https://freerepublic.com/tag/vlodthepianowanker/ en-us Wed, 3 Jun 2026 12:54:02 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382169/posts Ukrainian drones on Wednesday attacked St. Petersburg, Russia’s second-largest city, on the opening day of an annual economic conference that President Vladimir V. Putin has tried to cultivate into a showcase of a modern and prosperous country. It was the second time in a month that Ukraine had struck a major Russian city before an event important to Mr. Putin, as Kyiv expands a campaign of long-range strikes aimed at inflicting economic damage on Russia and demonstrating its vulnerability to attacks. In early May, Ukrainian forces hit sites in Moscow, including a high-rise apartment building near the city center, days... New York Times https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382169/posts#comment Wed, 3 Jun 2026 12:54:02 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4362286/posts The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russia agreed with ⁠President Donald Trump that it was Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, not Russia, who was holding up a potential peace deal to end the war in Ukraine. Trump's assessment in an interview with Reuters contrasted that of European allies, who have consistently argued that Moscow has ‍little interest in ending the fighting and wants to take as much ‍territory as it can while seeking to stave off further Western sanctions. "I think he's ready to make a deal," Trump said ⁠of Putin when speaking to Reuters in the Oval Office on Wednesday.... Newsmax https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4362286/posts#comment Thu, 15 Jan 2026 16:41:28 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4359021/posts ‘Ze’ has gone overboard with his latest remarks.For four years, Volodymyr Zelensky has been painted by the MSM as a heroic ‘defender of democracy’, a ‘present-day Winton Churchill’, and any questioning of him was surely to be described as the work of Putin’s shills and puppets.But that was then – and this is now, when Zelensky has been revealed as a failing leader of an incredibly corrupt country rife with real-life Nazis, and dealing with an alleged nasty drug habit.Citizens of the western countries now know that much of their taxpayer money sent to the Kiev regime was stolen by... Gateway Pundit https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4359021/posts#comment Fri, 26 Dec 2025 04:28:55 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4359009/posts In the United States, several transcripts of conversations between Russia's leader Vladimir Putin and former US president George Bush have been published, in which Putin argued that Ukraine is an artificial state with a fragmented society and warned of a long-term confrontation with the West if Ukraine were admitted to NATO.Source: European Pravda with reference to the non-governmental research institution the National Security ArchiveDetails: In a conversation dated 16 June 2001, Putin, speaking in a passage about the need for honesty in relations and saying that he senses the mood of Russian society well, spoke about his disappointment with the... Pravda UA https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4359009/posts#comment Fri, 26 Dec 2025 00:26:17 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4355915/posts Hostility toward the US president is somewhat lower in Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, and PortugalPARIS, December 4. /TASS/. Almost one in two EU citizens surveyed perceive US President Donald Trump as "Europe’s enemy," according to the results of a poll of 9,500 residents in nine EU countries conducted in late November and published in the French magazine Le Grand Continent. "According to the latest figures, Trump is largely perceived as Europe’s enemy. On average, 48% of EU citizens surveyed see him this way, while 10% consider him a friend [of Europe] and 40% view him as ‘neither friend nor foe,’"... TASS https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4355915/posts#comment Thu, 4 Dec 2025 16:24:22 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4355922/posts "The US delegation just met with Vladimir Putin and his staff in Moscow and although there is no peace agreement yet, we seem to be one step closer to some form of “compromise” as the Russian TASS news agency puts it." Neutrality Studies https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4355922/posts#comment Thu, 4 Dec 2025 17:18:09 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4355924/posts hen Vladimir Putin declared this week that Russia was ‘ready’ to fight a war in Europe, the remark barely seems to have rippled the surface of Britain’s political consciousness. It should have sent a shockwave...Yet Britain continues to behave as though danger is tidily scheduled for years in the future, safely beyond the horizon of any present responsibility. It is a comforting delusion, but a very dangerous one. Britain cannot lead Europe if it cannot defend itselfWhat Putin understands – and what Britain refuses to face – is that Europe is vulnerable in ways that matter more than tanks or... The spectator.co.uk https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4355924/posts#comment Thu, 4 Dec 2025 17:23:29 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4355643/posts President Vladimir Putin warned that Russia is ready to fight a war if Europe seeks one and claimed European countries are trying to make changes in President Donald Trump's proposal on ending Russia's war against Ukraine, ahead of his high-stakes meeting with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow on Tuesday. The meeting is underway, Russian state media TASS reported Tuesday night local time. The Kremlin on Tuesday said that Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, was also expected to take part. Earlier, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said the meeting had no time limit and would go on for "as long as... ABC News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4355643/posts#comment Tue, 2 Dec 2025 17:55:26 