#MarkSleboda | Trump's Menancing Threat To #Zelensky After Rejection Of Mineral Deal, #EU Defies #Trump

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1hzkZKq62g

#JamarlThomas #Russia #Ukraine #Iran #Yemen #Geopolitics #War #Imperialism #Israel #Gaza

"#Ukraine won't sign #MineralsDeal with #US if it threatens #EU #membership, #Zelensky says"

https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-wont-sign-minerals-deal-with-us-if-it-threatens-eu-membership-zelensky-says/

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#Russia trying to regain initiative w #Trump by declaring that it has begun talks w US on rare earth minerals deal

Head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, Kirill Dmitriev, “Rare earth metals are important area of cooperation"

rump trashed #Zelensky on Sunday over #Ukraine not accepting US demands

Trump Is A Twat!
Putin Playing Trump Like A $5 Fiddle!

Russia says it reserves the right to resume striking Ukrainian energy targets if Kyiv flouts moratorium
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/russia-says-reserves-resume-striking-115344618.html

News at 9PM: Donald #Trump and Volodymyr #Zelensky have a 'very good' phone conversation. #Russia and #Ukraine accuse each other of breaking the ceasefire. Nicholas Prosper is sentenced to life, with a minimum of 49 years, for triple homicide and plotting a mass shooting. Reports suggest Trump and #Putin are working towards restoring US-Russia ties. Israeli air raids lead to further evacuations in #Gaza. #Istanbul's mayor faces detention over suspected corruption.

Wednesday, March 19

Russia’s war against Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during the plenary session of Russia Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, March 18, 2025, in Moscow, Russia. Putin spoke prior to his telephone call with U.S. President Donald Trump. (Contributor/Getty Images)

Trump-Putin call: Russia agrees to 30-day pause of energy infrastructure strikes. "Vladimir Putin responded positively to this initiative and immediately gave the appropriate command to the Russian military," the Kremlin said.

Kremlin demands halt to foreign military aid**, intelligence to Ukraine as condition for avoiding war escalation.** The Kremlin has demanded a complete cessation of foreign military aid and intelligence to Ukraine as a "key condition for avoiding an escalation of the war," according to a statement released on March 18.

Kyiv supports energy sector ceasefire**, expects military aid to continue, Zelensky says.** "We will support such a proposal, but we're very interested in the details," Zelensky said after the Trump-Putin call.

US announces another round of negotiations in Middle East on war in Ukraine. "This conflict should never have started and should have been ended long ago with sincere and good faith peace efforts," the White House's statement read.

'I don't want us to be on Putin's menu' — Zelensky says negotiations must include Ukraine. "We are an independent state. Without us, I think it's wrong to negotiate," President Volodymyr Zelensky said on March 18.

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Putin didn't mention military aid in phone call, Trump says. Trump also said it was "a great call" and that the U.S. hopes to expand trade with Russia, including deals on "very big forms of rare earth."

Ukraine withdraws from one front-line sector in Donetsk Oblast, commander says. "This allowed us not only to save our soldiers, but also to improve our defense. (Russia) is suffering losses, and we can act more effectively," Lieutenant General Serhii Naiev said.

Ukrainian forces attempted to enter Belgorod Oblast**, repelled by Russian forces, Russia claims.** The Russian Defense Ministry claimed on March 18 that the Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted to enter Russia's Belgorod Oblast but were repelled by the Russian military.

Zelensky arrives in Finland for official visit to discuss security and strengthen ties. President Volodymyr Zelensky and First Lady Olena Zelenska arrived in Finland for an official visit on March 18. The plane carrying the couple landed at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport in the afternoon.

Russian energy giant Gazprom suffers $13.1 billion loss in 2024. Gazprom's losses averaged $251 million per week, $35 million per day, or $1.4 million per hour. While the company's total revenue increased by 11% and its gas revenue by 14%, it still ended the year with a sales loss of 192 billion rubles ($2.3 billion).

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Polish right takes hard line on Ukraine ahead of presidential vote

With the Polish presidential elections just two months away, two of the country's leading right-wing candidates have become increasingly antagonistic toward Ukraine and its leadership. Both men have made headlines by public spats with Ukrainian officials and denounced Kyiv as ungrateful for Polish aid.

