -snip- Trump later appeared to cast doubt on whether he could convince Putin to stop bombing Ukrainian civilians. "I'll tell you what. I've had that conversation with him. I've had a lot of good conversations with him then I go home and I see that a rocket hit a nursing home or a rocket hit an apartment building, and people are laying dead in the streets," Trump said. "So, I guess the...
  • Kremlin losing the South Caucasus and threatening Azerbaijan with new “special military operation”

    08/13/2025 7:33:55 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 8 replies
    Caliber AZ ^ | 8/13/2025 | Samir Ibrahimov
    Russian state propaganda has sharply intensified its bellicose rhetoric toward Azerbaijan amid reports of a possible lifting of Baku’s arms supply moratorium to Ukraine. A new “special military operation” could begin in the South Caucasus, propagandist Vladimir Solovyov stated on the program “Evening with Vladimir Solovyov” on the Russia-1 channel. According to him, NATO bases could appear in the Caspian Sea region, which he called “a very big problem.” With this, he was unmistakably alluding to Azerbaijan, which is close to Türkiye, a member of the North Atlantic Alliance. “And this is so dangerous that, from a geopolitical perspective, the...
  • Ukraine war briefing: Russia preparing for fresh offensives not a ceasefire, Zelenskyy says

    08/11/2025 9:09:44 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 44 replies
    The Guardian ^ | Mon 11 Aug 2025 | Mon 11 Aug 2025
    Russia is preparing its troops for new offensives instead of getting ready to stop the war in Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Monday, ahead of talks between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump in Alaska on Friday. “[Putin] is certainly not getting ready for a ceasefire and war end,” the Ukrainian president said in his nightly address. He added, without providing specifics, that Russia was moving its troops for new operations on Ukrainian soil. “There is no sign that the Russians have received signals to prepare for a postwar situation.”
  • Zelensky says Russia is deceiving Washington ahead of US-Russia talks

    08/11/2025 8:07:41 AM PDT · by Mariner · 65 replies
    DPA International via Yahoo ^ | August 11th, 2025 | Unattributed
    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow of attempting to mislead Washington, a few days before a planned meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska."We understand Russia's intention to try to deceive America – we will not allow this," Zelensky said in his evening video address on Sunday.The two presidents are set to meet Friday in Alaska to discuss a possible solution to the Ukraine war after more than three years of conflict. Zelensky was not invited.
  • Russia Has End Date In Mind For War In Ukraine

    03/26/2022 8:38:29 PM PDT · by UMCRevMom@aol.com · 18 replies
    Conservative Brief ^ | March 26, 2022 | Carmine Sabia
    Russian President Vladimir Putin has an end date in mind for his war in Ukraine and it is quickly approaching. The Armed Forces of Ukraine general staff said that Russian propaganda “imposes the idea that the war must be completed before the 9th of May 2022.” “Despite the significant losses and demoralized personal composition of the Russian Federation military-political leadership does not refuse to continue the war against Ukraine. The enemy continues to destroy the infrastructure of peaceful cities and villages of Ukraine, rudely violating the rules of war and ignoring the requirements of International Humanitarian Law,” it said on...
  • Trump-Putin summit in Alaska resembles a slow defeat for Ukraine

    08/09/2025 1:00:30 PM PDT · by Mariner · 153 replies
    CNN via Yahoo ^ | August 9th, 2025 | Analysis by Nick Paton Walsh
    Location matters, former real estate mogul US President Donald Trump said. Moments later he announced Alaska, a place sold by Russia to the United States 158 years ago for $7.2 million, would be where Russian President Vladimir Putin tries to sell his land deal of the century, getting Kyiv to hand over chunks of land he’s not yet been able to occupy.The conditions around Friday’s summit so wildly favor Moscow, it is obvious why Putin leapt at the chance, after months of fake negotiation, and it is hard to see how a deal emerges from the bilateral that does not...
  • CIA deputy director's heartbreak as she discovers missing son died fighting for RUSSIA in Ukraine