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4355630/posts Russian dictator Vladimir Putin said he is ready to go to war with Europe, accusing EU leaders of sabotaging peace talks with the US. “We are not planning to go to war with Europe, but if Europe wants to and starts, we are ready right now,” Putin warned. NY Post https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4355630/posts#comment Tue, 2 Dec 2025 16:39:32 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4355428/posts Putin gambled on Western hesitation, and now a war born of miscalculation grinds on because neither Moscow nor NATO is willing—or able—to force a decisive end. Why did the war in Ukraine start in 2021?As in 2008 and 2012, but unlike 2017 to 2021, Vladimir Putin sensed an American president would not or could not deter him, so he invaded a former Soviet republic. Under past presidents, Putin saw no downside to grabbing Ossetia, the Donbas, and Crimea. Putin was also led to believe the West or Joe Biden would not challenge him following the recent humiliating U.S. withdrawal from... American Greatness https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4355428/posts#comment Mon, 1 Dec 2025 12:47:10 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4355344/posts The Panamanian-flagged and Turkish-owned oil tanker, M/T MERSIN, alleged to be affiliated with the Russian Shadow Fleet, is currently sinking off the coast of Dakar, Senegal in Western Africa, after reportedly coming under attack overnight by several uncrewed surface vessels, in possibly the third attack in the last week by Ukrainian Intelligence Services against a tanker linked to Russia. X https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4355344/posts#comment Sun, 30 Nov 2025 19:52:24 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4344368/posts fter barely six months in office, President Donald Trump has gone from peacemaker to warmonger. He attacked Iran and is threatening more strikes, bombarded Yemen’s Ansar Allah militants on behalf of Israel and Europe, is encouraging the former to conquer Gaza, and is increasing U.S. involvement in the Russia-Ukraine cataclysm.War with Russia is the most immediate danger. Its invasion of its neighbor was a tragedy, but requires U.S. avoidance, not involvement. Throughout most of America’s history, Ukraine has been ruled from Moscow. The Ukrainian people have long suffered under that relationship, but Washington never considered going to war on Kiev’s... The American Conservative https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4344368/posts#comment Sat, 4 Oct 2025 21:07:36 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4344370/posts The video explores the alarming demographic trends affecting Russia, leading to a potential population collapse. Using census data and population statistics, it draws parallels to the decline of the USSR and examines the current birth rate crisis. Fall of Nations https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4344370/posts#comment Sat, 4 Oct 2025 21:19:46 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4344363/posts Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky promoted Colonel Andriy Biletsky to the rank of Brigadier General. Biletsky has said the purpose of the Ukrainian right is to fight the “Semitic-led untermenschen [subhumans].” “To confer the military rank of brigadier general on Colonel Andriy Yevhenovych Biletsky, commander of the 3rd Army Corps of the ‘East’ Operational Command of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” the presidential decree signed Wednesday said. Biletsky is the commander of the Third Separate Assault Brigade and the founder of the Azov regiment. He is an outright white supremacist. “Ukrainians are part (and one of the... Libertarian Institute https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4344363/posts#comment Sat, 4 Oct 2025 20:08:16 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4344279/posts Russia launched its biggest attack of the war overnight against natural gas facilities run by Ukraine’s state-owned Naftogaz Group, officials said Friday. Russia fired a total of 381 drones and 35 missiles at Ukraine, according to Ukraine’s air force. in what officials was an attempt to wreck the Ukrainian power grid ahead of winter and wear down public appetite for the 3-year-old conflict. “This is deliberate terror against civilian facilities that provide gas extraction and processing for the normal life of people,” Serhii Koretskyi, chief executive of Ukraine’s state-owned gas company Naftogaz, said in a statement. “It has no military... ABC News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4344279/posts#comment Sat, 4 Oct 2025 12:17:12 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4344222/posts Russian President Vladimir Putin – […] They’ve made a lot of noise many times, threatening us with a complete blockade. They’ve even said openly, without hesitation, that they want to make the Russian people suffer. That’s the word they chose. They’ve drawn up plans, each more fantastical than the last one. I think the time has come to calm down, to take a look around, to get their bearings, and to start building relations in a completely different way.We also understand that the polycentric world is highly dynamic. It appears fragile and unstable because it is impossible to permanently fix... The Conservative Treehouse - The Last Refuge https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4344222/posts#comment Sat, 4 Oct 2025 00:47:36 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4344193/posts I simply don't trust the MSM to tell us what Putin actually said (shades of Russia!Russia!Russia!). Below is the link to the video and the YOUTUBE auto-generated TRANSCRIPT. The video and TRANSCRIPT are long; if you want to skip to the comments, I recomment you return to the forum and click on the comments link there.