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  • U.S. Restraint Has Created an Unstable and Dangerous World

    06/18/2022 10:08:14 AM PDT · by AndyJackson · 38 replies
    Foreign Policy ^ | JUNE 17, 2022 | H.R. McMaster
    Decades of ignoring the menaces posed by Russia and China has led the West to a precipice. ... Deterrence, however, does not disintegrate overnight. Contrary to the narrative of U.S. belligerence and imperialism that has been impressed on countless university students, the United States has, since the end of World War II, largely pursued a policy of restraint despite its considerable military power. Unlike other superpowers, it has not sought territories or treasure—on the contrary, it incurred considerable expense to foster a peaceful international order where other nations could thrive. Under the belief that a market economy, normal trading relations,...
  • Putin reeling as Ukraine launches 'deepest' attack of war 620 miles inside Russian border

    07/02/2025 8:06:21 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 92 replies
    Express UK ^ | 7/2/2025 | John Varga
    A series of explosions are heard inside the plant, with workers rushing and screaming as they try to get to safety. Ukrainian drones attacked a military-industrial complex in the Russian city of Izhevsk on Tuesday, in one of the deepest strikes inside the country since Putin's full-scale invasion. UAVS struck the Kupol Electromechanical Plant, causing a major fire to break out at the site. Video images circulating on social media channels show the dramatic moment of impact as the deadly drones zeroed in on their target. In one clip, an explosion can be heard, and then a giant ball of...
  • Frontline report: Ukraine set a forest trap in Sumy — a Russian battalion vanished inside

    06/27/2025 7:09:42 PM PDT · by Uncle Lonny · 125 replies
    Euromaidan Press ^ | 27/06/2025 | Eroromaden Press
    "Russian forces launched a new offensive into Sumy Oblast, charging across open fields with the expectation of minimal resistance. But what they encountered was a carefully planned Ukrainian trap. Drawn far from their defensive lines and exposed in the open, Russian units were hit hard by a sudden Ukrainian counterstrike. Artillery, drones, and precision infantry movements devastated the attackers. Ukrainian forces quickly overran Russian command posts, shattered frontline cohesion, and forced dozens of Russian soldiers to surrender."
  • Trump Calls for ‘End’ to Israel-Iran War, Says Putin Agreed in Call

    06/14/2025 4:49:24 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 31 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 06/14/2025 | Nick Gilbertson
    WASHINGTON– President Donald Trump announced Saturday that he wants the war between Iran and Israel to come to an end and that Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed during a call they had in the morning. Trump took to Truth Social to reveal that Putin shared his sentiment about the conflict during a call in which the Russian president wished Trump a happy birthday in the morning. “President Putin called this morning to very nicely wish me a Happy Birthday, but to more importantly, talk about Iran, a country he knows very well. We talked at length. Much less time was...
  • Zelensky on drone attacks on Russia: Absolutely brilliant result

    06/01/2025 1:48:31 PM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 71 replies
    Baha Breaking News ^ | 6/1/2025 | Christian Baha
    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday hailed the Security Service of Ukraine's operation, in which Ukrainian drones targeted over 40 Russian warplanes at several airbases in Russia, stressing that it achieved an "absolutely brilliant result." "One year, six months, and nine days from the start of planning to effective execution," Zelensky said in a post on X, emphasizing that it was Kiev's longest-range operation. He went on to say that such Ukrainian actions "will undoubtedly be in history books." "We are doing everything to make Russia feel the need to end this war. Russia started this war, Russia must end...
  • Trump appears to set Putin 'two-week' deadline on Ukraine

    05/28/2025 8:55:17 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 28 replies
    BBC News ^ | May 28, 2025 | Brandon Drenon and Tom Bateman
    US President Donald Trump has appeared to set a two-week deadline for Vladimir Putin, threatening a different response if the Russian counterpart was still stringing him along. As the Kremlin escalated its attacks on Ukraine, Trump was asked in the Oval Office on Wednesday if he thought Putin wanted to end the war. "I can't tell you that, but I'll let you know in about two weeks," Trump told reporters, the latest amid a string of critical public remarks made by Trump about Putin. Since Sunday, Trump has written multiple posts on social media saying that Putin has gone "absolutely...
  • UN expert predicts global food crisis may be 10 weeks away. The food supply chain problems may last years, the expert warned

