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  • Trump to announce 'major statement' on Russia

    07/13/2025 7:17:40 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 37 replies
    NHK World ^ | 7/11/2025 | Staff
    US President Donald Trump has said he will have "a major statement" on Russia on Monday, without going into detail. Trump made the remark in a phone interview with NBC News on Thursday, referring to the situation in Ukraine. The president said, "I'm disappointed in Russia, but we'll see what happens over the next couple of weeks." Trump has recently been stepping up his criticism of Russia. He has suggested he would consider additional sanctions against Moscow. Russia's presidential spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, said on Friday that Moscow is waiting for the statement to understand what exactly President Trump means.
  • A Never-Ending Supply of Drones Has Frozen the Front Lines in Ukraine

    07/13/2025 4:44:42 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 38 replies
    Wall Street Journal MSN News ^ | 7/12/2025 | Ian Lovett, Daniel Kiss
    In the battle for Ukraine, the front line is increasingly at a standstill. The reason: rapid innovations in drone technology. From just a few commercial and homemade drones, which the Ukrainians used at the start of the war to locate invading Russian columns, unmanned vehicles now dominate the battlefield. Each side has hundreds of them constantly in the air across the 750-mile front line. Drones can lay mines, deliver everything from ammunition to medication and even evacuate wounded or dead soldiers. Crucially, drones spot any movement along the front line and are dispatched to strike enemy troops and vehicles. ‘Wedding...
  • Russia sends Trump chilling 5-word warning as 500% sanctions threat issued

    07/12/2025 2:04:49 PM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 163 replies
    Express UK ^ | 7/12/2025 | John Varga
    Russia has sent a stark and chilling warning to Donald Trump, as the US Congress prepares to vote on a new batch of sanctions against Moscow. -snip- Vladimir Solovyov - a Kremlin apparatchik - warned Trump that Russia could become America's "most terrifying enemy" in a rant on his TV talkshow. "Maybe Trump simply can't grasp that Russia doesn't care about the national interests of other countries if they contradict those of our own state?" he fumed. Warming to his subject, the Putin stooge continued: "The time when someone like Yeltsin, who randomly emerged from the dust of history, managed...
  • Russia's Lavrov meets North Korea's Kim, praises ties as 'invincible brotherhood'

    07/12/2025 9:07:40 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 10 replies
    Reuters MSN News ^ | 7/12/2025 | Heekyong Yang, Jack Kim in Seoul and Felix Light in Tbilisi
    Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in the coastal city of Wonsan on Saturday, where he described the two nations' relations as "an invincible fighting brotherhood", Russia's foreign ministry said. The ministry quoted Lavrov as saying that the visit represented the continuation of "strategic dialogue" between the two sides inaugurated by Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to North Korea last year. In a message passed on by Lavrov, Putin said that he hoped for more direct contacts in future, TASS news agency reported. Lavrov, the ministry said, also thanked North Korea for the troops...
  • Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin ‘will be seeing things happen’, warns Trump after Kharkiv maternity ward hit

    07/11/2025 4:27:12 PM PDT · by USA-FRANCE · 23 replies
    Donald Trump issued an ominous warning to Vladimir Putin after a maternity ward was struck by drones in Ukraine. The US president responded to news that drones had damaged a maternity hospital in Kharkiv, as he said: “I know. You'll be seeing things happen.” Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that among the nine wounded in Kharkiv were women in the hospital - “mothers with newborns, women recovering from surgery.” He said: “Russia is targeting life itself – even in the very places where it begins.” It comes ahead of Trump’s “major statement” on Monday for Russia as he grows frustrated...
  • Trump teases ‘major statement’ on Russia after latest Ukraine attack: ‘You’ll be seeing things happen’

    07/11/2025 9:18:58 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 21 replies
    NY Post ^ | 7/11/2025 | Steven Nelson
    President Trump said Friday he plans to make a “major statement” on Russia early next week — as the Senate considers legislation to force his hand on sanctions after months of threats from the commander-in-chief. “I think I’ll have a major statement to make on Russia on Monday,” Trump told NBC News in a phone interview Thursday. “You’ll be seeing things happen,” Trump told a reporter Friday morning on the White House lawn when asked about an overnight Russian drone attack that damaged a maternity hospital in Ukraine’s second city of Kharkiv.
  • Lavrov arrives in N. Korea for strategic talks

    07/11/2025 8:17:24 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 6 replies
    Baha Breaking News ^ | 7/11/2025 | Christian Baha
    Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived on Friday in the coastal city of Wonsan, North Korea, according to RIA Novosti. The visit comes ahead of the second round of the strategic dialogue between Moscow and Pyongyang, with Lavrov scheduled to meet his North Korean counterpart, Choe Son Hui, to discuss bilateral ties. Earlier this week, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova announced the meeting would take place, adding that the first round of the dialogue took place in Moscow in January 2024.
  • Trump envoy Kellogg to visit Ukraine amid uncertainty over U.S. military aid

