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I bet it's Trump's revenge for thinking Zelenskyy called him weak. This reporter did an awful disservice to Ukraine. A Narcissist can not handle being told he is imperfect.
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Peace never comes through weakness. Today, representatives of the U.S. Congress were in Kyiv – a bipartisan delegation – and I am grateful to them for visiting Ukraine at such a difficult time. They asked: what is needed to end the war? The answer must be strong. There must be sanctions under the Lindsey Graham bill, there must be support for Ukraine in protecting lives, and there must be pressure on Russia for its war. And today, there was a conversation between the leaders of America and Russia. A conversation that leads to something different.
Recently, there was a European decision to lift sanctions on Russian oligarchs. Since then, Russian strikes and the torment of people have only increased. This past week alone, there was a brutal Russian missile strike on a residential building in Pryluky, aerial bombs were dropped on Kramatorsk – on ordinary city buses – and there have been constant attacks on Kyiv’s energy infrastructure and on the life-sustaining infrastructure in Dnipro, Kharkiv, Odesa, and our other cities. Dozens of people have been killed and hundreds wounded.
The Russians are compensating for their inability to achieve their objectives on the battlefield with this kind of terror. This year, Russia is weaker on the battlefield than at any other point in the war. That is why Putin is relying on terror. That is why he is relying on attempts to strike backroom deals to secure some form of pressure relief for Russia, in order to buy more time and more opportunities for war.
Any easing of sanctions against Russia without a clear and lasting de-escalation agreement with Russia is an obvious weakness. It plays into Russia’s hands – allowing it to kill more, wage war for longer, have even less respect for America, and inflict even greater losses and damage on the world.
Ukraine is ready to take symmetrical de-escalatory steps, and the American team knows our position. Our strikes on Russian oil refineries and other oil facilities are a response to Russia’s years-long campaign of terror against Ukraine’s energy sector. Ukraine will not set Russian oil refineries on fire if Russia does not destroy our energy infrastructure. This is the kind of agreement we are proposing to America, and we believe the United States has enough power to achieve such a compromise.
Gifts to Putin will not bring peace or any benefit to the civilized world. Russia will “repay” the diesel with further terror and perfidy. Allowing Russia to sell petroleum products is an investment in a war that must be ended, not prolonged. What is needed is real de-escalation with Russia on a reciprocal basis.
We count on America’s fair support for our defense of life, for our defense of people in Ukraine – and on the United States having a correspondingly strong conversation with Russia. A strong one, not a weak one.
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A convicted sex offender who took a Kremlin-hosted tour of occupied Kherson and spent two years on RT's payroll is lecturing a real journalist about credibility. Oleshky's residents weren't offered the FSB escort Scott got.
I could not go to Oleshky because my safety could not be guaranteed by White House. That alone tells you everything you need to know.
I have spent years speaking with Ukrainians who endured Russian occupation, managed to flee it, or were subjected to filtration. So yes, I can provide context on the fear, suffering and realities of being at the mercy of Russian forces.
Labelling me a “Ukrainian asset” is simply an attempt to dismiss what I am saying. It does nothing to change the facts or diminish the truth of what these people have endured.
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I agree that U.S. support to Ukraine is not charity but rather a strategic investment in our own national security. Only by demonstrating our firm resolve and commitment can America support Ukraine to negotiate a just and durable end to this unprovoked war.
I appreciated the opportunity to exchange views with you and I will continue my work on a bipartisan basis in Congress to codify and bolster our intelligence partnership with Ukraine.
Обговорив із сенаторами США підтримку України, перемовний процес та гарантії безпеки.
Провів розмову у форматі відеоконференції з головою Комітету Сенату США зі збройних сил Роджером Вікером та членом Комітету Сенату з питань розвідки Майклом Беннетом.
Під час зустрічі американські сенатори порушили низку актуальних тем, зосередившись на ключових викликах, з якими Україна стикається на нинішньому етапі протистояння російській агресії, та пріоритетних напрямах двосторонньої співпраці.
