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  • Putin Sacks Chief of Military's Land Forces

    05/15/2025 2:03:56 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 19 replies
    President Vladimir Putin on Thursday sacked Russia's chief of land forces, General Oleg Salyukov, the Kremlin said, in the latest removal of a high-profile military establishment figure amid the war in Ukraine. Salyukov, 70, will become a deputy to ex-Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, who was removed last year and made Secretary of the Security Council. The move was announced in a Kremlin decree. Less than a week ago, Salyukov was running the grand Victory Day military parade in Red Square with current Defense Minister Andrei Belousov, marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany. Russian law enforcement has charged...
  • US says Trump and Putin needed for breakthrough in Ukraine peace talks

    05/15/2025 1:10:12 PM PDT · by McGruff · 27 replies
    BBC ^ | March 15, 2025 | Jessica Rawnsley
    Top US diplomat Marco Rubio says he does not have high expectations for peace talks due to be held between Ukraine and Russia in Turkey and asserted that Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin needed to meet. "It's my assessment that I don't think we're going to have a breakthrough here until President Trump and President Putin interact directly on this topic," he said, speaking after a meeting of Nato foreign ministers in southern Turkey. Earlier in the day, Trump - who is visiting the Middle East - also suggested that significant progress in peace talks was unlikely until...
  • Russian delegation to meet Ukrainian officials in Turkey, but unclear if Putin will attend

    05/14/2025 4:02:32 AM PDT · by McGruff · 118 replies
    ABC News ^ | May 14, 2025 | Kevin Shalvey
    Moscow on Wednesday said it would send a delegation to Istanbul to meet with Ukrainian officials, potentially bringing diplomats from the two at-war countries together for the first known in-person direct talks in more than three years. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov confirmed on Wednesday that Russian diplomats would travel to Turkey, but didn't detail which officials would be present. The confirmation followed an act of one-upmanship from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine, who on Wednesday said he would be willing to meet personally with Russian President Vladimir Putin, should the latter decide to travel to Turkey. "We are ready for...
  • Poland says Russia recruited arsonists for Warsaw fire on social media

    05/12/2025 4:25:31 PM PDT · by McGruff · 18 replies
    BBC ^ | May 12, 2025 | Kasia Madera Kathryn Armstrong
    Poland's foreign minister says his country has evidence that Russia recruited people on the Telegram messaging service to carry out last year's massive shopping centre fire in Warsaw. Speaking to the BBC in an exclusive interview, Radek Sikorski said Moscow's actions were "completely unacceptable" and that a second Russian consulate in Poland had been closed as a result. His comments come after a Polish investigation concluded that the Marywilska shopping centre fire was orchestrated by Moscow's intelligence services. Russia denied its involvement, with Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov accusing Poland of being "Russophobic".
  • ‘Clock Is Ticking’: E.U. Leaders Demand Russia Accept Truce by Day’s End

    05/12/2025 8:30:22 AM PDT · by McGruff · 93 replies
    NY Times ^ | May 12, 2025 | Marc Santora
    European leaders stepped up pressure on Russia to accept an unconditional cease-fire in Ukraine, threatening to immediately impose a new round of punishing sanctions if the Kremlin did not change its stance by the end of Monday. “The clock is ticking — we still have 12 hours until the end of this day,” the German government spokesman, Stefan Kornelius, told a news conference. On Monday, the Kremlin spokesman brushed off the threat. “The language of ultimatums is unacceptable — you cannot talk to Russia like this,” the spokesman, Dmitri S. Peskov, told Russian news agencies.
  • Europe and US briefly upped the pressure on Russia over Ukraine. Trump upended that

    05/12/2025 5:55:23 AM PDT · by McGruff · 36 replies
    CNN ^ | Nick Paton Walsh
    For about 30 hours, the illusion of transatlantic unity over Ukraine was maintained. Europe and Ukraine had demanded a deal on the 30-day unconditional ceasefire the Trump administration proposed two months earlier. European leaders said US President Donald Trump had personally backed their plan – and threat of sanctions if Russia declined to sign up by Monday – in a Saturday phone call, a picture of which they posted online from Kyiv. Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, even joined a chorus of US allies demanding Russia adhere to the ceasefire demand. But then Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke,...
  • Poland Accuses Russia of Arson Attack on Warsaw Shopping Complex