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Ukraine war latest: Putin, Trump hold 1.5-hour call, discuss ceasefire in Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to a 30-day pause of energy infrastructure strikes during a call with U.S. President Donald Trump, according to a readout of the call issued by the Kremlin on March 18.

Photo: Maxim Shemetov/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

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Human cost of Russia’s war

2 killed, 13 injured in Russian attacks across Ukraine over past day. Ukrainian air defenses shot down 63 of the 137 Russian attack and decoy drones overnight over 12 oblasts, the Air Force said. Sixty-four decoy drones reportedly disappeared from radars without causing damage.

General Staff: Russia has lost 897,010 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022. The number includes 1,560 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

International response

UK reportedly hopes US drones, satellites will help monitor Ukraine ceasefire. The U.S. military has 247 military satellites and thousands of commercial satellites, providing an "unrivaled picture" of eastern Ukraine that European forces would struggle to replicate, the Times wrote.

UK, EU to discuss confiscating Russian assets ahead of Ukraine peace talks, Bloomberg reports. Negotiations will focus on establishing the legal and financial framework to seize Russian assets, despite opposition from some EU member states, particularly Belgium and Germany.

Italy, Spain hesitant on EU's $43 billion military aid to Ukraine plan. Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said the proposal needed further discussion and that Italy was awaiting the outcome of the upcoming call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Trump boasts of saving 'surrounded' Ukrainian soldiers despite Kyiv denying encirclement in Kursk Oblast. U.S. President Donald Trump claimed on March 17 that he took an unspecified action to save "surrounded" Ukrainian soldiers, apparently referring to his earlier and unsubstantiated claims of Kyiv's troops being encircled in Russia's Kursk Oblast.

Trump's aid cuts threaten supply of HIV treatments to Ukraine**, 7 more countries, WHO warns.** The World Health Organization warned that Kenya, Haiti, Lesotho, Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria, South Sudan, and Ukraine could run out of critical antiretroviral drugs in the coming months.

Russian negotiator says he expects talks with Musk on space, tech. Kirill Dmitriev, the CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), said he expects Russia to hold talks with U.S. billionaire and President Donald Trump's ally, Elon Musk, in the near future, the pro-state news agency RBK reported on March 18.

In other news

Notorious judge dismissed amid accusations of criminal activity, power grab. Judge Pavlo Vovk was held responsible for "committing a significant disciplinary offense, gross or systematic neglect of duties that is incompatible with the status of a judge or revealed his incompatibility with the position he holds."

France to deploy fighter jets with nuclear warheads on German border by 2035, Macron says. France will deploy Rafale fighter jets equipped with supersonic nuclear warheads along its border with Germany in 2035, French President Emmanuel Macron announced on March 18 at the Luxeuil-Saint-Sauveur Airbase, according to BFMTV.

Telegram CEO Durov returns to Dubai amid French investigation. Pavel Durov, Telegram's Russian-born founder and CEO, said that the investigating judges allowed him to depart even though the probe is ongoing.

Poland, Baltics to withdraw from anti-personnel mine ban treaty. The defense ministers of the four nations argued that the security situation in the region has "fundamentally deteriorated" and that military threats to NATO member states bordering Russia and Belarus have "significantly increased."

EU approves over $2 billion in economic support for Moldova. The Reform and Growth Facility, which includes 1.5 billion euros ($1.6 billion) in low-interest loans and 385 million euros ($420 million) in grants, will cover the period of 2025-2027 and is part of the EU's long-term Moldova Growth Plan.

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#UKRAINE #POUTINE #ZELENSKY #TRÊVE
#GAZA #NETANYAHOU #HAMAS #TRÊVE ?

Apparently, in the #usa, if you have an obesed belly and a gun you can kidnap anyone who's face you don't like. That's creepy scary stuff. https://youtu.be/7-3faK2Fwp8

#resistance #mahmoudkahlil #khalil #usmaffia #europe #gaslighting #betrayal #krasnov #geopolitics #democracy #authoritarian #trumpregime #SecuringOurFuture #jddunce #50501protests #ukrainerussiawar #zelensky #ukraine #tariffs #canada #mexico

This hasn't actually happened, or even been broached at any negotiating table... just "willing" according to #Zelensky's #puppet-eers. It's a hint to him to do it or else.