Оцінюючи посилення ударів РФ по тилових містах України, наголосив, що російські обстріли цивільної та критичної інфраструктури є систематичним терором, який не має військової доцільності й принципово не змінює ситуації на фронті. Україна критично залежить від американської допомоги у сфері систем раннього попередження про повітряні загрози для захисту цивільного населення під час зими.
Ціную зусилля США в організації та просуванні переговорного процесу, про що проінформував американську сторону під час розмови. Для досягнення результату необхідно підготувати належні умови, тому Україна очікує на прогрес під час наступного раунду тристоронніх переговорів.
Відзначив особливу важливість питань гарантій безпеки для України. Будь-яке мирне врегулювання чи припинення бойових дій без чітких безпекових механізмів не гарантуватиме сталого миру. Тому вироблення надійних архітектур безпеки за участю партнерів є одним з основних пріоритетів України.
Відповідні домовленості слід розглядати не як односторонню благодійність, а як прагматичну інвестицію США у зміцнення оборонних спроможностей і власну безпеку.
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“The Kremlin wanted to give Donald Trump a little gift ahead of the elections, so the Kremlin gave an order to put the bloodbath on hold for a few dozen hours. All it would take is a single order from the Kremlin, and not only would a local ceasefire become possible, but the entire war would end. Just like that. Instantly.”
So many people seem genuinely astonished by this local ceasefire in Oleshky, where Russian occupation and the fighting have driven the city into a full-blown humanitarian catastrophe.
Turns out, all it takes is an order from the Kremlin, and Russians and Ukrainians stop shooting at each other. They can calmly and civilly arrange the evacuation of innocent civilians facing starvation, even allow Ukrainian and American journalists to be present on the ground, and so on.
Well, duh.
There is not, and never has been, a single adequate, rational, even remotely sane reason to wage a war aimed at destroying Ukraine. This is the stupidest, most brainless, absurd, pointless, contrived, and deceitful war in human history.
The Kremlin wanted to give Donald Trump a little gift ahead of the elections, so the Kremlin gave an order to put the bloodbath on hold for a few dozen hours.
All it would take is a single order from the Kremlin, and not only would a local ceasefire become possible, but the entire war would end. Just like that. Instantly.
And 95% of Russians wouldn't give a single damn. They would happily accept absolutely anything as yet another "great victory of Russian arms," provided that's how state television explained it to them.
And with a snap of the fingers, all those insane fairy tales about "NATO expansion," "Nazi Satanists," the "multipolar world," "historical Russian lands," and all the rest of that bullshit would simply vanish into thin air.
The problem is that, in this insane, upside-down looking-glass world, absolutely everything is being done to encourage a megalomaniacal maniac, driven mad by impunity and boredom, to never, ever, under any circumstances stop the war, but to keep it going indefinitely.
Instead, he is constantly appeased and rewarded for it.
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It's run by a larper in Brazil 😬
Many still mistakenly believe @AGDugin was started and is run by Dugin. While he has involvement with it - appearing in spaces occasionally - it was actually set up and is run by a Brazilian, Antonio Pires.
Lets discuss Dugin, Pires, NazBols, and Brazil
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The stink of Russia and corruption permeate this administration.
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Hahahaha. “Ukraine's strikes on Russian oil infrastructure have been greeted with a ‘shrug’ in Washington, according to a U.S. official who spoke to the Kyiv Independent. Another figure close to the administration told the Kyiv Independent that much of the administration's rhetoric around Ukrainian attacks on Russian oil infrastructure was aimed at a domestic audience, pointing out that the CIA was still supplying Ukraine with intelligence on Russian air defense dispositions that helped facilitate Ukraine's deep-strike campaign.”
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I could not go to Oleshky because my safety could not be guaranteed by White House. That alone tells you everything you need to know.
I have spent years speaking with Ukrainians who endured Russian occupation, managed to flee it, or were subjected to filtration. So yes, I can provide context on the fear, suffering and realities of being at the mercy of Russian forces.
Labelling me a “Ukrainian asset” is simply an attempt to dismiss what I am saying. It does nothing to change the facts or diminish the truth of what these people have endured.
