@Ndsens@alexstubb Russia seized Crimea in 2014. Ukraine's Javelin purchase was approved in 2018.
If buying weapons proves Ukraine was preparing for war, what does Russia's invasion four years earlier prove?
@FLOTUS Mrs. Trump, any humanitarian pause that saves civilian lives deserves recognition.
If Russian strikes continue elsewhere, can we really call this a ceasefire between the two countries?
@clashreport Russia invades Ukraine. Europe wants the invasion to fail. Lavrov calls Europe masochistic.
Apparently, resisting Russian aggression is now considered a psychological disorder in Moscow.
@clashreport At a gas summit attended by Iran's president, who openly criticizes Washington, Putin talks about Arctic cooperation with the US.
No US agreement has been announced.
A Russian proposal is not an American commitment, let alone a diplomatic victory.
@clashreport But in 2022, Gazprom itself cut supplies to European countries and shut down Nord Stream 1.
Europe paid to diversify. Russia lost customers it had spent decades cultivating.
The proverb fits. Just not quite the way Putin intended.
@Humility246@nexta_tv Why would consulting Ukraine make these talks "bad faith"?
Finland and Norway never claimed to be neutral. They openly support Ukraine and still chose to speak directly with Putin.
The real test is what Moscow does next.
@clashreport Russia's share of EU gas imports fell from 45% in 2021 to 12% in 2025.
Europe paid to reduce its dependence on Moscow.
Now Putin warns about the consequences of losing customers.
Why does Moscow only worry about consumers when its own market access is at stake?
@nypost Ukraine warns that evacuees may be taken through occupied Crimea into Russia.
The key question is whether civilians can freely choose their destination.
A local ceasefire is not peace, and evacuation must never become forced relocation.
@et_porg@TruthTrumpPost Perhaps they are. But intelligence and authority are not evidence.
You claimed Ukraine would be exhausted before Russia.
Instead of questioning my intelligence, can you provide the economic or military data supporting that prediction?
@alexstubb@jonasgahrstore@ZelenskyyUa Finland and Norway consulted Ukraine before calling Putin. That's an important distinction: diplomacy with Moscow, not over Kyiv's head.
Yet Putin just vowed to achieve all his war aims. Moscow may read its neighbors calling first as weakness, not an invitation to de-escalate.
Your entire argument rests on one assumption: Ukraine will be exhausted before Russia.
But a war of attrition drains both sides, and Ukraine has external support.
Russia's willingness to keep fighting is not proof that it can sustain the war longer.
You're treating Moscow's expectations as an inevitable outcome.
Yes. International humanitarian law applies to both sides.
Ukraine's right to defend itself is not a license to target civilians. I never claimed otherwise.
But that does not erase the UN's findings on Russia's deliberate attacks on civilian energy infrastructure.
Which part of those findings are you disputing?
Calling an invasion a "special military operation" doesn't change what happened.
On March 2, 2022, the UN General Assembly condemned Russia's aggression and demanded the withdrawal of its troops from Ukraine.
That is a documented international decision, not merely one interpretation of events.
Russian ballistic missiles struck the grounds of a university in Kyiv and the area around it – effectively the campus, Kyoto Park, the area near a metro station, and residential buildings. The exact number of casualties is not yet known. But tragically, there are victims. There are people injured. Rescue operations are underway. There is extensive damage, and there are also reports that people may be trapped under the rubble. All emergency services are at the scene and doing their work – saving lives. The missiles hit very crowded areas, and there is not a single military facility nearby. This was a strike directly on the city, on its infrastructure. Unfortunately, there may be more strikes coming. The attack with “shaheds” is also continuing – against Kyiv and our other cities and communities.
And it is precisely under such circumstances, when the threat is constant, when strikes can come at any moment and target cities and villages directly, that artificial delays in providing air defense to Ukraine help terror. It is important that political agreements be implemented promptly at the team level. It is important that our partners understand that Ukraine needs the proper tools to destroy Russian ballistic missile launchers. This would be the most effective way to save lives. It is important that the world sees that Russia is showing nothing but a desire to kill and continue waging war. Ukraine must not be left to face this alone, and it is solely Russia’s fault that the war is still going on and people are still dying. Please take care of yourselves. All partners should stand with Ukraine – with the protection of lives.
Vance blames dictators for fuel-price shocks.
Yet the Trump administration authorized transactions involving Russian diesel.
So Putin is the problem, but Russian fuel is part of the solution?
⚡️Did Vance insult Putin?
"Remember in 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine and gas prices skyrocketed?
Gas prices skyrocket every time some tin-pot dictator decides to throw a tantrum."
@clashreport Vance blames dictators for fuel-price shocks.
Yet the Trump administration authorized transactions involving Russian diesel.
So Putin is the problem, but Russian fuel is part of the solution?