WW3? Ukraine/US vs. Donbass/Russia

[BMJ]

Posted by jaybee (here)

Posted by Bruce G Charlton (here)

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Trump's "peace" is that the EU and UK should continue the Ukr war against Russia (and, even more so, against Ukr itself), while the US gets resources freed for prosecuting other wicked mischiefs, elsewhere in the world.

No...... I don't think that is Trump's Peace...

Trump, although he is the President, is forced to work within a huge, established organization called the United States of America - that for many years - maybe even since it's conception, has been a de facto base for the Globalists - probably intimately connected to the Freemasons....

When Trump said he wanted to be a Peacemaker and a Unifier I believe him - but I get that it is a work in progress and that he has many enemies within who are trying to stop him -

During his first term as a President and first time as a politician he got pressurized and pushed around by the established institutions - but he then had 4 years to plan + get his act together - and that's what we're seeing now - although he is still getting spiritual and political push back....(and isn't going to get 'it' 100% right 100% of the time.... ?)

There's idealism and there's realism - Trump is operating in the real world and, IMO, doing a great job, under the circumstances...

The 'wicked mischiefs' aren't coming from him.....that's Satan's department -

That's how I see it, anyway.....

I would agree whoelheartedly with this Jaybee.

To add to that the EU are still pushing hard for war with Russia and re supplying Ukraine. Similiar if they wanted peace they could stop military aid to Ukraine but they do not.

Then there is Zelensky a Khazarian muppet that wants to ethically cleanse Ukraine of all the slavs to make way for Israel 2.0. So for him peace is never an option.

Beyond that if the EU wanted peace they would sit down with President Putin but they refused to, how can you have a peace summit without him it's impossible.

On the other hand President Trump has reached out to President Putin.
Also recently President Trump also stopped the supply of 49 Australian Abrams tanks to Ukraine.
He allowed the Patriot missile battery to go but that is a defence weapon unlike the Abrams which an offensive weapon.

So there are many more variables at play and to lay the blame at President Trumps feet is unfair and like Jaybee says I think he is doing the best he can under these circumstances.

[Tintin]

Vladimir Putin Full Statement to media regarding proposed resumption of Peace Talks, proposed for May 15th, Istanbul

This is an English audio overdubbed translation. Personally I prefer to hear Putin with sensitively added sub-titles - ie: not in your face AI efforts - although, if I'm honest, I'm getting tired of seeing those added to just about every single piece of video these days.

A transcript will be forthcoming:

From Bill:
My browser (Firefox on Mac) is telling me the file is corrupt. Can you check?

[Tintin]

Posted by Tintin (here)
Vladimir Putin Full Statement to media regarding proposed resumption of Peace Talks, proposed for May 15th, Istanbul

This is an English audio overdubbed translation. Personally I prefer to hear Putin with sensitively added sub-titles - ie: not in your face AI efforts - although, if I'm honest, I'm getting tired of seeing those added to just about every single piece of video these days.

A transcript will be forthcoming:

From Bill:
My browser (Firefox on Mac) is telling me the file is corrupt. Can you check?

Update: botheration. Yes, HEVC extension required, apparently. This seems to be happening a little more regularly now with videos downloaded from Telegram. At the moment this is playing just fine via the library link but I expect may revert to .MP3 format at some point.

[Tintin]

Posted by Tintin (here)

Posted by Tintin (here)
Vladimir Putin Full Statement to media regarding proposed resumption of Peace Talks, proposed for May 15th, Istanbul

This is an English audio overdubbed translation. Personally I prefer to hear Putin with sensitively added sub-titles - ie: not in your face AI efforts - although, if I'm honest, I'm getting tired of seeing those added to just about every single piece of video these days.

A transcript will be forthcoming:

From Bill:
My browser (Firefox on Mac) is telling me the file is corrupt. Can you check?

Update: botheration. Yes, HEVC extension required, apparently. This seems to be happening a little more regularly now with videos downloaded from Telegram. At the moment this is playing just fine via the library link but I expect may revert to .MP3 format at some point.

Transcript: I'll try and source a more reliable replacement video.
Update: newer video version now added containing required codec, which seems to play just fine

President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Good evening, or maybe good night already. I want to greet everyone. Ladies and gentlemen. Colleagues.

Allow me to once again congratulate all of you on the Great Victory Day! Thank our friends and foreign partners who have been with us in Moscow these days at the anniversary celebrations to bow to the generation of winners.