[H/T Delta7]WATCH: Putin Full Speech at Valdai Forum in Sochi | Gaza, Ukraine & EU Relations | AC15DWS News88.6K subscribersOct 2, 2025 ransomnote: The transcript is an computerized interpretation of the spoken word. The translator in the video speaks with an accent so there are... YOUTUBE https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4344193/posts#comment Fri, 3 Oct 2025 21:18:02 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4344137/posts The Russian Defence Ministry said on Friday that its forces had carried out massive overnight strikes on Ukrainian military-industrial facilities and on gas and energy infrastructure. It said it had conducted the strikes using high-precision long-range weapons launched from the air, land and sea as well as drones. Ukraine's energy ministry spoke earlier on Friday about the attack and top private energy provider DTEK said it had suspended operations at several gas facilities in the Poltava region. Newsmax https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4344137/posts#comment Fri, 3 Oct 2025 18:00:24 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4343985/posts The U.S. will provide intelligence to Ukraine for long-range missile strikes inside Russia targeting its energy infrastructure, it has been reported. Citing unnamed officials, The Wall Street Journal said that President Donald Trump had allowed the Pentagon and intelligence agencies to help Kyiv attack the sites that generate revenue for Vladimir Putin’s war machine. The United States has been sharing intelligence with Kyiv for a long time but the Wall Street Journal report, carried by other outlets, suggests that Washington wants to make it easier for Kyiv to hit energy sites that are integral to Russia’s economy. The U.S. has... Newsweek https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4343985/posts#comment Thu, 2 Oct 2025 20:51:42 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4343919/posts Detailed report on Zelensky’s bombing of the Russian held Zaparhoznia nuke facilty and Vlads response on St Z’s Chernobyl site. Military Summary Channel https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4343919/posts#comment Thu, 2 Oct 2025 15:37:20 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4343958/posts During an EU summit Wednesday, leaders discussed the plan, with the idea winning support from bloc heavyweights France and Germany, according to officials involved in the discussion. However Belgium, whose approval is critical because it hosts Euroclear, reiterated concerns about the plan and sought assurances that its financial interests would be protected. Earlier, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, who hosted the summit, told reporters that the bloc sees financial support to Ukraine as critical. “And I think that the idea from the Commission is actually quite a good way forward,” she said. The European plan seeks to resolve several problems... Wall Street Journal via MSN https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4343958/posts#comment Thu, 2 Oct 2025 18:41:27 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4343721/posts Banderism to become a crime in Poland.Ever since the war in Ukraine started, neighboring Poland has absorbed over a million citizens fleeing the conflict.While most are contributing to Polish society, many are just enjoying social benefits, and – what’s much worse – some bring with themselves the neo-Nazi cult of Kiev regime hero Stepan Bandera.Any neo-Nazi cult would be bad enough, but Bandera is the man responsible for the WW2-era Volyn massacre of Poles that took over a hundred thousand lives.Polish President Karol Nawrocki sent to the Sejm (parliament) an amendment to the Act on the Institute of National Remembrance... Gateway Pundit https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4343721/posts#comment Wed, 1 Oct 2025 16:27:07 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4343384/posts Russia-controlled Crimea has frozen fuel prices and imposed gasoline rationing in response to shortages resulting from a spate of Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian oil refineries. Regional governor Sergei Askyonov said on Monday that motorists in Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014, would be limited to buying 30 litres of fuel at a time. He also announced a 30-day price freeze on various grades of diesel and gasoline, a measure apparently designed to minimise public anger over the disruption. Aksyonov announced the move on social media, saying he had held a meeting with oil traders to seek solutions... MSN News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4343384/posts#comment Tue, 30 Sep 2025 00:39:21 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4343327/posts Ukrainian defense and national security officials are on their way to Washington to hammer out details of a proposed drone deal with the Trump administration, The Post has learned. Representatives of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense and its National Security and Defense Council will be working with their American counterparts Tuesday through Friday as Washington and Kyiv aim to solidify a defense agreement that would bind the countries closer together. “Following the results of the negotiations between the presidents of Ukraine and the United States, a Ukraine delegation will arrive to Washington from Sept. 29 to Oct. 2 for technical... NY Post https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4343327/posts#comment Mon, 29 Sep 2025 19:16:19 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4343320/posts BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Hungary's Viktor Orban said on Monday that Ukraine was not a sovereign country, as he hit back at accusations that Hungarian reconnaissance drones violated its airspace - the latest salvo in an increasingly bitter row between Kyiv and Budapest."Ukraine is not at war with Hungary; it is at war with Russia. It should be concerned with the drones on its eastern border," the Hungarian prime minister said during an interview on a right-wing podcast popular with his supporters."I believe my ministers, but let's say it would have actually flown a few metres there, so what? Ukraine is not... Reuters via Yahoo https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4343320/posts#comment Mon, 29 Sep 2025 18:56:49 GMT