"#Ukraine is willing to accept a 30-day ceasefire with #Russia, U.S. officials say"

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/ukraine-is-willing-to-accept-a-30-day-ceasefire-with-russia-us-officials-say

”America does have the power, of course, to hurt Ukraine. Just as Russia does. The combination of American and Russian policy is killing Ukrainians right now. The costs of the emerging Russian-American axis will be terrible for Ukraine. But Ukraine will not immediately collapse, nor will the Ukrainian population turn against Zelens'kyi.”
—Timothy Snyder, Antisemitism in the Oval Office
#usa #russia #ukraine #zelensky #zelenskyy #zelenskyi

”And the man behind them all, Elon Musk, supports the extreme right in several countries, adapts his social media platform to support fascists, and is notorious around the world for his Hitlergrüß. Musk's idea that Zelens'kyi is a grifter could hardly be more antisemitic.”
—Timothy Snyder, Antisemitism in the Oval Office
#elonmusk #musk #zelensky #zelenskyy #antisemitism #fascism

“Vance presents Zelens'kyi as a corrupt liar… The man who insisted that the Americans (and indeed he himself personally) were the real heroes, Donald Trump, told Jews last fall they would be held responsible if he lost the election -- among many other things.”
—Timothy Snyder, Antisemitism in the Oval Office
#trump #vance #jdvance #zelensky #zelenskyy #antisemitism

“If we consider for a moment the men who tried to humiliate him, …the picture only sharpens and clarifies. The man who asked him about his clothes, Brian Glenn, is a conspiracy-theorizing far-right journalist. … The man who demanded deference and spoke of "propaganda tours," JD Vance, had just returned from Germany, where he made a point of publicly supporting the German far right.”
—Timothy Snyder, Antisemitism in the Oval Office
#trump #vance #jdvance #glenn #zelensky #zelenskyy #antisemitism

“It's all right there: the demand for deference, the obsession with money, the claims of corruption and dishonesty, the encirclement, the loud voices, the bizarre grievances, the underlying sense that a Jewish person does not fit and must be expelled.”
—Timothy Snyder, Antisemitism in the Oval Office
#trump #vance #zelensky #zelenskyy #whitehouse #ovaloffice #antisemitism

“Much of what the U.S. has given Ukraine were obsolescent weapons that would have been otherwise been thrown away. As everyone in the room in fact knew, what Zelens'kyi was wearing was meant as an expression of solidarity with a people at war. It was not so unlike what Churchill wore in the White House in 1942.”
—Timothy Snyder, Antisemitism in the Oval Office
#usa #ukraine #zelensky #zelenskyy #zelenskyi #zelenskyj #churchill #whitehouse

“As always with antisemitism, facts are no defense. Zelens'kyi consistently thanks Americans, as can be easily verified. He is the elected president of a country that is a democratic republic under a constitution. Zelens'kyi won the last election with 73% and his approval rating is now 68%… Zelens'kyi has been personally courageous. He stayed in Kyiv when everyone expected him to flee.”
—Timothy Snyder, Antisemitism in the Oval Office
#trump #vance #zelensky #zelenskyy #ukraine #antisemitism

“Zelens'kyi was portrayed as someone who was taking our cash, giving is nothing in return, ripping us off. He was also mocked for not knowing how to dress for the space, as not belonging. And his deference was demanded: "Have you said thank you once?" "Offer some words of appreciation." And then was thrown out of the White House. And told to resign his office as president of Ukraine.”
—Timothy Snyder, Antisemitism in the Oval Office
#trump #vance #zelensky #zelenskyy #ukraine #antisemitism

“The Americans portrayed themselves as the real heroes because they provided some of the weapons. The suffering of Ukrainians went unmentioned. An attempt to refer to it was cruelly and falsely reduced to a "propaganda tours" led by Zelens'kyi. The Americans portrayed themselves as the real victims of the because they paid for some of the weapons. It was all, bizarrely, about money.”
—Timothy Snyder, Antisemitism in the Oval Office
#trump #vance #zelensky #zelenskyy #ukraine #antisemitism