We honour all those who contributed to the common victory over Nazism, including our allies in the anti-Hitler coalition, Chinese soldiers, participants in the anti-Fascist resistance in Europe, fighters of the people's liberation movements in Africa, the Asia-Pacific region, and volunteers from Latin American countries.

Together with our friends and like-minded people, we share a common memory and respect for history, heroic deed of true heroes who fought for freedom, and of course, our responsibility for the future, for building a more just and safer world. The issues that directly affect the stable, sustainable development of the entire world community – Eurasia and other world regions – were at the center of the bilateral and the multilateral meetings held in Moscow.

Of course, they were held in a special, solemn, festive atmosphere, but at the same time they were extremely rich and informative, filled with topics of the political, economic and humanitarian agenda.

Summing up, and this is exactly what I would like to do now, I would say that in four days, from May 7 to May 10, we hosted official visits by the leaders of three foreign states: the People's Republic of China, the Venezuelan Bolivarian Republic and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

Additionally, 20 bilateral meetings were held with the heads of the CIS countries, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe and Latin America. In total, 27 heads of state from the CIS, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, Latin America, as well as about 10 heads of international organizations took part in the celebrations. Another six countries were represented at a high level.

We see inspiring evidence of genuine consolidation around the enduring ideas and values of our common Great Victory in such a wide participation of delegations from foreign countries and international organisations.

We are grateful to the leaders of the 13 states who sent units of the national armed forces to participate in the parade on Red Square. Their shoulder-to-shoulder march with our ceremonial units filled the common holiday with special energy and the spirit of military brotherhood, tempered during the Second World War.

I was pleased to personally thank the military leaders of the Korean People's Army and convey my warmest words to soldiers and commanders of special forces units of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, who, jointly with our servicemen, professionally, and I want to emphasise this, faithfully performed their assignments during the liberation of the Kursk Region border areas from the Kiev regime forces. I would like to emphasise: they showed courage and heroism, acted – I want to say this again – professionally, to the highest degree, showed good training and preparation.

And of course, it was a special honour for all state leaders to salute the main heroes of the Victory anniversary on the stands – WWII veterans from Russia, Israel, Armenia and Mongolia.

I would like to highlight that, despite threats, blackmail and obstacles caused, including the closure of airspace, the leaders of several European countries – Serbia, Slovakia, Bosnia and Herzegovina – came to Moscow. I would like to reiterate: we understand the massive pressure they faced, and therefore we sincerely appreciate their political courage, firm moral position, decision to share the holiday with us, to pay tribute to the memory of the heroes of the Great Patriotic War, World War II, who fought for their Fatherland and for deliverance from the brown plague of the whole world, of the entire mankind without any exaggeration.

It is important for us that millions of Europeans, state leaders that pursue sovereign policies, remember this. This gives us optimism and hope that sooner or later, based on the lessons of history and the opinion of our peoples, we will begin to move towards restoring constructive relations with European states. Including those who today still do not give up the anti-Russian rhetoric and clearly aggressive actions against us. They are still trying – we can see it right these days – to talk to us, in fact, in a boorish manner and through ultimatums.

Our comprehensive partnership and strategic interaction with the People's Republic of China can serve as a genuine example of modern equal relations in the 21st century. Chinese President Xi Jinping was the chief guest at the celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory.

We have had exceptionally fruitful negotiations, we have adopted two joint statements at the level of heads of state, and we have signed a number of intergovernmental and interdepartmental agreements covering such areas as energy, trade, finance, science, culture and much more. As I have already said, it has been agreed that in September I will pay an official return visit to China for the celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of victory over militaristic Japan.

It is deeply symbolic and natural that the principal, in fact the main commemorative events related to the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII in Europe and Asia will be held in Moscow and Beijing – in the capital cities of the states whose peoples passed through the hardest trials and paid the highest price for the common Victory.

Colleagues, I think it is obvious to everyone that the talks and meetings held in Moscow also touched on the issue of resolving the conflict in Ukraine. We are grateful to all our guests, our friends, for the attention they are paying to this conflict and for the efforts they are making to bring this conflict to an end. In this connection, I believe it is necessary to dwell on this topic separately.

So, I want to say that, as it is known, Russia has proposed ceasefire initiatives on several occasions, but they, these initiatives, have been repeatedly sabotaged by Ukraine. For example, the Kiev regime defiantly violated about 130 times the 30-day – I want to make it a point – 30-day moratorium, from March 18 to April 17, on strikes against energy facilities, which was declared in accordance with our agreement with US President Donald Trump.

