Trump seems to be ALL over the place today….
First he threaten’s Russia with more sanctions after a strong Russian drone attack on the Ukraine….
Then hours later?
He says he finds it ‘easier’ to with Russia than Ukraine, which he continues to say is ‘weak’ and has ‘no cards’……
One gets the impression that ole’ Donald is frustrated with the whole Ukraine/Russian War that keeps going on despite his efforts to get a ‘DEAL’….
Trump looks at Zelensky as someone he hates from back in the day….
But won’t just lay down for him no matter what he tries to do…
(Zelensky’s poll numbers RISE in the wake of Trump’s abusing him).
Russian troops HAVE launched strong attacks trying to close off Ukraine troops in the Russian territory of Kursk…
One would guess that Putin wants to reclaim ALL the Russian territory lost to the Ukraine before any ceasefire….
THAT WOULD put Putin in the position of agreeing to a cease-fire and being able to try to hold HIS Ukraine territories in Donetsk , Luhansk and Crimea….
Thus being able to sell to his people that his efforts had a GAIN….
Trump’s efforts have actually got what he said he wanted before all this…
Europe at least saying they HAVE to Look INWARD for their own security and National Defense…
And have begun to openly talk about sending troops to Ukraine after any ceasefire….
Update…
(Trump fucking with the Ukraine to get a ‘DEAL’)
The United States has temporarily suspended satellite imagery services to Ukraine, a fresh blow to Kyiv from the Trump administration, which has frozen weapons shipments and intelligence sharing.
Donald Trump has said Vladimir Putin was “doing what anybody would do” after Russia launched a massive missile and drone strike on Ukraine days after the US cut off vital intelligence and military aid to Kyiv.
Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on Friday Trump said he finds it “easier” to work with Russia than Ukraine and that Putin “wants to end the war”.
“I’m finding it more difficult, frankly, to deal with Ukraine. And they don’t have the cards,” Trump said. “In terms of getting a final settlement, it may be easier dealing with Russia.”
Asked whether the Russian leader was taking advantage of the pause in US intelligence sharing and military aid to Ukraine, Trump replied: “I actually think he is doing what anybody else would do.”
Senior US and Ukrainian officials plan to meet in Saudi Arabia next week as Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his advisers seek to revive relations with the US after a botched summit in the Oval Office during which Trump told Zelenskyy he was “gambling with world war three”.
Russia launched a massive drone and missile attack on Ukrainian energy facilities on Friday in the wake of the US decision to halt intelligence sharing with Ukraine that had helped it target incoming fire….
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US president Donald Trump said he is “strongly considering” imposing banking sanctions, other sanctions and tariffs on Russia until a ceasefire and peace agreement is reached with Ukraine. In a post on social media, he said: “Based on the fact that Russia is absolutely “pounding” Ukraine on the battlefield right now, I am strongly considering large scale Banking Sanctions, Sanctions, and Tariffs on Russia until a Cease Fire and FINAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ON PEACE IS REACHED. To Russia and Ukraine, get to the table right now, before it is too late. Thank you!!!”
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Kyiv said on Wednesday it was asking Italy for more information about a proposal by prime minister Giorgia Meloni to extend Nato’s mutual defence umbrella to Ukraine without offering it alliance membership or sending peacekeeping troops, Reuters reported. On the sidelines of an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday, Meloni said extending Nato’s Article 5 collective security agreement would be a more “lasting solution” than sending European peacekeepers or granting Kyiv full membership.
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Keir Starmer has hailed the EU’s “historic step forward” as he spoke to leaders after the bloc backed moves to free up hundreds of billions of euros for security. In a phone call with the president of the European Council, the president of the European Commission and the leaders of Canada, Turkey, Norway and Iceland on Friday, the prime minister also welcomed the prospect of talks next week in Saudi Arabia after they were confirmed by Volodymyr Zelenskyy, PA reported.
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s approval rating has risen by 10 percentage points since his White House spat with US president Donald Trump, a poll by a leading Ukrainian pollster showed on Friday. The poll by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) showed that 67% of respondents trusted Zelenskyy in March, up from 57% a month earlier.
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Polish prime minister Donald Tusk said that it was “clear that any hope that Ukraine gets hard security guarantees with physical US presence to back these guarantees seems to be less probable, to put it mildly, than before.” Tusk said that Poland had to respond to the new US administration’s “deep correction” in its defence priorities, even as he stressed that Poland should still continue to seek the closest possible relations with the US.
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Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday threw his support behind a call by French president Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy for an aerial and sea truce in the Russian aggression on Ukraine. “We support the idea of establishing a ceasefire as soon as possible and stopping attacks in the air and at sea as a confidence-building measure between the parties,” Erdoğan told an online meeting organised by the EU.
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France’s defence minister is to hold talks next week with counterparts from Britain, Germany, Italy and Poland to discuss support for Ukraine, an adviser to the French government said. AFP reported that the ministers from Europe’s five main military powers will meet in Paris on Wednesday, a day after France hosts a key meeting of European military chiefs of staff.
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Romanian far-right populist Calin Georgescu filed his candidacy Friday in a rerun of last year’s presidential election that was annulled by a top court after his surprise first-round win. As the 62-year-old Georgescu arrived at the Central Election Bureau in the capital, Bucharest, hundreds of supporters waved Romanian flags and chanted: “Last resort, another revolution!”
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Three Bulgarian nationals accused of spying for Russia have been found guilty of espionage charges in a trial that heard how they were involved in a string of plots around Europe directed by a fugitive based in Moscow. After more than 32 hours of deliberations, a jury at the Old Bailey reached unanimous verdicts on Katrin Ivanova, 33, a lab technician, Vanya Gaberova, 30, a beautician, and Tihomir Ivanchev, 39, a painter and decorator, all of whom were living in London before their arrest….
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