Robert DeNiro: "I hate to say it, but loving our country is starting to sound like an abused spouse saying they love their abuser… And let me just say it, I can't love the country that's led by Donald Trump.” 🔥🔥🔥🔥
BROWDER: Trump has been on Putin’s side since he came back into power. Neither Trump nor Putin has changed their positions since.
Nothing has changed other than Ukrainians’ position on the battlefield, their ability to destroy Russian economy and cause absolute havoc in Crimea.
Those are things Trump has no control over, and those are the things that are changing the outcome of the war. But I don’t think Putin or Trump has changed their attitude.
I held a Staff meeting. An important achievement of our state and our weapons manufacturers is that Ukraine has reached the capability to produce such a volume of technologically advanced weapons that, in the long term, it can surpass Russia’s capabilities. Today, we focused most of our attention on this. We also spoke directly with the manufacturers about what is needed from the state, from administrative decisions and financing, to maximize all types of Ukrainian capabilities and ensure deep forms of pressure on Russia, on its battlefield capacity, and on its ability to drag out the war. This concerns primarily Ukrainian drones of all types, unmanned ground systems, our missile program, electronic warfare systems, and military equipment. This discussion today, held with the participation of weapons manufacturers, was a continuation – at the highest level of military decision-making – of consultations that have been taking place over the past few weeks at the National Security and Defense Council, in Parliament, and at the Ministry of Defense.
First, I instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defense to focus on working with partners to secure additional funding for production. I expect concrete results – agreements with partners. Investment in Ukrainian production is an investment in forcing Russia towards peace, and our partners must see this as our shared achievement.
Second, the implementation of Ukraine’s long-range sanctions plan and medium-range sanctions has shown that limiting Russia’s ability to wage war depends directly on spreading among Russian social groups the sense that the war is directly affecting everyday life. Ukraine will continue its policy of increasing the cost of occupation for the occupiers and restricting Russia’s ability to finance the war.
Third, I am grateful to all our specialists who are developing our missile program, including work on effective Ukrainian ballistic and anti-ballistic systems. Today, we effectively reviewed capabilities and defined steps that will accelerate production, testing, and deployment.
We also separately reviewed the volumes and timelines for the delivery of air defenses that are needed on an almost daily basis. In the coming days, the key priority across all diplomatic work, all meetings and negotiations will be air defense for Ukraine. I am grateful to everyone who is helping. I am proud of everyone who produces defense capabilities for Ukraine. Glory to Ukraine!