The Easter truce initiated by Russia was not observed either: the ceasefire regime was violated by Ukrainian forces almost 5,000 times. Nevertheless, for the celebration of Victory Day – and we consider this to be a sacred holiday for us as well, just imagine that we lost 27 million people – we declared a ceasefire for the third time on this holiday, which is sacred to us.

Incidentally we conveyed to those of our colleagues in the West who, in my opinion, are sincerely looking for ways to settlement, our position on this issue, on a ceasefire on Victory Day, and that in the future we do not exclude the possibility of extending the terms of this truce – but, of course, after analysing what will happen in these several days, based on the results of how the Kiev regime will react to our proposal.

And what do we see? What are these results? The Kiev authorities, as you can see for yourself, did not respond at all to our ceasefire proposal. Moreover, after the announcement of our proposal – and this happened, as you remember, on May 5 – the Kiev authorities launched large-scale attacks in the early hours of May 7. As many as 524 unmanned aerial vehicles and a number of Western–made missiles participated in the strike, and 45 unmanned boats were used simultaneously in the Black Sea.

Actually, during these three days of the ceasefire that we announced – on May 8, 9 and 10 – happened what you also saw from the media, in fact, from your reports, it was clear: during this time, five targeted attempts were made to attack the state border of the Russian Federation in the area of the Kursk Region and at the junction with the Belgorod Region, precisely during the days of the ceasefire we announced. Additionally, another 36 attacks were made in other areas. All these attacks, including attempts to enter the territory of the Russian Federation in the Kursk Region and the Belgorod Region, were repulsed. Moreover, our military experts believe that they had no military significance, were conducted solely for political reasons and the enemy suffered very heavy losses.

As I have already said, the Kiev authorities not only declined our ceasefire proposal, but also, as we all saw, tried to intimidate the leaders of the states who gathered for the celebrations in Moscow. You know, when I met with colleagues here in Moscow, a thought occurred to me. I'll share it with you: who were they trying to intimidate among those who came to Moscow to celebrate the Victory over Nazi Germany? Who were they trying to frighten? Those who have come to us are leaders not by position or a post, they are leaders by character, by their beliefs and willingness to stand for their beliefs. And who was trying to intimidate them? Those who stand at attention and salute, applaud former SS soldiers? And elevates those who collaborated with Hitler during WWII to the rank of national heroes? It seems to me that this is an attempt with obviously unsuitable means and those who are trying to do this do not correspond to the scale they expect themselves.

I will repeat: we have proposed steps towards a ceasefire on many occasions. We have never refused to engage in dialogue with the Ukrainian side. Let me remind you again: it was not us who interrupted the negotiations in 2022; it was the Ukrainian side. In this connection, despite everything, we propose that the authorities in Kiev should resume the negotiations that they interrupted at the end of 2022 and resume direct talks. And, I stress, without any preconditions.

We suggest starting without delay next Thursday, May 15, in Istanbul, where they were held earlier and where they were interrupted. As you know, Turkish colleagues have repeatedly offered their services to organise such talks, and President Erdogan has done a lot to organise them. I recall that as a result of these talks a joint draft document was prepared and initialed by the head of the Kiev negotiating group, but at the insistence of the West it was simply thrown into the basket.

Tomorrow we are going to have a conversation with the President of Turkiye, Mr Erdogan. I would like to ask him to provide such an opportunity to hold talks in Turkiye. I hope that he will confirm his desire to contribute to the search for peace in Ukraine.

We are set on serious negotiations with Ukraine. Their aim is to eliminate the root causes of the conflict and to achieve a long-term lasting peace for a historical perspective. We do not rule out that in the course of these negotiations it will become possible to agree on some kind of new truce and a new ceasefire. And a real ceasefire that would be observed not only by Russia but also by the Ukrainian side and would be the first step, I repeat, towards a long-term, sustainable peace, rather than a prelude to continuing armed conflict after the Ukrainian armed forces have been rearmed, re-equipped and frantically digged trenches and new strongholds. Who needs such peace?

Our proposal is, as they say, on the table. The decision is now up to Ukrainian authorities and their supervisors, who are seemingly guided by their personal political ambitions, rather than the interests of their peoples, want to continue the war against Russia at the hands of Ukrainian nationalists.

