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  • Trump tells Zelensky 'make a deal or we're out' in angry White House meeting

    02/28/2025 10:30:35 AM PST · by simpson96 · 66 replies
    BBC ^ | 2/28/2025 | Tom Bateman
    It is no understatement to say that this was, for Zelensky coming here today, the most critical diplomatic and political moment for him and his country since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine three years ago. This has descended into an extraordinary and unprecedented moment of tension, exploding in the Oval Office. Basically, a public dressing down of the Ukrainian leader by Donald Trump and Vice-President JD Vance It began by Vance saying to Zelensky that the war had to be ended through diplomacy. What kind of diplomacy, Zelensky replied. He was then accused by the vice-president of being disrespectful. This...
  • Blinken in Ukraine to offer 'strong reassurance' as US weapons reach front line

    05/13/2024 9:53:33 PM PDT · by McGruff · 26 replies
    BBC ^ | May 13, 2024 | Tom Bateman
    US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Ukraine as weapons from a new American aid package begin arriving at the front line. His visit comes as the country struggles to hold back a major Russian incursion near its second biggest city of Kharkiv. Ahead of Mr Blinken's arrival in Kyiv, a senior US official said the American-funded weapons now arriving at the front line included air defence interceptors, artillery and ATACMS long-range precision guided missiles. "We have already started to flow in artillery [and] long-range ATACMS that can range any part of Ukraine, and also other air defence...