”It was all there, in the Oval Office, in the shouting and in the interruptions, in the noises and in the silences. A courageous man…had to be brought down. When he said things that were simply true he was shouted down and called a propagandist. There was no acknowledgement of Zelens'kyi's bravery in remaining in Kyiv.”
—Timothy Snyder, Antisemitism in the Oval Office
#trump #vance #zelensky #zelenskyy #ukraine #kyiv #antisemitism

”…my first, reflexive reactions was: these are non-Jews trying to intimidate a Jew. Three against one. A roomful against one. An antisemitic scene. And the more I listened to the words, the more that reaction was confirmed. … These things are complex, and personal. But not for the antisemite.”
—Timothy Snyder, Antisemitism in the Oval Office
#trump #vance #jdvance #zelenskyy #zelensky #antisemitism

Nate Vance, cousin of #JDVance: "Being your family doesn't mean I'm going to accept you killing my comrades"

On abuse of #Zelensky in White House:

"What they did to Zelensky was ambush of absolute dishonesty. I thought I was going to choke"

"We are the useful idiots of Vladimir #Putin"

#Ukraine

Good evening. It's 9PM, Sunday, 9th March. The headlines: The #UK marks five years since the Covid-19 outbreak with a day of reflection. In #Syria, recent conflict has claimed over 1,000 lives. #Ukraine's President #Zelensky is optimistic about upcoming talks with the US in Riyadh. #Canada's Liberal Party faces a leadership battle. #BBC #News

Good evening. It's 6PM, Sunday, 9th March. The headlines: The #UK marks five years since the #Covid pandemic onset with a day of reflection. In #Syria, recent conflict has claimed over 1,000 lives, including Alawite civilians. #Ukraine and the US will reconvene for discussions on Monday, as #Zelensky remains optimistic. #Canada's Liberal Party faces a leadership race. Tropical Storm Alfred has disrupted power for 300,000 households. #BBC #News

30-min analysis

*How some Trumpists are trying to remove #Zelensky — even as other officials trying to maintain some support for #Ukraine

Dealing w #Trump disinformation, lined up with #Kremlin, seeking to undermine Zelensky

European efforts to maintain Ukraine resistance despite the departure of Trump.

Tension between #Trump and #Musk?

Video: #Zelensky on #Russia strikes on Dobropilya in eastern #Ukraine, killing 11 civilians and wounding 50 --- hours after #Trump cut off intelligence

"Russia continues to prove with its cruelty, day after day, that nothing has changed for them in Moscow – they are not thinking about how to end the war, but how to destroy and capture more while the world allows them to continue"

"Ukraine lives, fights and, despite everything, develops thanks to the strength and courage of our people, thanks to the support of our partners. Thank you, Ukrainians, each and every one of you, for protecting and preserving your state!"
- President Zelensky
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war

”This Russian regime perspective is implicitly (and sometimes explicitly) antisemitic. Russian propaganda treats Zelens'kyi as obsessed with money and as subhuman.”
—Timothy Snyder, Antisemitism in the Oval Office
#antisemitism #russia #ukraine #putin #zelensky #zelenskyy #zelenskyi #zelenskyj

”Ukraine, says Putin, does not really exist. But another theme of the propaganda is that Zelens'kyi is not actually the president of Ukraine. These two bizarre ideas work together…
—Timothy Snyder, Antisemitism in the Oval Office
#putin #zelensky #zelenskyy #ukraine

”Although his Jewishness is not very relevant in Ukrainian politics, it is highly salient to Russian (and other) antisemites.”
—Timothy Snyder, Antisemitism in the Oval Office
#zelensky #zelenskyy #antisemitism

”Russia's major war aim was fascist regime change, the overturning of a democratically-elected president in favor of some sort of collaborator. The premise is absurd: that Ukrainians do not really exist as a nation, and in fact would prefer a Russian. But it was also antisemitic: that it is unnatural that a Jew could hold an important office. Volodymyr Zelens'kyi, the Ukrainian president, is of Jewish origin.”
—Timothy Snyder, Antisemitism in the Oval Office
#russia #ukraine #zelenskyy #zelensky