    04/26/2025 11:25:26 AM PDT · by Angelino97 · 61 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | April 26, 2025 | Will Stewart, Alyssa Guzman
    Pictures show the CIA deputy director's son who - unbeknownst to his mother and father - was fighting for Vladimir Putin in Ukraine. Michael Gloss, 21, was killed in the war in April last year, but details of the story have only emerged now after an investigation by Russian independent news outlet iStories. Photos showing him wearing camouflage and hanging out with soldiers have emerged. His mother, Julianne Gallina Gloss, is the Central Intelligence Agency's deputy director for digital innovation. His father, Larry Gloss, is a US Navy veteran who participated in Operation Desert Storm and the Iraq War. In...
  • Ukraine will not give up land, Zelensky says ahead of Trump-Putin meeting next week

    08/09/2025 12:31:56 AM PDT · by McGruff · 86 replies
    BBC ^ | Aug 9, 2025 | Neha Gohil
    In the last few minutes, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has given his first reaction to the announcement of a Trump-Putin meeting next week, saying Ukraine "will not give their land to occupiers". In a statement on the messaging app Telegram, Zelensky says any solutions without Ukraine will be "solutions against peace". This comes after US President Donald Trump announced a few hours ago that he will be meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday 15 August to discuss the war in Ukraine. Trump signalled that Ukraine may have to cede territory in a peace deal with Russia, telling...
  • 'Not a good partner': Trump targets India with new tariff threat in next 24 hrs

    08/05/2025 6:13:23 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 33 replies
    Mathrubhumi ^ | 8/5/2025 | News Desk
    On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump announced that he was contemplating a significant increase in tariffs on Indian imports within the next 24 hours due to India's procurement of Russian oil. Trump remarked in a CNBC interview that India has not been a favourable trading partner, pointing out that while India conducts extensive trade with the US, the US does not reciprocate. He added that although the tariff was initially set at 25 per cent, he expected to increase it substantially within a day due to India's purchase of Russian oil. "India has not been a good trading partner, because...
  • Ukraine is now Trump’s war

    08/04/2025 7:19:24 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 87 replies
    CNN ^ | Mon August 4, 2025 | Nick Paton Walsh
    Vladimir Putin started it. Joe Biden didn’t stop it. But, no matter his efforts to the contrary, this is the week in which Russia’s invasion of Ukraine becomes US President Donald Trump’s war. The most powerful office in the world doesn’t always invite choices. Trump is mandated to address the biggest conflict in Europe since World War II because the United States was involved, under his predecessor, as Ukraine’s key ally and sponsor. Trump could have dropped the war entirely. But instead, he chose to impose the force of his personality, initially through the idea he could end it in...
  • Ukrainian drone attack sparks fire at oil depot in Russia's Sochi city

    08/02/2025 10:30:05 PM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 21 replies
    TRT Global ^ | Reuters
    More than 120 firefighters were trying to extinguish a blaze at an oil depot in the Russian city of Sochi that was sparked by a Ukrainian drone attack, regional Governor Veniamin Kondratyev has said on the Telegram messaging app. In the Krasnodar region, where Sochi is located, a fuel tank with a capacity of 2,000 cubic metres was on fire, Russia's RIA news agency reported on Sunday, citing emergency officials. Rosaviatsia, Russia's civil aviation authority, said on Telegram that flights were halted at Sochi's airport to ensure air safety. The attack, which Kondratyev said was in the Adler district of...
  • Trump says he’s ordered nuclear submarines repositioned after Russian official’s ‘highly provocative’ remarks

    08/01/2025 9:06:29 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 136 replies
    CNN ^ | 08/01/2025 | Alejandra Jaramillo , Kevin Liptak
    President Donald Trump issued a rare threat of nuclear escalation on Friday, saying he had ordered two nuclear submarines to be strategically positioned near Russia in response to what he said were aggressive remarks by Dmitry Medvedev, the country’s former president and current deputy chairman of its Security Council. “I have ordered two Nuclear Submarines to be positioned in the appropriate regions, just in case these foolish and inflammatory statements are more than just that. Words are very important, and can often lead to unintended consequences, I hope this will not be one of those instances. Thank you for your...