Let me reiterate myself: Russia is ready for talks without any preliminary conditions. There are combat actions and war going on now, and we propose to resume negotiations that were not interrupted by us. Well, what's wrong about it?

Those who really want peace cannot but support this. At the same time, I would like to express my gratitude once again for the mediation services and efforts aimed at a peaceful settlement of the Ukrainian crisis undertaken by our foreign partners, including China, Brazil, African countries, the Middle East, and recently the new Administration of the United States of America.

In conclusion, I would like to once again thank everyone who shared with us the festive celebrations dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Victory over Nazism. I am sure that the spirit of solidarity and harmony that united us in Moscow these days will continue to help us build fruitful cooperation and partnership in the name of progress, security and peace.

I would also like to take this opportunity to note the tremendous role of journalists, representatives of international information agencies, TV channels, and the press who covered the anniversary events and the many-hour programme of current negotiations and working meetings. Much has been done to ensure that people in different countries of the world experience the unique atmosphere of the current holidays in Moscow. Of course, I thank you for this meeting as well, as it is held quite late and, of course, everyone is already tired.

Thank you very much for your attention, as it's almost half past one in the morning, or even later than half past one in Moscow, God be with you.

Thank you very much for your attention. Goodbye.

[Vicus]

Posted by bojancan (here)
As always Brian Berletič is irreplaceable ... in my opinion... always 100% spot on...

Jamarl Thomas
53.8K subscribers

Brian Berletic: The Real Reason US - Russia Iran Talks Collapsed; Desperate Agenda Of A Dying Empire

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=n522qecC8l4

After watching this video with patience, my resume is that this video is for kids...
At this hour try to explain the NONE successes from "the savior" "politics" for his blind
believers is like some Quixote task...

From my part the 100 days waiting is over, and now is time to evaluate the REALITY!

This other video tell the truth for adults, from a New Yorker too!

If I were righting half of what Gerald Celente say ,that could me be banned from this forum for life... in spite of be truth, but then I remember "be docile like a dove but wise
like a serpent..."

He begin about the imperialist U.S. desire from WW1, but I Like to address that it was from "the beginning",killing millions from REALLY Americans natives people,making 400 treatise with them and dint respect NONE of them,following attack to Spanish colonies,Mexico, by attaching California,New Mexico, try the same with Cuba, and until now posses a torture prison there ,Guantanamo .

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=YTkzaBxgEB0

And here my post before "the savior" became president...

https://projectavalon.net/forum4/sho...=1#post1623399

PS: I'm not and never was a commie,just happen to be my perception from ALL U.S.presidents in my life time...

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🇷🇺 Putin opens his Victory Day press conference by honoring all who fought against Nazism:

Russia remembers not only its own heroes, but also allies in the anti-Hitler coalition, Chinese soldiers, European resistance fighters, liberation movements in Africa and Asia-Pacific, and volunteers from Latin America.

https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1921338277468286993

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🇷🇺 Putin began his Victory Day press conference by thanking all international guests — but made sure to personally highlight North Korea.

“I was glad to thank the commanders of the Korean People’s Army and send warm greetings to the DPRK special forces.”

He emphasized their professionalism and heroism in joint operations near Kursk against the Kiev regime.
https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1921346315977675197

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🇷🇺 Putin slams the Kiev regime for rejecting Russia’s Victory Day ceasefire — and rebukes the U.S. for failing to uphold prior agreements:

“From May 8–10, Ukraine violated the ceasefire over 5,000 times — using 524 drones, Western missiles, and 45 unmanned sea vessels.”

He added that Kiev also ignored a 30-day moratorium on energy strikes brokered with Trump:

“Agreements were not honored. The attacks had no military value — they were political.”


https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1921352744000274903

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🇷🇺 “There is a war going on, and Russia is offering talks. Anyone who wants peace cannot oppose this.”

Putin’s Main Points on Talks with Ukraine:

- Putin proposed resuming negotiations with Ukraine on May 15 in Istanbul.

- Russia has never refused dialogue with Ukraine.

- He called for direct talks with Kiev without any preconditions.

- Putin plans to speak with Erdoğan tomorrow.

- Russia is ready for serious negotiations aimed at eliminating the root causes of the conflict.

- He did not rule out a ceasefire agreement during the talks.

