Hours after #Trump Admin withdraws from talks in London to end #Russia invasion of #Ukraine, Moscow carries out mass murder in #Kyiv

Children among injured and missing

Trump tantrum, assailing #Zelensky, after Ukraine rejects ultimatum to give up #Crimea and parts of 4 regions to #Kremlin

To know more about #Witkoff’s partnership with an influential businessman with a significant relationship in #Kremlin circles, click on the link.

https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/scoop-trump-envoys-conflict-of-interest

@MAKS23 wish there was a mechanism to just kick them out, so they can learn the hard way to be allied with #nazi #russia
I doubt #kremlin has the money to keep #orban afloat.

@MAKS23 the only truce/peace that will bit is when #Ukrainian special forces has captured the whole #nazi #russian #duma and #kremlin inner circle

@lemonde Faut-il encore et encore se focaliser sur les commentaires du bâtard du #kremlin ou sur les moyens à mettre en œuvre pour le buter jusque dans les chiottes ?

12-minute analysis

*How #Ukraine - US "memo of intent" on minerals points to split w/n #Trump Admin: "adults in room" v rhetoric of Trump- #Vance - #Witkoff

*How #Kremlin ceded diplomatic high ground to #Kyiv by rejecting ceasefire proposals

No imminent deal: "A marathon not a sprint"

#Europe is very good at moral outrage. Speeches in the EU Parliament? Powerful and will probably make a round on Twitter. #Sanctions on #Kremlin officials? Well, mostly symbolic. Lights on buildings in blue and yellow? Absolutely beautiful! But none of this stops Russian tanks or drones. Europe’s soft power is valuable, but it’s not enough when your opponent only understands hard power.

This isn’t particularly new. We’ve been here before. Chechnya, #Georgia, #Crimea, #Donbas, #Syria. Each time, Europe’s response was weak. Each time, it sent humanitarian #aid and hoped the #Kremlin would come to its senses, as if it were just having a tantrum and not executing a long-term imperialist project. Even when #Putin turned Belarus into a vassal state and built military bases along #NATO’s border, too many in Brussels and Berlin whispered, “Let’s not escalate.”

#Europe as a whole strives to live in a delusional world where conflict is solved with trade agreements and sternly worded resolutions. But the #Kremlin plays by different rules. #Putin doesn’t fear resolutions. He uses them as toilet paper.

#Zelensky: #Trump envoy, real estate developer Witkoff, spreading #Russia propaganda and overstepping his authority by promoting handover of #Ukraine territory to #Kremlin

"I believe Mr. Witkoff has adopted the strategy of the Russian side. Consciously or not, he is spreading Russian narratives"

…last Sept #US authorities charged 2 #RT employees w/ allegedly funneling $10M to bankroll *unknowing* pro-#Trump #influencers to publish thousands of videos that pushed #Kremlin #propaganda. Dual Russian-American citizens Dimitri Simes & his wife, Anastasia, were charged w/ violating economic sanctions, in part for his paid work for another #Russia state television network.…

…AG #PamBondi shut down the #FBI task force investigating #ForeignInfluence….

…#RT & #Sputnik relied on #EdMartin to explain #America in terms that…match the perspective of the #Kremlin, mostly to its international audiences, acc/to FilterLabsAI, a firm that analyzes #socialmedia, #state-run #news organizations & other internet postings to track public sentiment in #Russia. Those audiences were in the #US & in “hinge countries” in Central #Europe such as #Poland & #Hungary, & Martin had minimal exposure within Russia except for his criticism of US support for #Ukraine….

#Russia Foreign Minister Lavrov reiterates that #Putin "annexation" of four Ukrainian regions as well as #Crimea must be recognized before Moscow agrees to halt its invasion

Also presses #Kremlin demand for removal of the #Zelensky Government, saying it is "unconstitutional"

@lemonde Isn't it about time the real #reason behind the #war in #Ukraine? The giant, #top-secret #underground #American #military #base conveniently built near #Ukraine’s old #army #complex. The one loaded with #directed #energy #weapons, #acoustic #cannons, and enough tech to #mess with #Kremlin — and pretty much all of #Northern #Europe. And let’s face it, even the #Pope isn’t hiding it anymore, now that the #Church's #spiritual #power has gone #offline like a #Vatican Wi-Fi outage .

#Trump’s #tariff war has driven down #oil prices, hitting Russia’s economy.

With a 1/3 of its budget from oil and gas, revenues may drop 2.5% in 2025 if trends persist. The #Kremlin spokesman said the situation was "tense", in an uncharacteristic admission of economic uncertainty.

https://www.ft.com/content/44b5046f-f916-4c13-af06-805c9373d5e8