    05/23/2022 9:25:45 AM PDT · by bitt · 74 replies
    justthenews.com ^ | 5/22/2022 | Madeleine Hubbard
    Te world only has 10 weeks worth of grain left, the lowest levels ever seen, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine is creating a "seismic" threat to global food supplies, Gro Intelligence CEO Sara Menker told the United Nations Security Council. "[T]he Russia-Ukraine war did not start the food security crisis. It simply added fuel to a fire that was long burning. A crisis we detected tremors from long before the COVID 19 pandemic exposed the fragility of our supply chains," Menker told the United Nations. Her software company, Gro Intelligence, uses human and artificial intelligence to predict food security and...
  • Russia duped Europe into energy dependence by funding 'rabid environmental groups': experts

    03/16/2022 4:45:26 AM PDT · by gattaca · 66 replies
    Fox News ^ | March 15, 2022 | Emma Colton
    For years, world leaders have accused Russia of funding environmental groups in Europe to steer nations away from energy independence and strengthen Russia’s iron grip over the continent. As nations across the globe begin shunning Russian oil in response to the country’s invasion of Ukraine, U.S. leaders are also questioning how deep Russia’s ties go in the environmental community. "The Russians actually fund some of the most rabid environmental groups in Europe because they sic them on the energy projects that aren’t Russian," James Carafano, vice president of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign...
  • Rubio says US, NATO seek more Patriot air defense systems for Ukraine

    05/25/2025 5:44:31 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 36 replies
    The Kyiv Independent ^ | 20 May 2025 | Tim Zadorozhnyy
    The United States is working with NATO partners to locate additional Patriot air defense systems for Ukraine, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on May 20 during Senate testimony on the State Department's budget. Ukraine has consistently warned that its current air defense capacity is insufficient to counter the scale of Russia's intensified missile and drone attacks. "The U.S. is looking for Patriot batteries to be able to transfer from other NATO nations into Ukrainian hands," Rubio told lawmakers, adding that no country is willing to give up these systems, and the U.S. cannot produce them quickly enough. Kyiv...
  • Ethiopians queue up to volunteer for Russia's fight in Ukraine

    04/21/2022 6:51:11 AM PDT · by familyop · 24 replies
    Reuters ^ | 21APR22 | Dawit Endeshaw
    On Tuesday, Reuters reporters saw several hundred men registering with Ethiopian security guards outside the embassy. The guards recorded their names and asked for proof of military service...But many in Ethiopia have voiced solidarity with Russia, which has enjoyed close relations with the Horn of Africa nation since the Soviet era...A man who came out of the embassy and addressed the volunteers in Russian through an interpreter said Russia had enough forces for now, but that they would be contacted when they were needed.
  • JD Vance holds Ukraine peace talks with Zelensky in first meeting since Oval Office clash

    05/18/2025 5:27:01 PM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 33 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 5/18/2025 | KATELYN CARALLE
    Vice President J.D. Vance came face-to-face with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for the first time since their Oval Office showdown earlier this year. The two attended Pope Leo XIV's first Sunday mass after being elected the new leader of the Catholic Church – and the first American to ever hold the top post in Vatican City. After the service, Secretary of State Marco Rubio joined Vance and Zelensky in Rome for talks aimed at advancing the goal of ending the war between Russia and Ukraine. 'The leaders discussed their shared goal of ending the bloodshed in Ukraine and provided updates...
  • EXCLUSIVE: Russian oligarch with close ties to Putin met with Hunter Biden in Moscow over potential investment deal before meeting TWICE more in New York and DC - and is now sanctioned by the UK (but NOT the US)

    05/02/2022 12:21:47 PM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 8 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 5/2/2022 | Josh Boswell
    Hunter Biden flew to Moscow for a meeting with a now-sanctioned Russian oligarch with reportedly close ties to Vladimir Putin, laptop files reveal. Vladimir Yevtushenkov, 73, owns a company which reportedly supplied Putin's forces with drones used for deadly bombing raids in Ukraine and until last year owned key Russian defense contractor RTI. But while he was added to the UK and Australian sanctions lists this month but remains one of a handful of oligarchs unsanctioned by the Biden administration. Hunter's multiple meetings and apparent business deals with him are the latest in a troubling web of his connections to...
  • Is Saudi Arabia Trying to Sabotage Biden?