- Russia’s offer is on the table; the decision is up to Kiev and its Western sponsors.

https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1921356466805748079

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https://x.com/MaimunkaNews/status/1921365576045252931

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🇷🇺🇹🇷 Erdogan and Putin held talks by telephone, the Turkish presidential administration reported.

Erdogan told Putin about Turkey's readiness to host negotiations between Russia and Ukraine.

The Turkish President also said that a "window of opportunity" had opened for resolving the conflict in Ukraine.

https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1921526056302842221

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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 Maria Zakharova, spokesperson for Russia’s Foreign Ministry, stated that Kiev appears to have misunderstood Vladimir Putin’s message about negotiations—judging by Ukraine’s reaction to the proposal.

She emphasized that Putin made it clear: first, negotiations must address the root causes of the conflict; only then can there be talk of a ceasefire.

https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1921496351608643705

[jaybee]

Posted by BMJ (here)

{post snipped see #20081 above...}


I would agree whoelheartedly with this Jaybee.

To add to that the Europeans are still pushing hard for war with Russia and re supplying Ukraine. Similiar if they wanted peace they could stop military aid to Ukraine but they do not.

Then there is Zelensky a Khazarian muppet that wants to ethically cleanse Ukraine of all the slavs to make way for Israel 2.0. So for him peace is never an option.

Beyond that if they wanted peace they would sit down with President Putin but they refused to, how can you have a peace summit without him it's impossible.

President Trump has reached out to President Putin.

Recently President Trump also stopped the supply of 49 Australian Abrams tanks to Ukraine.
He allowed the Patriot missile battery to go but that is a defence weapon unlike the Abrams which an offensive weapon.

So there are many more variables at play and to lay the blame at President Trumps feet is unfair and like Jaybee says I think he is doing the best he can under these circumstances.

Thanks for the feedback.....

re the bit of your reply I've bolded/underlined above.... yes the latest ludicrous 'tough guys' virtue signalling by the European leaders....the so called 'coalition of the willing...'...that can only be described as political theatre for their home audiences so they can play act at being the Peacemakers - while at the same time digging in for more war - I don't think Putin (and his team) will take the bait because a lot of weapons could be sneaked into Ukraine in 30 days... weapons that could be fired into Russia ?

Comments in the video below about the 'coalition of the willing'.... willing to get us all killed in a Globalist's War perhaps...?

6:23do you think that some new sanction now is going to work when none of the others did before i mean what rationale and logic is going on here i mean this is this should start to alarm us this should start to alarm us not just to get uh you know a roll of the eyes or well these guys are dumb

this should start to
alarm us - the people that are in charge of the western world right now and I'm talking like the main ones Germany UK France these guys and now Poland these guys are are just becoming more and more detached from reality and and one has to wonder what else are what other kind of decisions are they making with this kind of mentality that they're say sit there with such arrogance and pompousness that they actually feel justified in issuing a demand and to Russian President............

Zelensky & Europe Give Putin Ultimatum / Lt Col Daniel Davis (20:55)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=lLOTB2jMt7I

19 hours ago
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the head of four European countries issue a shocking ultimatum to Russia today. If Putin does not accept the demand of an unconditional 30 day ceasefire by Monday, the Western countries will impose significant new sanctions on Russia. Why this is exactly supposed to make Russia frightened, 'forcing peace' on them, as Zelensky claims, is unclear.

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https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1921501000721932584

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https://x.com/GeromanAT/status/1921612291537334296

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🚨SLOVAKIA’S FICO TORCHES WEST’S PEACE HYPOCRISY: THEY WANT ENDLESS WAR

Robert Fico blasted the West’s pushback against direct peace talks between Russia and Ukraine.

“It is extremely important for many Western countries to keep this war going,” the Slovak prime minister said.

https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1921515105218437497

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Many Western countries want the conflict in Ukraine to continue, which is why they do not agree to direct negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, said Slovakian Prime Minister Fico.

“I believe that this point of view will change, I will remind you again that this is a matter for Ukraine and Russia, if they are interested in negotiating, let them do so,” Fico concluded, recalling that the West had already disrupted one such peace talks in 2022.
https://x.com/GeromanAT/status/1921560579384221948

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⚡️💥ENERGY STRIKE MORATORIUM

In March 2025, after talks with the US in Riyadh, Russia agreed to a 30-day moratorium to strikes targeting Ukrainian energy infrastructure.