    07/11/2025 7:41:25 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 11 replies
    News Azerbaijan ^ | 7/11/2025 | Staff
    U.S. Special Envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg will travel to Kyiv on July 14 for a week-long visit, he confirmed during the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Rome. The visit comes at a critical time, as confusion surrounds the Trump administration's stance on future military aid to Ukraine. Kellogg’s trip follows reports that President Donald Trump may authorize his first new weapons package for Ukraine since taking office, potentially using NATO funding. Until now, the administration has allowed only shipments approved under former President Joe Biden, News.Az reports, citing foreign media. The situation remains tense after the Pentagon unexpectedly paused deliveries...
  • Humiliation for Putin as Russia 'looks set to SCRAP its only aircraft carrier after seven years of failed repairs'

    07/11/2025 3:43:02 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 56 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 7/11/2025 | OLIVIA ALLHUSEN and WILL STEWART
    Vladimir Putin's only aircraft carrier - the hulking Admiral Kuznetsov - is poised to be scrapped after seven failed years of repairs, say reports. Work on the jinxed ship, the largest in the Russian navy, has now been suspended despite the efforts to get it back in the water. News outlet Izvestia cites sources saying the vessel is likely destined for the scrapheap. Putin's 'Ship of Shame' is languishing in dock in grim Arctic port Murmansk, and has played no role in the war against Ukraine. Its crew were quietly sent to fight in the war instead. The 58,000-ton rust...
  • ‘Signs of torture’ found on body of sacked Putin minister who ‘died 24 hours before’ apparent suicide

    07/11/2025 3:48:57 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 14 replies
    Sun UK ^ | 7/10/2025 | Sayan Bose, Will Stewart
    THE Kremlin has been accused of covering up the death of a sacked Russian minister after signs of torture were allegedly found on his body just 24 hours before his apparent suicide. Roman Starovoit, who was Vladimir Putin's transport minister for less than a year, was dismissed from his post on July 7 - just hours before he was found dead. Telegram channels with links to the Russian security forces reported Starovoit's cause of death as suicide - claiming the minister was found dead with gunshot wounds. However, an independent Russian media outlet now reports that he had been beaten...
  • Russian State Media Turns on Trump After Putin Criticism

    07/10/2025 10:45:11 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 10 replies
    Moscow Times MSN News ^ | 7/10/2025 | Staff
    Russian state media has launched a barrage of criticism against U.S. President Donald Trump after he accused Russia's Vladimir Putin of saying "a lot of bulls***" about the war in Ukraine, the exiled news outlet Agentstvo reported Wednesday. -snip- Prominent pro-Kremlin television host Vladimir Solovyov on Tuesday chastised Trump on his flagship talk show for addressing Putin in what he described as a disrespectful tone. “Trump has started to speak rudely,” Solovyov said. “It seems to us that he’s undergoing a ‘Bidenization.’ His belief that he’s the only person able to speak with Putin has made him transform into another...
  • Russian State TV Host Says Its Nuke Could Wipe Out Trump’s America With a “Nuclear Tsunami”

    07/10/2025 8:53:41 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 58 replies
    United24 Media ^ | 7/10/2025 | IVAN KHOMENKO
    Speaking on the State TV channel Russia-1, pro-government host Vladimir Solovyov warned that Russia could destroy both US coasts using nuclear-powered Poseidon torpedoes—underwater weapons designed to trigger a “radioactive tsunami.” During the broadcast, Solovyov directly addressed US President Donald Trump: “Will Trump understand that two Poseidons, launched from different sides, could wipe out the US and create a radioactive disaster? That would be the end—nothing will save them.” “No protective element will help them,” Solovyov declared, referring to US missile defense systems. Framing the hypothetical strike as a response to “Western aggression,” he suggested that Washington underestimates Russia’s capabilities and...
  • Rubio has 'frank' talks with Russia's Lavrov in Kuala Lumpur

    07/10/2025 6:57:06 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 32 replies
    Reuters MSN News ^ | 7/10/2025 | Daphne Psaledakis
    Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he expressed the United States' frustration that more progress has not been made on ending the war in Ukraine in a meeting on Thursday with Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. "It was a frank conversation. It was an important one," Rubio said his 50-minute talks with the Russian foreign minister on the sidelines of the ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting in Malaysia. He said he expressed to Lavrov what U.S. President Donald Trump has said publicly, "that there's not been more flexibility on the Russian side to bring about an end to this conflict." The envoys'...
  • Russia’s Most Expensive Combat Drone Crashes in Kazan—Suspected Friendly Jamming Involved

