Keyword: rabidameriphobes https://freerepublic.com/tag/rabidameriphobes/ en-us Tue, 2 Jun 2026 18:42:34 GMT Focus Forum 15 Putin's triple war humiliation: Officials warn economy is on the brink, Ukraine continues to seize territory and Crimea issues desperate plea for citizens not to panic as tide turns Kyiv's way https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382073/posts Vladimir Putin has suffered a fresh wave of war humiliation amid warnings that his unaffordable conflict with Ukraine is pushing his economy to the brink of collapse. Russia's Finance Ministry and its central bank has projected the government's budget deficit widening to a dangerous level if the Kremlin continues at the current rate of defence expenditure, according to Bloomberg. The stark warning came as Putin suffered further setbacks on the frontline, where the tide of the war is increasingly turning in Ukraine's favour. And authorities in Crimea are urging citizens not to panic amid ongoing petrol shortages with pictures showing... UK Daily Mail https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382073/posts#comment Tue, 2 Jun 2026 18:42:34 GMT Some Disturbing Links Between the Ukraine and Iran Wars https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382092/posts First, the bad news: The Iran War shows no signs of ending soon. Tehran on Monday said it would suspend peace talks with the U.S. in protest of Israeli strikes in Gaza and Lebanon. Now, the even worse news: The Iran War is linked to the Ukraine War in myriad disturbing ways, and the longer the former drags on, the more dangerous the latter becomes. Talk of “World War III” tends to be ludicrously overwrought—crafted to generate clicks and grab eyeballs on social media, rather than highlight geopolitical risks—but the connections between these two wars have, if anything, been underdiscussed.... The American Conservative https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382092/posts#comment Tue, 2 Jun 2026 20:44:17 GMT