    04/05/2024 1:45:28 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 20 replies
    The Hill ^ | 04/04/24 | Liz Peek
    Is Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman trying to sabotage Joe Biden’s reelection bid? It’s quite possible. The Saudi leader, known as MBS, has made clear his disdain for President Biden, and his fury over insults lobbed at him by this White House. He is a powerful force behind the current surge in oil prices, which could — if sustained — contribute to Biden’s defeat. Oil prices are soaring — up 19 percent since the start of the year. Since they lag behind crude oil, gasoline prices have only jumped 14 percent so far. But, unless oil markets take a...
  • Rush of diplomatic calls follow Trump's offer to join potential Russia-Ukraine talks

    05/12/2025 8:43:44 PM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 6 replies
    Straits Times ^ | 5/12/2025 | Staff
    U.S. and European diplomats went on a flurry of calls in the hours after U.S. President Donald Trump offered on Monday to join prospective Ukraine-Russia talks later this week, trying to find a path that would bring an end to the war in Ukraine. Trump's surprise offer to join the talks on Thursday in Istanbul came a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in a fresh twist to the stop-start peace talks process, said he would travel Turkey and wait to meet President Vladimir Putin there. -snip- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held talks late on Monday with his Turkish...
  • Trump Threatens 'Devastating' Financial Penalties for Russia

    03/12/2025 2:05:56 PM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 47 replies
    Newsmax ^ | 3/12/2025 | Solange Reyner
    -snip- "There are things that wouldn't be pleasant in a financial sense. I can do things financially that would be very bad for Russia. I don't want to do that because I want to get peace," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. "In a financial sense, yes, we could do things that would be very bad for Russia, that would be devastating for Russia. But I don't want to do that because I want to see peace. And we’re getting close to maybe getting something done. We got Ukraine done. And, as you know, Ukraine might have been the...
  • Retreat! Ukrainian Brigades Appear To Be Evacuating Kursk.

    03/12/2025 5:09:39 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 28 replies
    Forbes ^ | March 11, 2025 | David Axe
    On Feb. 25, a flurry of accurate Russian drone strikes knocked out dozens of Ukrainian vehicles along the main road to Sudzha, the town that is—or was—the main base for the 10,000-strong Ukrainian force occupying a significant, but quickly shrinking, salient in Kursk Oblast in western Russia. That was “the day you started worrying about Kursk,” wrote independent analyst Andrew Perpetua. Two weeks later, it seems the bulk of the Ukrainian force—Ukrainian army’s heaviest brigades—has evacuated Kursk and repositioned on the Ukrainian side of the border. “My friends managed to leave Kursk, avoiding encirclement,” one Ukrainian source claimed Monday. “It’s...
  • About the story "NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte threatens US"? Its fake.

    11/11/2024 12:02:35 PM PST · by Widget Jr · 27 replies
    FreeRepublic.com ^ | November 11, 2024 | Widget Jr
    Posted in response to the thread NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte threatens US and expanding on my comment on that thread. This story is fake. How do we know? By reading and asking if it makes any sense and searching for the original sources and checking if they are legitimate. Then asking what are the target audiences and intended effects. Processes that one side of the Ukraine conflict are particular resistant to carrying out.Does the story even make sense? No. First and so obviously it should not require explaining, if Rutte said that he would instantly lose his job. The...
  • Mark Sleboda: Putin's UNPRECEDENTED Victory! Nato HUMILIATED As Ukraine' Army COLLAPSES EN MASSE

    08/11/2024 1:09:43 AM PDT · by ganeemead · 33 replies
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  • Olena Zelensky Bought Bugatti Tourbillon Worth 4.5 Million Euros in Paris? Fake Purchase Bill, AI-Generated Video Used To Make False Claim About Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Wife, Here’s a Fact Check

    07/02/2024 10:47:22 PM PDT · by Widget Jr · 96 replies
    Latestly.com ^ | July 2, 2024 | Team Latestly
    However, the recent reports alleging that Olena Zelensky purchased a Bugatti Tourbillon have been debunked. The claims, which included a fake purchase bill and an AI-generated video, were found to be false.Several reports on social media claimed Olena Zelensky, the wife of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, purchased a Bugatti Tourbillon worth 4.5 million euros in Paris. However, the recent reports alleging that Olena Zelensky purchased a Bugatti Tourbillon have been debunked. The claims, which included a fake purchase bill and an AI-generated video, were found to be false. It was found that the "Bugatti dealer" video is an AI deepfake....
  • “This Is Gonna Get Us ALL Blown Up!” Jeffrey Sachs On Russian Invasion Video— 1/2 hour

    06/20/2024 10:01:49 AM PDT · by Phoenix8 · 27 replies
    Youtube ^ | 6/19/2024 | Piers Morgan
    Economics professor and author Jeffrey Sachs has spent too long in the geo-political arena to take the official US policy on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine at face value. He calls for negotiations in regards to Vladimir Putin’s recent ‘peace’ deal, which demands that Ukraine hand over large swathes of land to Russia. Although Jeffrey comes armed with a litany of crimes to lay at the doorstep of the collective west, Piers Morgan presses him on the central issues. Isn’t it strange that Putin hasn’t invaded a NATO member? And why doesn’t Sachs hold Putin to the same standard of conduct...