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Shortly after Russia’s unprovoked invasion, Putin put his military’s nuclear forces on high alert. Putin formally reduced the requirements for the Kremlin to deploy its nuclear weapons last year following Ukrainian attacks on the western Russian city of Kursk. That cleared the way for Russia to use nukes against any nation that attacks its territory and has the backing of a nuclear power. Recently, Trump has begun to sound more glum about the prospects of getting a deal done between the two sides. “Maybe it’s not possible to do,” Trump told NBC’s “Meet the Press” in an interview that aired...

DOGE chief Elon Musk appeared on Fox News Channel’s “Special Report” on Thursday. During a wide-ranging interview, Musk discussed the Russia-Ukraine conflict and how it would ultimately be resolved. Musk criticized those championing the continuation of the conflict, who were doing so as a so-called “virtue signal.” “Obviously, there are some Republicans who think supporting Ukraine is the right thing, still,” FNC host Bret Baier said. “But there is a battle back and forth about how. How do you think it comes to an end?” Musk replied, “Well, I think there will be a negotiated peace. And the thing that...

KYIV — Ukraine is shrinking. The war has killed tens of thousands of civilians and soldiers. At least 5 million more have fled and live outside Ukraine, and a fifth of the country — another 5 million people — is under Russian occupation. Ukraine’s population at independence from the Soviet Union in 1991 was over 50 million. Now just 31 million live in land controlled by Kyiv. And the number of deaths is nearly three times the number of births, according to the justice minister. These missing Ukrainians — the ones who have fled, the dead, the occupied — have...

After a daring maneuver, the Russian military have completely surrounded Ukraine forces in the Kursk region. The Ukraine soldiers seemingly have been instructed to continue trying to fight on behalf of Zelenskyy. President Trump is asking Russian President Vladimir Putin to spare the lives of the Ukraine troops. PRESIDENT TRUMP – “Crooked Joe Biden got us into a real “mess” with Russia (and EVERYTHING ELSE!), but I’m going to get us out. Millions of people are needlessly dead, never to be seen again…and there will be many more to follow if we don’t get the Cease Fire and Final Agreement...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – More Ukraine flags than American flags flew on Washington, D.C.’s National Mall today as the far-left Fourteenth Now group gathered several hundred people in the shadow of the U.S. Capitol to demand President Donald J. Trump’s third impeachment.The group, masquerading as a veterans organization in one of the most clear-cut cases of stolen valor in years, had hoped to attract up to 3,000 people to its rally today. Instead, fewer than 1,000 came together in one of the most impotent displays of Democrat “resistance” in years, marking a new low for the left in the nation’s capital.Some...

Ukraine’s military was forced to dismiss Donald Trump’s claim that thousands of its troops are encircled in Russia’s Kursk region as “false”.Its general staff instead accused Russia of fabricating reports for “political manipulation and to exert pressure on Ukraine and its partners”, while Volodymyr Zelensky said Vladimir Putin was lying about the battlefield situation.Putin claimed on Thursday night that his forces had encircled thousands of Ukrainians in the western Kursk region, which Ukraine invaded in August, warning they would have to “surrender or die”.

Putin CRUSHES Trump's Ceasefire Trap, Ukraine's Army COLLAPSES in Kursk!My prediction: By 2050 even Wikipedia won't know what the word "ukraine" might have ever meant....

Ukrainian troops operating in Russia’s Kursk Oblast continue in their tasks despite intense Russian pressure, President Volodymyr Zelensky said during a briefing on March 12. “The military command is doing what it should do, preserving the maximum of lives of our soldiers,” Zelensky said, urging a "sober" assessment of the battlefield situation rather than reacting to Russian information warfare. His remarks come as multiple Ukrainian and Russian sources claimed that Russian troops had entered Sudzha, a key Ukrainian-held stronghold in the Russian border region of Kursk.

On Monday, Social media giant X came under a massive cyber attack. Elon Musk later announced the cyber attack was linked to IP addresses originating in Ukraine. The cyber attack took down X for several hours. The Ukrainian government is very upset with President Trump and his historic team of experts who surround him for not supporting endless war with Russia. Elon Musk is leading President Trump’s efforts to downsize government and cut costs. This upsets Democrats and pro-war factions. On Monday The Grayzone reported that the propaganda against Musk and other pro-peace individuals was pushed by a radical fake...

