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Trump: "We gave you military equipment. Your men are brave, but they have used our military [equipment]... If you didn't have our military equipment, this war would have been over in two weeks."
President Zelenskyy: "In three days. I have heard it from Putin. In three days."
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war #Breaking #BreakingNews
"Trump accuses Zelensky of 'gambling with World War Three' in tense White House meeting. Trump calls his Ukrainan counterpart "disrespectful" & tells him to be "thankful" as they meet in the Oval Office.
We're routing for Pres Zelensky. He's being treated like trash by Trump.
More than 1,000 British staff cut from key Ukraine troop training program.
#Russia #Ukraine #news #war #Putin #SlavaUkraini #britain #ukpolitics
Trump selling American citizenship through $5m gold cards to ‘very nice’ Russian oligarchs
#news #politics #uspol #uspolitics #trump #ethics #corruption #russia
Putin offers Russian and Ukrainian rare minerals to US
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gdx7488g5o
#Russia #Ukraine #news #war #Putin #Ukrainewar #UkraineRussiawar #SlavaUkraini #uspol
EU offers its own ‘win-win’ minerals deal to Ukraine
“The added value Europe offers is that we will never demand a deal that’s not mutually beneficial,” top official Stéphane Séjourné says.
https://www.politico.eu/article/critical-minerals-rare-earths-deal-eu-not-donald-trump/
#Russia #Ukraine #news #war #Putin #Ukrainewar #UkraineRussiawar #SlavaUkraini #uspol
Thawing ice caused by climate change is opening up the Arctic and creating access to oil and gas resources, in addition to minerals and fish, creating a new strategic reality for Canada. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/25/world/politics/arctic-canada-northern-force/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #arctic #canada #us #china #russia #climatechange #trade
U.S. votes against U.N. resolution condemning #Russia for #Ukraine war - https://wapo.st/41gmlOo (gift link) who would have believed the US could fall so far so fast? utterly shameful.... US is not one of the good ones now...
Germany’s Merz vows ‘independence’ from Trump’s America, warning NATO may soon be dead
Election winner likens the Trump administration to Putin’s Russia as he bids to take Europe in a new direction.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Germany
https://www.politico.eu/article/friedrich-merz-germany-election-united-states-donald-trump-nato/
Back in the US, where a president attempting to use state legal resources on his personal defense probably wouldn’t hit the top ten list of presidential misconduct this week, the US government has released the imprisoned Russian BTC-e co-founder Alexander Vinnik.
#crypto #cryptocurrency #USpolitics #USpol #Russia
![Alexander Vinnik, a Russian man who in May 2024 pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection to his operation of the notorious BTC-e cryptocurrency exchange [I57], has been freed in a prisoner swap with Russia. In return, Russia handed over American schoolteacher Marc Fogel, who was arrested in 2021 when he tried to enter Russia with a small amount of medical marijuana. Russia has been trying to obtain Vinnik’s release ever since he was arrested in Greece in 2017, including by charging him with minor fraud in an attempt to have him extradited there rather than to the United States. However, in that case he was extradited to France, where he served a five year prison term for money laundering before being sent to the US. “We have been actively lobbying with the old [US] administration and for the last month with the new administration so that our client would be released, let’s say, under any circumstances,” said Vinnik’s lawyer. The release has been cheered by Russian officials and others who view it as a deal that favors Russia; a pro-Kremlin analyst quoted by the Washington Post commented, “This exchange is beneficial to Russia. Russia freed Mark Fogel, an ordinary teacher who dabbled in drugs. And Russia gets Vinnik, who the U.S. accuses of creating a huge system for bypassing U.S. and E.U. sanctions using cryptocurrencies. There were billions there.” However, the Trump administration has been trying to downplay the swap by comparing it to t](https://media.hachyderm.io/media_attachments/files/114/027/879/542/208/472/original/c141c5cce0b37c63.png "Alexander Vinnik, a Russian man who in May 2024 pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection to his operation of the notorious BTC-e cryptocurrency exchange [I57], has been freed in a prisoner swap with Russia. In return, Russia handed over American schoolteacher Marc Fogel, who was arrested in 2021 when he tried to enter Russia with a small amount of medical marijuana. Russia has been trying to obtain Vinnik’s release ever since he was arrested in Greece in 2017, including by charging him with minor fraud in an attempt to have him extradited there rather than to the United States. However, in that case he was extradited to France, where he served a five year prison term for money laundering before being sent to the US. “We have been actively lobbying with the old [US] administration and for the last month with the new administration so that our client would be released, let’s say, under any circumstances,” said Vinnik’s lawyer. The release has been cheered by Russian officials and others who view it as a deal that favors Russia; a pro-Kremlin analyst quoted by the Washington Post commented, “This exchange is beneficial to Russia. Russia freed Mark Fogel, an ordinary teacher who dabbled in drugs. And Russia gets Vinnik, who the U.S. accuses of creating a huge system for bypassing U.S. and E.U. sanctions using cryptocurrencies. There were billions there.” However, the Trump administration has been trying to downplay the swap by comparing it to t")
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Alexander Vinnik, a Russian man who in May 2024 pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection to his operation of the notorious BTC-e cryptocurrency exchange [I57], has been freed in a prisoner swap with Russia. In return, Russia handed over American schoolteacher Marc Fogel, who was arrested in 2021 when he tried to enter Russia with a small amount of medical marijuana. Russia has been trying to obtain Vinnik’s release ever since he was arrested in Greece in 2017, including by charging him with minor fraud in an attempt to have him extradited there rather than to the United States. However, in that case he was extradited to France, where he served a five year prison term for money laundering before being sent to the US. “We have been actively lobbying with the old [US] administration and for the last month with the new administration so that our client would be released, let’s say, under any circumstances,” said Vinnik’s lawyer. The release has been cheered by Russian officials and others who view it as a deal that favors Russia; a pro-Kremlin analyst quoted by the Washington Post commented, “This exchange is beneficial to Russia. Russia freed Mark Fogel, an ordinary teacher who dabbled in drugs. And Russia gets Vinnik, who the U.S. accuses of creating a huge system for bypassing U.S. and E.U. sanctions using cryptocurrencies. There were billions there.” However, the Trump administration has been trying to downplay the swap by comparing it to t
"Byline Times is receiving multiple DDOS attacks since publication of our story on Trump's recruitment by the KGB in 1987 from a credible senior KGB source.
A former Soviet spy says that Trump was indeed recruited to the KGB 38 years ago by his department. He was given a codename, 'Krasnov'. We checked, and the source was indeed a KBG intelligence officer at the time."
-N Ahmed
#USPol #Russia #Putin Trump #Krasnov
https://bylinetimes.com/2025/02/21/donald-trump-was-recruited-by-the-kgb-under-codename-krasnov-claims-former-soviet-spy-chief/
It’s Time for Europe to Do the Unthinkable
"Brussels has slavishly followed Washington for too long—and forgotten how to advance its own geopolitical interests"
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/18/europe-eu-nato-us-russia-ukraine/
#usa #europe #geopolitics #war #russia #brussels
Former Intelligence Officer Claims KGB Recruited Trump
#news #politics #uspol #uspolitics #GOPCult #trump #ethics #corruption #putin #russia
Trump’s attempts to denigrate Zelenskyy have led to a surge in Ukrainian unity
After their initial shock at Trump’s false claims that Ukraine is led by a “dictator” who started the war with Russia, the Ukrainian people are rallying around their President.
https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-trump-zelenskyy-putin-c0790f9054c6c69d698ed9aa816158ac
#Russia #Ukraine #news #war #Putin #Ukrainewar #UkraineRussiawar #SlavaUkraini #uspol
“Donald Trump’s verbal assault on Ukraine is a ‘complete failure’ for the transatlantic alliance, according to a senior German lawmaker.