    05/11/2025 2:13:51 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 26 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 05/11/2025 | BREITBART LONDON
    WARSAW, Poland (AP) – A massive fire that destroyed a large shopping center in Warsaw last year was the result of arson ordered by Russian intelligence services, Polish officials said Sunday on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the blaze. The fire broke out May 12, 2024, in the Marywilska 44 shopping that housed some 1,400 shops and service points. Many of the vendors were from Vietnam, and it inflicted tragedy on many in Warsaw’s Vietnamese community. “We now know for certain that the massive fire on Marywilska was the result of arson commissioned by Russian services,” Prime Minister...
  • Trump statement on Russia and Ukraine

    05/10/2025 10:29:02 PM PDT · by McGruff · 24 replies
    Truth Social ^ | May 11, 2025 | Preident Trump
    A potentially great day for Russia and Ukraine! Think of the hundreds of thousands of lives that will be saved as this never ending “bloodbath” hopefully comes to an end. It will be a whole new, and much better, WORLD. I will continue to work with both sides to make sure that it happens. The USA wants to focus, instead, on Rebuilding and Trade. A BIG week upcoming! May 11, 2025, 12:03 AM
  • European leaders head to Kyiv to show support after Putin's parade

    05/09/2025 7:06:07 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 15 replies
    Reuters ^ | Fri, May 9, 2025 | Tom Balmforth
    The leaders of Britain, France, Germany and Poland headed to Kyiv on Saturday for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a show of unity a day after Russia's Vladimir Putin hosted his allies in a Victory Day parade on Red Square. The summit will discuss a U.S. and European proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in the Russian war in Ukraine that if refused by Moscow would see them jointly impose new sanctions, a French diplomatic source said, adding that the step had not yet been finalised. The visit by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, German...
  • Europe throws support behind Ukraine special tribunal to prosecute Russia

    05/09/2025 3:45:15 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 20 replies
    Reuters ^ | May 9, 2025 | Andriy Perun and Vladyslav Smilianets
    Europe threw its support on Friday behind a special tribunal to prosecute President Vladimir Putin and other senior Russian officials for the crime of aggression against Ukraine, a show of unity on a day when Moscow marks its "victory day". At a meeting in Ukraine's western city of Lviv, ministers from almost 20 European nations gave their political sign-off to the tribunal, welcoming the completion of the technical work required to set it up. The tribunal will be set up within the framework of the Council of Europe, the continent's leading human rights watchdog that was formed after World War...
  • Brazilian Congress Approves Motion Expected To Annul Charges and Suspend Sham Prosecution of Bolsonaro and 32 Others Accused of ‘Coup D’état’ by Rogue Supreme Court (VIDEOS)

    05/08/2025 5:10:16 AM PDT · by george76 · 4 replies
    Gateway Pundit, ^ | May. 7, 2025 | Paul Serran
    A mere three days after he was discharged rom the hospital after a VERY complex surgery because of complications from the knife stabbing he suffered in 2018, Jair Bolsonaro is leading tens of thousands of citizens in a demonstration pro-Amnesty for those falsely accused of a ‘coup d’état’. Socialist President Lula da Silva is in Moscow for the Victory Day Celebration – but even if he was in the country, unpopular Lula could never assemble a crowd like that. ... Bolsonaro may be about to rejoin the presidential race for next year’s election, attempting a historical comeback Donald J. Trump-style....
  • Chinese President Xi arrives in Moscow following massive Ukraine drone strike

    05/07/2025 5:27:15 PM PDT · by McGruff · 15 replies
    The Washington Times ^ | May 7, 2025 | Vaughn Cockayne
    Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Moscow on Wednesday for a lengthy diplomatic visit in the aftermath of a massive drone attack on the Russian capital. Mr. Xi traveled to Russia for a four-day visit that will include signing numerous cooperation agreements and attending a Victory Day parade in Moscow on Friday celebrating the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. The visit is part of the “no limits” partnership between Russia and China, which Mr. Xi hopes to deepen with the trip. Mr. Xi is also expected to discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine with Russian...
  • Germany’s New Chancellor Kicks Off Leadership With Ukraine-Affirming Trip to France and Poland

    05/07/2025 8:18:54 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 9 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 05/07/2025 | Oliver JJ Lane
    Friedrich Merz is spending his first day as leader of Germany visiting France and Poland, promising a “fresh start” to EU relationships and signalling defiance to President Trump in saying they will never accept an “imposed” peace on the Ukraine War. The French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed newly appointed Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Paris on Wednesday, the leaders of the two largest and richest countries in Europe publishing a joint statement vowing greater cooperation on defence, economics, and the Ukraine War. Merz will later today travel to Poland for more meetings, which in both cases he said were to launch...
  • EU plans to end Russian gas imports by end of 2027

