Russia said on Friday that French President Emmanuel Macron had spoken in a manner unbecoming of a head of state when he called Russian President Vladimir Putin "an ogre at our gates".
An hourslong barrage of Russian missiles & drones killed at least 14 people in #Ukraine’s capital, including 3 children, early Thurs. The attack, which they said also injured at least 45, was the largest on Kyiv since #Trump’s meeting with #Putin of #Russia nearly 2 weeks ago.
A 5-story apartment building was destroyed & other homes were damaged. A missile also hit a shopping mall in central #Kyiv & a #EU mission building was damaged.
#war#StandWithUkraine
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/world/europe/ukraine-russia-strikes.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Donald Trump just interrupted his own Press Conference to brag about getting a photo from Vladimir Putin that he will be signing and sending back.
He then says that Putin wants to be at the World Cup in Washington DC, and says he's been very respectful.
Donald Trump just interrupted his own Press Conference to brag about getting a photo from Vladimir Putin that he will be signing and sending back.
He then says that Putin wants to be at the World Cup in Washington DC, and says he's been very respectful.
#UkraineWar, Day 1,275: #Zelensky Highlights #Russia "Massive Attacks"
https://eaworldview.com/2025/08/ukraine-war-zelensky-highlights-russias-massive-attacks/
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„Umbenennung: BSW will Wagenknecht aus Namen streichen und fragt nach Vorschlägen“
#BSW#Wagenknecht #putin #schwarwel
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#Trump has interrupted the meeting with #Zelensky & #Europe leaders to call #Putin - Bild reports
The meeting is to be resumed after the call, Germany's top-selling Bild tabloid reported.
#intervention #geopolitics#Russia#Ukraine#US#PutinsPuppet#StrongmanFanboy#TACO#StandWithUkraine
#Trump has interrupted the meeting with #Zelensky & #Europe leaders to call #Putin - Bild reports
The meeting is to be resumed after the call, Germany's top-selling Bild tabloid reported.
#intervention #geopolitics#Russia#Ukraine#US#PutinsPuppet#StrongmanFanboy#TACO#StandWithUkraine
#Trump also said he expected #Putin to
release Ukrainian prisoners soon.
release Ukrainian prisoners soon.
"I think you'll see that President Putin really would like to do something also," Trump said before the start of the meeting.
"I know there's over 1,000 prisoners, & I know they're going to release them. Maybe they're going to release them very soon, like immediately, which I think is great.”
He also said while everyone would prefer an immediate #ceasefire, at this moment "it's not happening."
#Trump, #Zelensky & #Europe leaders next met privately
Trump suggested the next few weeks could see some sort of resolution.
"I think that President #Putin wants to find an answer too, & we'll see," he said.
"In a certain period of time, not very far from now, a week or 2 weeks, we're going to know whether or not we're going to solve this or is this horrible fighting going to continue."
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#Putin’s proposal for #LandGrab shifted Trump’s [limited] attention back to #Zelensky.
In Alaska, Putin proposed that #Ukraine hand over the remainder of the #Donbas region to #Russia to stop the fighting.
…Already, #Trump has signaled he may pressure Zelensky to give up the land….
“President Zelenskyy of Ukraine can end the war with Russia almost immediately, if he wants to, or he can continue to fight,” Trump posted late Sunday.
#PutinsPuppet#StandWithUkraine
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/world/europe/putin-trump-zelensky-ukraine.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
#Trump argued in his post that #states were “merely an agent’ for the #FederalGovernment in counting & tabulating the votes.” [he is so unbelievably ignorant]
“They must do what the Federal Government, as represented by the President of the United States, tells them,” Trump said. [whatever happened to the #StatesRights party?]
#law#ElectionLaw#Constitution #access #seniors #military #students #disabled#VoterSuppression#BigLie #idiocracy
Trump’s latest comments came after he said that President Vladimir #Putin of #Russia had discussed the issue during their summit on Friday in Alaska. #Trump said in an interview with FauxNews that the Russian leader had agreed with him that the 2020 election had been rigged in favor of Biden. “He said, ‘Your election was rigged because you have mail-in voting,’” Trump quoted Putin as saying.
[cuz Russia is a model for free & fair elections 🤦🏼♀️]
“Some of Ukraine’s strongest defensive positions are in #Donetsk, & ceding those defenses would position #Russia to reattack in the future from a much more advantageous position,” said David Shimer, who led #Ukraine policy on the White House #NationalSecurity Council during the #Biden admin. Ceding the region, he said, would be a “massive concession.”
#geopolitics#Trump#PutinsPuppet#StrongmanFanboy#TACO#InternationalLaw#LawsOfWar#StandWithUkraine
In talks with #US officials this year, #Russia negotiators had been demanding the full territory of all 4 #Ukraine regions that the Kremlin declared annexed in 2022 — #Luhansk, #Donetsk, #Zaporizhzhia & #Kherson — even though Kyiv still controls much of the land.
“It’s smart negotiation tactics,” said Gabuev who noted that #Trump views #Putin’s proposal involving just 2 of those regions as a concession, even if it’s still “really unrealistic.”
#Putin’s proposal for #LandGrab shifted Trump’s [limited] attention back to #Zelensky.
In Alaska, Putin proposed that #Ukraine hand over the remainder of the #Donbas region to #Russia to stop the fighting.
…Already, #Trump has signaled he may pressure Zelensky to give up the land….
“President Zelenskyy of Ukraine can end the war with Russia almost immediately, if he wants to, or he can continue to fight,” Trump posted late Sunday.
#PutinsPuppet#StandWithUkraine
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/world/europe/putin-trump-zelensky-ukraine.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
The territory proposal by #Putin has renewed the possibility of friction between Washington & Kyiv, which Moscow would welcome after celebrating the Oval Office blowup between the American and Ukrainian leaders earlier this year.
“It’s a very smart ploy by Putin,” said Alexander Gabuev, director of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center. Gabuev said the proposal could be a “poison pill” designed to weaken #Ukraine internally or get #Trump to walk away from #Zelensky if the Ukrainian leader refuses.