‘This is pure Kremlin — and Putin — speech,’ said Michael Roth, chairman of the foreign relations committee in the German parliament, after the U.S. president called Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy a ‘dictator’ and sided with Russia’s narrative about why the war began.”
US ally Australia says Ukraine conflict must be resolved on Ukraine's terms
#Russia #Ukraine #news #war #Putin #Ukrainewar #UkraineRussiawar #SlavaUkraini #uspol
🇦🇺 U.S. security ally #Australia, which has provided A$1.5 billion in support to #Ukraine in its war with #Russia, said on Thursday that Moscow was the aggressor in the conflict and it must be resolved on Kyiv's terms.
Russia discovered already 20 years ago that it's much more efficient to spend money on affecting the discussion online than it is when spent on missiles and tanks.
Russia conducts over 60% of all disinformation operations online. In the whole world. More than everybody else put together.
The West still hasn't caught up.
Instead we have enabled the tech companies to profit from selling advertisements between shows that parrot their propaganda.
Russia-aligned hackers are targeting Signal users with device-linking QR codes
Swapping QR codes in group invites and artillery targeting are latest ploys.
Russia said oil flows through the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC), a major route for supplying Kazakhstan and exporting to the global market, were reduced by 30-40% on Tuesday after a Ukrainian drone attack on a pumping station.
"It is clear that the US can no longer be regarded as a reliable ally for the Europeans. But the Trump administration’s political ambitions for Europe mean that, for now, America is also an adversary — threatening democracy in Europe and even European territory, in the case of Greenland.
So what to do? Europeans need to start preparing fast for the day when the US security guarantee to Europe is definitively removed. That must involve building up autonomous defence industries. It should also mean a European mutual defence pact, outside Nato, that extends beyond the EU — to include Britain, Norway and others.
Trump will use any leverage he has to force America’s European allies into compliance on issues from trade and security to their domestic politics. That means that Europe must now start the painful process of “de-risking” its relationship with the US, looking for areas of dangerous dependence on America and stripping them out of the system.
Entrusting critical infrastructure to Musk would create a huge new vulnerability. The Trump administration will also put enormous pressure on Europeans to buy more American weaponry. Under current circumstances that would be folly."
https://www.ft.com/content/11f121f9-391c-4597-93f7-f12894e1b79d
Congratulations, USA and Russia, you’ve managed to out evil the guy who had a journalist chopped up in his embassy.
Thank You Europe!
The European Union is not going to lift sanctions against Russia even if the United States does, said French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot on France Info.
According to him, the EU will pursue its own sanctions policy and introduce the 16th package, which will affect the Russian energy sector.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war
Europe preps huge defense package in boost to Ukraine: "Never been seen"
https://www.newsweek.com/europe-defense-package-700-billion-ukraine-boost-2032541
#Russia #Ukraine #news #war #Putin #Ukrainewar #UkraineRussiawar #SlavaUkraini
Ukraine isn’t invited to its own peace talks. History is full of such examples – and the results are devastating
#Russia #Ukraine #news #war #Putin #Ukrainewar #UkraineRussiawar #SlavaUkraini #uspol
Fact Check: #Trump says #Russia has lost 1.5 million troops In #Ukraine war
https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-trump-russia-ukraine-war-losses-troops-2030104
#WWIII #news #war #PutinsWar #Putin #Ukrainewar #UkraineRussiawar #RussiaUkrainewar #SlavaUkraini
“Europe will be consulted – but ultimately excluded – from the planned peace talks between #Russia, the US and Ukraine, #Trump special envoy for #Ukraine revealed on Saturday.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/15/europe-will-not-take-part-in-us-russia-talks-ukraine-kellogg?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
‘We will soon be next’: German leaders sound alarm on Trump’s Ukraine plan
https://www.politico.eu/article/scholz-trump-merz-ukraine-russia-putin-united-states-germany/
#Russia #Ukraine #news #war #Putin #Ukrainewar #UkraineRussiawar #SlavaUkraini #uspol #trump
Putin has waited for this moment for 3 years, as Zelensky is left in the cold
#Russia #Ukraine #news #war #Putin #Ukrainewar #UkraineRussiawar #SlavaUkraini #uspol
I started 2024 in a bomb shelter near Kyiv, where I drafted my thoughts about our collective failure to support #Ukraine. In the article, I asserted we were already at war with #Russia, and that a direct attack by Russia on the #EU was inevitable.
