This #PoliticalCartoon by Michael de Adder shows
how Donald Trump intervenes in the Ukraine War.
#Ukraine #politics #PutinsPuppet
Timeline
Oct. 14 call. #SteveWitkoff speaks to
#YuriUshakov, discussed how #Putin should butter #Trump up (“man of peace”)
Oct. 16 Trump speaks with Putin for two and a half hours
Oct. 17 #Zelensky visits the White House is bullied relentlessly by Trump & #Vance.
Around Oct. 24-26 #Witkoff meets with #KirillDmitriev & #JaredKushner in Miami
Oct. 29 #Ushakov & #Dmitriev discuss Russian strategy in call
#PutinsPuppet #geopolitics #Russia #Ukraine #Europe #NATO #alliance #StandWithUkraine
A leaked phone call transcript shows #US envoy #SteveWitkoff coached #Putin aide #YuriUshakov on how Russian leader should pitch #Trump on #Ukraine “peace” plan
Trump’s chief interlocutor with #Russia last month advised a senior aide to Vladimir Putin on how the Russian leader should go about pitching the Trump on a peace plan aimed at bringing an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine, acc/to a transcript of the call published by Bloomberg News Tuesday.
#PutinsPuppet
https://apnews.com/article/trump-witkoff-putin-ukraine-bloomberg-3844a3721d92dd9ae9681547a0814d88
This #PoliticalCartoon by Michael de Adder shows
how Donald Trump intervenes in the Ukraine War.
#Ukraine #politics #PutinsPuppet
Timeline
Oct. 14 call. #SteveWitkoff speaks to
#YuriUshakov, discussed how #Putin should butter #Trump up (“man of peace”)
Oct. 16 Trump speaks with Putin for two and a half hours
Oct. 17 #Zelensky visits the White House is bullied relentlessly by Trump & #Vance.
Around Oct. 24-26 #Witkoff meets with #KirillDmitriev & #JaredKushner in Miami
Oct. 29 #Ushakov & #Dmitriev discuss Russian strategy in call
#PutinsPuppet #geopolitics #Russia #Ukraine #Europe #NATO #alliance #StandWithUkraine
Here is the #Ushakov / #Dmitriev call after Dmitriev met with #Witkoff & #JaredKushner in Miami for 2½ days.
The following is a transcript of an Oct. 29 phone call between #YuriUshakov, Vladimir #Putin’s most senior foreign-policy adviser, & #KirillDmitriev, an economic adviser to the Russian president.
#Trump #PutinsPuppet #geopolitics #Russia #Ukraine #Europe #NATO #alliance #StandWithUkraine
Timeline
Oct. 14 call. #SteveWitkoff speaks to
#YuriUshakov, discussed how #Putin should butter #Trump up (“man of peace”)
Oct. 16 Trump speaks with Putin for two and a half hours
Oct. 17 #Zelensky visits the White House is bullied relentlessly by Trump & #Vance.
Around Oct. 24-26 #Witkoff meets with #KirillDmitriev & #JaredKushner in Miami
Oct. 29 #Ushakov & #Dmitriev discuss Russian strategy in call
#PutinsPuppet #geopolitics #Russia #Ukraine #Europe #NATO #alliance #StandWithUkraine
#Trump envoy #SteveWitkoff, acc/to a transcript of the Oct. 14 call published by the news service, advised Putin’s foreign policy adviser #YuriUshakov that #Putin should call Trump to congratulate him for the Gaza peace deal, say Russia had supported it & that he respects the president as a “man of peace”.
“From that, it’s going to be a really good call,” Witkoff said acc/to the transcript.
#PutinsPuppet #geopolitics #Russia #Ukraine #Europe #NATO #alliance #StandWithUkraine
The following is a transcript of an Oct. 14 phone call lasting just over 5 minutes between #SteveWitkoff, #Trump special envoy for peace missions, and #YuriUshakov, #Putin senior foreign-policy adviser.
The transcript was prepared after Bloomberg reviewed a recording of the call.