    07/10/2025 4:25:13 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 11 replies
    United 24 Media ^ | 7/9/2025 | VLAD LITNAROVYCH
    A Russian combat drone—Russia’s answer to the US MQ-9 Reaper—crashed in Kazan on July 8 after reportedly being disabled by electronic warfare. The crash was caused by a disruption to its satellite navigation system, according to Russia’s Ural Civil Aviation Plant, which now oversees the drone’s development, Russian media, citing the company, reported on July 9. “During the flight, the UAV’s satellite navigation was disrupted by unidentified electronic warfare equipment. The drone switched to inertial navigation and attempted a second landing pass. The landing was conducted in inertial mode, and a non-standard situation occurred,” the company’s press office stated. The...
  • Ukraine's Zelenskiy meets US envoy Kellogg in Rome

    07/09/2025 2:03:30 PM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 13 replies
    Straits Times ^ | 7/9/2025 | Reuters
    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday he had held a "substantive" conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump's Ukraine envoy, Keith Kellogg, in Rome shortly after Trump pledged to send more defensive weapons to Kyiv. "We discussed weapons supplies and strengthening air defense. Given the increase in Russian attacks, this remains one of our top priorities," Zelenskiy wrote on the X social media platform. "We also covered the purchase of American weapons, joint defense manufacturing, and localization efforts in Ukraine," he added. Both men were in Italy ahead of a conference on July 10-11 dedicated to Ukraine's recovery and long-term...
  • Russia's summer push in Ukraine targets three fronts but faces stern resistance

    07/09/2025 2:16:22 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 7 replies
    BBC News ^ | July 9, 2025 | Abdujalil Abdurasulov
    While Russia's overnight drone and missile attacks on Ukraine have hit record levels, on the ground its military is claiming territorial gains. Last month Russian forces seized 556 sq km (215 sq miles), its biggest land grab this year, according to the open-source DeepState monitoring website in Ukraine. That is an area four times the size of Liverpool and nearly the same size as the city of Chicago. Russia's goal is to cut off supply routes used by Ukrainian troops in the east, and create a buffer zone inside Ukraine's northern borders. But its advance remains relatively slow. At this...
  • Trump administration resumes sending some weapons to Ukraine after Pentagon pause

    07/09/2025 2:55:19 PM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 75 replies
    AP ^ | 7/9/2025 | TARA COPP
    The Trump administration has resumed sending some weapons to Ukraine, a week after the Pentagon had directed that some deliveries be paused. The weapons now moving into Ukraine include 155 mm munitions and precision-guided rockets known as GMLRS, two U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday. They spoke on condition of anonymity to provide details that had not been announced publicly.
  • Ukraine's Zelenskiy to meet US envoy Kellogg in Rome

    07/09/2025 10:12:52 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 20 replies
    Reuters Yahoo News ^ | 7/9/2025 | Anna Pruchnicka and Dan Peleschuk
    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was due to meet U.S. President Donald Trump's Ukraine envoy, Keith Kellogg in Rome on Wednesday, the Ukrainian leader's spokesperson said, shortly after Trump pledged to send more defensive weapons to Kyiv. The two were travelling to Italy before a conference on July 10-11 dedicated to Ukraine's recovery and long-term reconstruction following Russia's invasion. Attempts by the U.S. to end the war in Ukraine through diplomacy have largely stalled and, on Tuesday, Trump aimed unusually direct criticism at the Russian president, Vladimir Putin. He said on Monday he had approved the supply of additional weapons to...
  • Glam much-younger girlfriend who ID’d Putin minister’s body could be BANNED from funeral as ‘suicide’ mystery deepens

    07/09/2025 9:49:34 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 19 replies
    Sun UK ^ | 7/9/2025 | Annabel Bate
    THE girlfriend of Vladimir Putin's transport official who was found dead ahead of a fraud inquiry could be banned from his funeral. Roman Starovoit, 53, was sacked by Vlad on Monday after he couldn't stop Ukraine causing mayhem to Russia's aviation industry - and was found dead hours later. He was found beside his Tesla with a bullet wound to his head as the mystery behind his "suicide" deepens. Now it has emerged that his long-term girlfriend, 25-year-old Polina Korneeva, might be barred from attending his funeral. Polina was brought to the scene by law enforcement to identify the corpse...
  • Kremlin says it is ‘calm’ regarding Trump criticism of Putin over Ukraine talks

    07/09/2025 7:44:14 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 5 replies
    Al Arabiya ^ | 7/9/2025 | Reuters
    The Kremlin, asked on Wednesday about US President Donald Trump’s criticism of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said that Moscow was “calm” regarding the criticism, and that it would continue to try to fix a “broken” US -Russia relationship. In a call with reporters, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: “We are quite calm about this.” “We expect to continue our dialogue with Washington and our line on repairing the rather broken bilateral relations,” he added. Trump said on Tuesday he had approved sending US defensive weapons to Ukraine and was considering additional sanctions on Moscow, underscoring his frustration with Russian President...