”The way that I reacted to the scene in the Oval Office, and how I have pondered and considered it since, have to do with my research… Jews had to show deference. Germans mocked the ways Jews dressed. That was before they were sent to the ghetto and murdered. Jews were scapegoated, made responsible for what the Germans wished to do anyway.”
—Timothy Snyder, Antisemitism in the Oval Office
#zelenskyy #zelensky #trump #vance #antisemitism

”The attempt to humiliate Volodymyr Zelens'kyi in the Oval Office a week ago was an American strategic collapse. … The encounter in the White House was antisemitic. I am historian of the Holocaust. I was trained by a survivor.”
—Timothy Snyder
https://snyder.substack.com/p/antisemitism-in-the-oval-office
#zelenskyj #zelenskyi #zelenskyy #zelensky #trump #vance #jdvance #antisemitism

Fuck this world.

People are more upset about the orange Hitler "disrespecting" POS Zelensky than they are about 2 million people being starved by the genocidal regime of Israel.

#Hypocrisy #Israel #Gaza #Genocide #Politics #USPol #Trump #Media #Zelensky

Claim: Ukraine started the war.

False: Ukraine provoked a “special military operation,” not a war.

Claim: The United States has given Ukraine $350 billion.

Unverified: This cannot be confirmed because fingers only go up to 10.

Claim: #Zelensky is a dictator.

False: Dictators tend to be fashionable.

#FactCheck-ing #Trump On The #Russia-#Ukraine War...
https://theonion.com/fact-checking-trump-on-the-russia-ukraine-war/

”…it is illogical, to say the least, for Americans not to thank Ukrainians, or to treat their courageous president as an object of contempt.”
—Timothy Snyder, The War Trump Chooses
#ukraine #usa #zelensky #zelenskyy #trump #vance #jdvance

”The courage of Ukrainians made possible an American and European policy to hold back Russian aggression. That same Zelens'kyi, the man who was brave enough to stay and lead his country when the Russians were approaching the capital and the assassination squads were already there, was yesterday made the subject of a public attempt at humiliation by Americans.”
—Timothy Snyder, The War Trump Chooses
#ukraine #russia #usa #eu #zelensky #zelenskyy #trump #vance #jdvance

”Perhaps sensing the awkwardness of his position, Vance then shifted to yelling at Zelens'kyi that he needed to thank President Trump. … In this setting, the compulsive demand for ceaseless gratitude on demand is not only unreasonable: it shifts into the abuser's need to be portrayed by the victim as the great benefactor.”
—Timothy Snyder, The War Trump Chooses
#trump #vance #jdvance #zelensky #zelenskyy

”Also telling was the way Vance responded to Zelens'kyi's question. … He started with the weird idea that Zelens'kyi was to blame for Vance's failure to visit Ukraine, because Zelens'kyi just took people on "propaganda tours." … He was, after all, a United States Senator, and then the Vice-President of the United States. He could have planned the journey as he liked, and others would have made the arrangements for him.”
—Timothy Snyder, The War Trump Chooses
#jdvance #vance #zelensky #zelenskyy

”In the White House, Zelens'kyi asked Vance whether he had ever been to Ukraine, which is a reasonable question. … Indeed, one of the most striking moments…was Vance yelling at Zelens'kyi that Zelens'kyi is "wrong." Vance makes judgements on the basis of numbers, without any knowledge of how the battlefield looks or works. He also ignores the human factor, treating war as a math problem in which big numbers always win…”
—Timothy Snyder, The War Trump Chooses
#vance #jdvance #zelensky #zelenskyy

”After yesterday's confrontation in the Oval Office, Trump made clear just how unstrategic the American approach had been. He claimed that the real problem had been that Zelens'kyi had wanted to speak about Putin. Russia, of course, is the aggressor. It does not make sense to demand that the country under attack cease to defend itself, and to pretend that this in itself will bring peace.”
—Timothy Snyder, The War Trump Chooses
#trump #putin #zelenskyy #zelensky #usa #russia #ukraine