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Fire Point co-founder and chief designer Denys Shtilerman says the FP-7 ballistic missile has already seen combat use, but its current high-explosive fragmentation version is too expensive for routine employment. He says delivering a 200 kg payload over 300 km costs about $600,000 with FP-7, compared with roughly $50,000 using an FP-2. Shtilerman says the missile makes more sense once a cluster-warhead version is codified. He added that FP-9 is in final testing. #Ukraine
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"Did Donbas rise up? Yes, Donbas rose up, I was there and saw with my own eyes how the uprising was strangled." "By whom?" "By Moscow."
This is a stunning admission from prominent Russian Z-blogger and journalist Maxim Shevchenko. He openly confirms what Ukraine and international investigators have stated for 12 years: Moscow never intended to "help" or "liberate" Donbas. Instead, the Kremlin staged a hybrid operation, hijacked local sentiments, and ruthlessly crushed any genuine autonomy to turn the region into a completely dependent, war-torn gray zone. The puppet masters themselves are now forced to admit that Russia set up, used, and abandoned Donbas to ruins
#DonbasRealities #RussianAggression #KremlinLies
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🚨 Shelby Wilder says she got pulled off air by NewsMax for telling the truth about Russia, which is falsely portraying itself as the rescuer of Ukrainian civilians in a city it destroyed and now occupies.
Also, despite NewsMax being tasked by the White House to essentially represent US presence on the ground in Oleshky as an impartial observer, the White House has refused to guarantee the safety of NewsMax employees. The fact tha nobody trusts Russia is being covered up.
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They're already home. Russia didn't get their propaganda win. Sure, they'll parade a few collaborators on state media, but the numbers speak for themselves.
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🇺🇦❗️Zelensky:
The Russians killed about 120 members of the clergy. Intentionally, not by accident, in targeted attacks on these people, on our churches and other religious institutions.
Some 800 religious structures were destroyed or damaged. Some of them were a thousand years old, and they were attacked en masse with drones and missiles, both cruise and ballistic.
This is horrific and crazy. And it’s not about money. It’s about our heritage, our history, our art and our architecture. They can’t just be repaired. It’s very painful for all of us and, of course, for our clergy.
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A bullet went through his head. Somehow, he inhaled it into his lungs. And he survived.
26-year-old Mykhailo “Skhidnyi” from Kramatorsk, an FPV drone pilot, was shot in the head during a firefight with two russian assault troops just two metres above his trench.
The 5.45 mm bullet pierced his skull, passed through his nasal cavity and ended up in his bronchi. Doctors retrieved it from his lungs using a magnetic probe. His brain was miraculously spared.
A month later, he was walking again. A few months later, he returned to his unit — despite being declared unfit for service and receiving a third-degree disability classification.
He went back to the front, became an instructor, trained dozens of drone pilots, and today commands a strike UAV company in the 1st Separate Assault Regiment named after Dmytro Kotsiubailo.
A kid from Donetsk Oblast who lived through russian occupation as a child in 2014. Today, he is fighting for his homeland.
Ukraine survives because of men like Mykhailo.
A bullet went through his head. It never broke his will.
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Just before the collapse of the USSR, a broke KGB goon in a counterfeit western style track suit, soon to be one of the biggest mass murderers of the past 200 years, enjoying a weekend in Finland.
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"Russia also appeared to be seeking to present a carefully staged picture of the humanitarian mission. According to Oleshky residents interviewed by the Media Initiative for Human Rights (MIHR), Russian forces selected an evacuation route that avoided the town's most heavily destroyed areas, while clearing the road of debris, damaged military equipment, and rubble ahead of the operation. One resident told MIHR that Russian forces were effectively creating an image for American television that "it's not that terrible in Oleshky," despite entire neighborhoods having been reduced to ruin." kyivindependent.com/oleshky-…
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Until the costs outweigh the perceived benefits of continuing to wage war on Ukraine, Putin won't let up. It's up to Ukraine and its partners to raise those costs to an unacceptable level.
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