#PutinsPuppet #geopolitics #Russia #Ukraine #Europe #NATO #alliance #StandWithUkraine
A leaked phone call transcript shows #US envoy #SteveWitkoff coached #Putin aide #YuriUshakov on how Russian leader should pitch #Trump on #Ukraine “peace” plan
Trump’s chief interlocutor with #Russia last month advised a senior aide to Vladimir Putin on how the Russian leader should go about pitching the Trump on a peace plan aimed at bringing an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine, acc/to a transcript of the call published by Bloomberg News Tuesday.
#PutinsPuppet
https://apnews.com/article/trump-witkoff-putin-ukraine-bloomberg-3844a3721d92dd9ae9681547a0814d88
#Trump envoy #SteveWitkoff, acc/to a transcript of the Oct. 14 call published by the news service, advised Putin’s foreign policy adviser #YuriUshakov that #Putin should call Trump to congratulate him for the Gaza peace deal, say Russia had supported it & that he respects the president as a “man of peace”.
“From that, it’s going to be a really good call,” Witkoff said acc/to the transcript.
#PutinsPuppet #geopolitics #Russia #Ukraine #Europe #NATO #alliance #StandWithUkraine
A leaked phone call transcript shows #US envoy #SteveWitkoff coached #Putin aide #YuriUshakov on how Russian leader should pitch #Trump on #Ukraine “peace” plan
Trump’s chief interlocutor with #Russia last month advised a senior aide to Vladimir Putin on how the Russian leader should go about pitching the Trump on a peace plan aimed at bringing an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine, acc/to a transcript of the call published by Bloomberg News Tuesday.
#PutinsPuppet
https://apnews.com/article/trump-witkoff-putin-ukraine-bloomberg-3844a3721d92dd9ae9681547a0814d88
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
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
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
“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.”
It has strategic value for #Ukraine. 2 cities, Kramatorsk & Sloviansk, have served as a Ukrainian military hub since #Russia mounted a hybrid invasion of the area in 2014 & are among the most heavily fortified parts of the front. If Ukrainian forces were to fall back, they would lose those defenses. At least 200,000 Ukrainians also still live on the land.
“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
Ukraine’s Constitution bars ceding #territory other than through a nationwide referendum. A recent poll by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology found that 78% of Ukrainians were against transferring territory controlled by #Ukraine to #Russia.
The Kremlin typically sees the #Donbas as comprising the Donetsk & Luhansk regions in eastern Ukraine. Moscow has taken nearly all of #Luhansk, but despite trying for more than a decade, it hasn’t managed to wrest control of the #Donetsk region.
It has strategic value for #Ukraine. 2 cities, Kramatorsk & Sloviansk, have served as a Ukrainian military hub since #Russia mounted a hybrid invasion of the area in 2014 & are among the most heavily fortified parts of the front. If Ukrainian forces were to fall back, they would lose those defenses. At least 200,000 Ukrainians also still live on the land.
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
Thank goodness. #Trump prefers to do his bullying when he outnumbers his target. He also may be able to be re-influenced with multiple people telling him the same thing.
#Europe & #NATO leaders announced Sunday that they’ll be joining President #Zelensky in DC for crucial talks with #Trump, rallying around the #Ukraine leader after his exclusion from Trump’s disastrous summit with #Russia President Vladimir #Putin.
#geopolitics#PutinsPuppet#TACO#StandWithUkraine
https://apnews.com/article/european-leaders-white-house-meeting-zelenskyy-trump-d7b082bae4136ef8932e16ac2d166303?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-08-17-Breaking+News
Thank goodness. #Trump prefers to do his bullying when he outnumbers his target. He also may be able to be re-influenced with multiple people telling him the same thing.
#Europe & #NATO leaders announced Sunday that they’ll be joining President #Zelensky in DC for crucial talks with #Trump, rallying around the #Ukraine leader after his exclusion from Trump’s disastrous summit with #Russia President Vladimir #Putin.
#geopolitics#PutinsPuppet#TACO#StandWithUkraine
https://apnews.com/article/european-leaders-white-house-meeting-zelenskyy-trump-d7b082bae4136ef8932e16ac2d166303?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-08-17-Breaking+News