HOW DID UKRAINE REACT?🤡

🟠Refused to meet in Istanbul unless Russia agrees to its 30-day ceasefire idea

🟠Violated the Victory Day ceasefire 14,043 times, tried to disrupt celebrations in Moscow

🟠Rejected Easter truce outright

🟠Violated energy strike moratorium 136 times

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https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1921543068605395394

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🚨GAME OVER FOR WARMONGERS: SCOTT RITTER’S EPIC BREAKDOWN OF PUTIN’S PEACE PUSH

🇷🇺Russia’s call for direct, unconditional talks with Ukraine is a diplomatic checkmate for Zelensky and the West.

Ex-US Marine Corps intel officer Scott Ritter REVEALS WHY. Let’s dive in🧵👇

⚔️ ‘SEIZING THE INITIATIVE’

“There will be no more talk about 30-day artificial ceasefires. Ukraine either has to put up or shut up,” Ritter told Sputnik.

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https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1921576961068900557

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‘CANNOT BE UNDERMINED’

The Russian proposal is a masterstroke that will “reinforce the reality that Ukraine, its Western sponsors and the US aren’t serious about peace” if they reject it.

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ZELENSKY’S CEASEFIRE TRAP

“The moment Russia agrees to a 30-day ceasefire, thousands of European troops will pour into Ukraine… It would be suicide for Russia to agree to a 30-day ceasefire without addressing the root causes of the conflict.”

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https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1921576965430968558

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https://x.com/Amb_Ulyanov/status/1921302439367504207

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Maria Zakharova:

"In the video: the President of France, the Prime Minister of Britain, and the Chancellor of Germany.

Having pushed Zelensky into yet another hellish intrigue to sabotage a settlement and continue the bloodshed in Europe, like in the joke, the Frenchman, the Englishman, and the German got on a train and... took a hit.

Apparently, they did it so thoroughly that they forgot to hide their paraphernalia (a little baggie and a spoon) before the journalists arrived.

The fate of Europe is being decided by dependent and temporary figures—in every sense of the word.

Incredible footage. It's as if the Almighty Himself is pulling back the curtain on this foul gathering, so that 'those with eyes may see.'

In 2022, I asked a Western ambassador: 'How can you supply weapons to the unbalanced drug addict Zelensky? He’s been on cocaine for years!'
And I got the reply: 'For the EU, that’s normal — many Western leaders use.'"

https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1921530091885978037

https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1921524989766889868

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‼️🇩🇪 Disillusionment Sets In: Majority of Germans Already Unhappy with Chancellor Merz — BILD Reports

Just four days. That’s all it took for the German public to turn sour on their new chancellor.

According to a fresh INSA poll, only 23% of Germans view Friedrich Merz’s performance positively since he stepped into the role. Confidence in his leadership? Almost nonexistent.

The picture doesn’t get any brighter when it comes to the newly formed coalition. A mere 29% of respondents express satisfaction with its direction — while nearly half the country is already voicing disapproval.

A storm is brewing in Berlin, and it seems the Merz era is off to a shaky, unpopular start.
- RVvoenkor

https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1921504323038527959

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‼️The main points from the new briefing of the Russian Defense Ministry:

▪️The Russian Armed Forces responded in a mirror-like manner to the ceasefire violations by the Ukrainian Armed Forces and acted in accordance with the evolving situation;

▪️The Russian Forces continued to conduct a special military operation after the ceasefire ended;

▪️The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 190 servicemen in the "West" zone after the end of the ceasefire;

▪️The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 200 servicemen in the "North" group's operations zone;

▪️The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 50 servicemen in the "Dnepr" group's operations zone;

▪️The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 80 servicemen in the "South" zone after the end of the ceasefire.

https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1921502073629167772

https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1921502173118042565

[ThePythonicCow]

Posted by Tintin (here)

From Bill:My browser (Firefox on Mac) is telling me the file is corrupt. Can you check?

Update: botheration. Yes, HEVC extension required, apparently. This seems to be happening a little more regularly now with videos downloaded from Telegram. At the moment this is playing just fine via the library link but I expect may revert to .MP3 format at some point.

Hardware support for HEVC video decoding has been appearing mostly over the last five to ten years, with software only decoding support a bit less comprehensive. Not all revisions of the Firefox browser support software decoding, nor do all Mac computers have hardware support for HEVC.

The legal complexity of providing HEVC decoding perhaps exceeds the technical complexity ... there are over 26,000 still active patents held on this technology by various companies in various jurisdictions as of early 2025: HEVC Advance Patent Pool.