    05/07/2025 8:43:15 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 20 replies
    BBC ^ | 05/07/2025 | Anna Lamche
    The European Commission has published a "roadmap" outlining its plans to end Europe's reliance on Russian energy in the coming years. Under the plans, imports of all Russian gas and liquefied natural gas to European Union member states will be banned by the end of 2027. "No more will we permit Russia to weaponise energy against us... No more will we indirectly help fill up the [Kremlin's] war chests," European Commissioner for Energy Dan Jorgensen said in a news conference in Strasbourg on Tuesday. In response to the plans, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told the Reuters news agency on Tuesday...
  • Russia calls on two countries to de-escalate and find a peaceful solution

    05/07/2025 3:29:15 AM PDT · by McGruff · 10 replies
    AP ^ | may 7, 2025 | KATIE DAVIES
    Russia has called on the two countries to de-escalate and find a peaceful solution. “We are deeply concerned about the escalation of military confrontation between India and Pakistan following the terrorist attack near Pahalgam,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said in an official statement Wednesday. “Russia strongly condemns acts of terrorism, opposes any manifestation of terrorism, and emphasizes the need to unite the entire international community to effectively combat this evil.” “We call on the parties involved to exercise restraint in order to prevent the further deterioration of the situation in the region. We hope that differences between New...
  • Why Is Russia Sending Assault Troopers Into Battle On Crutches?

    05/06/2025 4:43:04 PM PDT · by Apparatchik · 40 replies
    Forbes ^ | 6 May 2025 | David Hambling
    It is no secret that Russia ‘recycles’ wounded soldiers, sending them back to the front line as soon as they are mobile. Commanders have made sure that getting wounded is not a ticket out of danger. But now we are seeing more extreme cases, with soldiers still on crutches or even in wheelchairs being pushed forward in assaults. What is behind this bizarre phenomenon? There may be method behind this gruesome madness, but there are competing explanations. It would be easy to dismiss this sort of claim as Ukrainian propaganda. Except that apart from the many cases captured on drone...
  • All the narratives are wearing off [tr]

    05/06/2025 3:23:04 PM PDT · by Its All Over Except ... · 65 replies
    X.com ^ | 5/6/25 | Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
    All the narratives are wearing off. Vietnam was a pointless war and we lost. There were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Afghanistan was a waste. And we gained nothing from any of those wars. Saudi Arabia has nuclear weapons and the 19 terrorists from 9/11 were all Saudis. Did we go to war with them? Nope. North Korea has nukes. Little rocket man hasn’t blown us all up yet but we were told he was going to. Pakistan and China have nukes as well. And big bad Russia has nuclear weapons. We were told Putin was going to...
  • Ukrainian attack on Moscow forces Putin to cancel VE Day parade in Crimea

    05/06/2025 6:14:54 AM PDT · by Cronos · 23 replies
    The telegraph ^ | 5th May 2025 | Akhtar Makili
    Ukraine fired drones at Moscow days before Vladimir Putin was set to host world leaders at a Victory Day parade through the capital. Russia was forced to cancel Second World War anniversary events in occupied Crimea because of security concerns. Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, has said he cannot guarantee the safety of delegates attending the march through Moscow on Friday, which will be attended by Xi Jinping, the Chinese leader. ...It came as Ukrainian forces launched a second incursion into the Russian region of Kursk, breaking across the border and destroying bridges. On Monday Kyiv fired dozens of drones...
  • Russia says all airports in Moscow shut after drone attack

    05/05/2025 5:18:22 PM PDT · by McGruff · 31 replies
    BBC ^ | May 5, 2025 | Hafsa Khalil
    Russia says Ukraine has launched an overnight drone attack targeting Moscow for the second night in a row. All four of the capital's major airports have been closed temporarily to ensure safety, Russia's aviation watchdog Rosaviatsia said on Telegram. Moscow's mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, said on social media at least 19 Ukrainian drones had been destroyed before they reached the city "from different directions". He said some of the debris had landed on one of the key highways into the city, but there were no casualties. Ukraine has not yet commented on the reports
  • Orban Says Forced into Conflict with Zelensky by Threats in His Words

    05/05/2025 4:23:20 PM PDT · by marshmallow · 20 replies
    TASS ^ | 5/5/25
    Speaking in parliament, he stressed that no one can tell Budapest what decision it is to make on Ukraine’s accession to the European UnionBUDAPEST, May 5. /TASS/. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said that he was forced into an open conflict with Vladimir Zelensky because he heard a blatant threat in his words. Speaking in parliament, he stressed that no one can tell Budapest what decision it is to make on Ukraine’s accession to the European Union. The Hungarian prime minister noted that until recently he has been trying to avoid spats with Zelensky and ignore his provocative remarks...