I ended the article by floating the idea that our support had come too little too late, and that we may need to intervene militarily in Ukraine.⬇️
https://jmaris.me/jekyll/update/2024/02/24/EuropeIsAtWar.html
#eupol #eu #ukraine #uspol
"#Russia’s Military Spending Hits $462 Billion, Outpacing Entire #Europe an Continent"
Some nuance:
This is just the nature of a #WarEconomy. The problem is #inflation, borrowing against the future, and that building a tank vs building a house has no lasting value
Frightening observation:
Even if Russia and #Ukraine signed a #CeaseFire tomorrow, the pain of reverting to a peacetime #economy is such that #Putin may just #warmonger against another target to stay alive
Como las chimeneas, las estufas rusas servían para cocinar, pero también para bañarse e incluso algunas tenían espacio encima para dormir. Por eso era una pieza muy valorada en las isbas, las casas típicas de los campesinos. #rusia #russia
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Estufa rusa cubierta de azulejos. Está abierta por abajo para meter la leña y arriba tiene el horno, que puede servir de baño. Al lado tiene una escalera para poder acostarse encima.
My alerts
#Gabbard #Trump #Putin #Russia
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Wednesday, February 12
8:53
Breaking News
The Senate confirms Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence in a 52-48 vote.
The Guardian
US Senate confirms Tulsi Gabbard, ex-Democrat
accused of pro-Russia stance, as Trump's director of nation...
now
Breaking News
Tulsi Gabbard is confirmed by the Senate as Trump's director of national intelligence, overcoming stiff opposition
Aaron Rupar:
Trump speaks to Putin on same day Hegseth goes full Kremlin mouthpiece
now
Debunking the Russian-backed right wing talking points about USAID
https://www.factcheck.org/2025/02/sorting-out-the-facts-on-waste-and-abuse-at-usaid/
#news #politics #uspol #uspolitics #GOPCult #trump #corruption #russia #usaid
Russia says U.S. relations are on brink of collapse, refuses to confirm Trump call claim
Trump said that he and Vladimir Putin had spoken in his first officially acknowledged contact with the Russian leader since 2022, adding "I expect to have many more conversations."
"End of Russian Influence"
The historic moment when Estonia left the Russian power grid.
On February 8, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia left Russia and Belarus energy system. By the end of the day today, they will have joined the European grid.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO
"The latest #rallies took place in 41 locations in #Slovakia, up from 28 two weeks ago, and in another 13 cities abroad, organizers said"
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"They are biggest #demonstrations since major street #protests in 2018 prompted by the slayings of an investigative reporter and his fiancee. The ensuing #political #crisis led to the #collapse of #Fico’s previous #government"
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"Slovakia protesters call on Fico to resign over government’s pro-#Russia #policy shift"
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World News
Slovakia protesters call on Fico to resign over government’s pro-Russia policy shift
#UKRAINE STARTS NEW #KURSK #COUNTEROFFENSIVE: #Kyiv launched new assaults in the Kursk region, advancing 2.5 kilometers deep in #Russia, Zelenskyy stated. Meanwhile, the North Korean military has returned to fighting, following earlier reports that it had retreated following losses.
Trump administration hands Putin three major wins
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-putin-sanctions-wins-2028230
#news #politics #uspol #uspolitics #GOPCult #trump #corruption #russia #putin