Contacts between Russia and the United States are now quite intensive, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova was quoted as saying by the RIA news agency. Zakharova was commenting on media reports that Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff plans to visit Moscow this week to meet President Vladimir Putin.

When Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered up to 200,000 soldiers into Ukraine, his aim was to sweep into the capital, Kyiv, in a matter of days. He wanted to overthrow the pro-Western government and return Ukraine to Russia's sphere of influence. Putin failed, but more than three years on a fifth of Ukrainian territory is in Russian hands (Excerpt)

lon Musk revealed that the cyberattack which took down his social media app X on Monday seemingly originated in Ukraine. His bombshell revelation came during an interview with Fox Business Network on Monday afternoon following repeated glitches with his site, which has been down for much of the day. 'Well, we don't we're not sure exactly what happened, but there was a massive cyber attack to try to bring down the X system with IP addresses originating in the Ukraine area,' Musk said in the interview. Musk confirmed earlier in the day that X has been targeted by a 'massive...

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Canada has ordered 88 F-35A fighters for $14.5 billion, and now they are really discussing whether the Pentagon can press a special button and turn all those aircraft into scrap metal if necessary The fear of being left unarmed and defenseless against armed aggression is exactly what the Trumpists have sown among their allies with their latest actions. Canadians, who have repeatedly heard threats from Donald Trump about the "51st U.S. state" and face the tariff war unleashed by Washington, have become anxious about their security. So, Canadian expert circles have expressed concerns about the ongoing acquisition of American F-35...

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has suggested that NATO’s Article 5 collective security protections be extended to Ukraine, without offering it full membership in the Alliance. She made this statement while speaking to journalists on the sidelines of the EU leaders' meeting in Brussels. "Clearly, the main issue is peace in Ukraine, and I believe we must all do everything we can to support the peace process, welcoming the U.S. initiative and those working towards peace. However, a just peace requires clear security guarantees," Meloni stated.

ESSENCE OF UKRAINE SUPPORTERS: "British troops should be in Ukraine, but I'm a conscientious objector" (Video at URL) ...

Predictably enough, the Ukrainian government has objected to its exclusion from the peace talks Trump administration officials held with their Russian counterparts this week in Riyadh and, for its trouble, is getting slammed by what is supposed to be its ally, the United States. In breathtaking remarks to reporters, President Trump poured contempt on Ukraine for its frustration. “But today I heard, ‘Oh, well, we weren’t invited.’ Well, you’ve been there for three years,” Trump said of Russia’s second invasion of Ukraine. “You should’ve ended it in three years. You should have never started it. You could have made a...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) — The United States Aid for International Development (USAID) provides funds to 90 percent of Ukrainian news outlets, according to a new report from the Columbia Journalism Review and Reporters Without Borders. While much focus has been on USAID and other federal entities subscribing to news outlets such as Politico, a broader issue may be taxpayers paying for news coverage in foreign countries. Working off data from Reporters Without Borders, the Columbia Journalism Review reported that “USAID had boasted of supporting more than six thousand journalists, around seven hundred independent newsrooms, and nearly three hundred media-focused civil...

BBC is calculating options for Kyiv and admit that the only question is how much territory Ukraine will lose. "In eastern Ukraine, Moscow's war machine is steadily advancing kilometer by kilometer across the vast fields of Donbas. Russia is gaining momentum faster than at any time since February 2022. Ukraine appears to be losing.” - “There is a lot of talk about negotiations, but this is an illusion,” said Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to the head of President Zelensky’s office. “No negotiation process can take place because Russia has not been forced to pay a high enough price for this...

BREAKING: According to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the State Department spent $4,840,082 on influencers to promote pro-Ukraine, anti-Russian talking points on social media. They additionally paid $15,220 on an "influencers event" and another $22,231 on a "USAID Social Media Influencers Campaign."pic.twitter.com/Vt0DUnE36G— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) December 28, 2024