🇷🇺🇺🇦 Discussion: Relations with Russia and the war in Ukraine

[blueharvest]

The Guardian view on Ukraine after Trump’s victory: bracing for what lies ahead | Editorial

Editorial: The former president’s closeness to Vladimir Putin and isolationism bode ill for Kyiv. Accelerating US support is essential

www.theguardian.com

 

[DaddlerTheDalek]

FRG/GDR & Berlin Wall on steriods? Ugh...

 

[squeekness]

And he'll get Russia or North Korea to pay for it!

 

[blueharvest]

Trump ally: Ukraine focus is to achieve ‘peace and stop the killing’

‘Crimea is gone,’ adviser says, and Trump administration will not help Ukraine regain territory lost to Russia

www.theguardian.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Estonia to provide Ukraine with air defense missiles for testing

The missiles to be trialed by Ukraine are designed to counter drones, and can shoot down targets at an altitude of up to 2 kilometers.

kyivindependent.com

Russian drone damages Estonian ambassador's apartment building in Kyiv

"No one is safe in Ukraine until Russia stops its aggression," Estonia's Foreign Affairs Minister Margus Tsahkna said in a post on social media on Nov. 8.

kyivindependent.com

 

[blueharvest]

Ukraine war briefing: Russia’s offensive ‘shows signs of escalation’, Kyiv’s top commander warns

Oleksandr Syrskyi says North Korean troops are preparing to join combat alongside Russians as EU foreign policy chief pledges ‘unwavering’ support for Ukraine. What we know on day 991

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Zelenskyy rebuffs Trump’s proposal for rapid peace deal in Ukraine war

“It doesn’t mean that it will happen this way,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in Budapest.

www.politico.eu

 

[blueharvest]

UK ‘planning lots of scenarios’ for Donald Trump’s approach to Ukraine

Chief secretary to the Treasury says security and defence spending are a priority but require ‘trade-offs’

www.theguardian.com

 

[squeekness]

Zelenskyy rebuffs Trump’s proposal for rapid peace deal in Ukraine war

“It doesn’t mean that it will happen this way,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in Budapest.

www.politico.eu

As he should. It's no deal for Ukraine, only Putin.

 

[blueharvest]

Trump speaks with Putin and advises him not to escalate Ukraine war – report

In phone call, Trump reminds Putin of US’s ‘sizeable military presence in Europe’, Washington Post reports

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Moscow targeted as Ukraine and Russia trade large drone attacks

Ukrainian strike on Moscow is biggest since full-scale invasion while Russia sends wave of record 145 drones

www.theguardian.com

 

[squeekness]

Moscow targeted as Ukraine and Russia trade large drone attacks

Ukrainian strike on Moscow is biggest since full-scale invasion while Russia sends wave of record 145 drones

www.theguardian.com

Good for them. Go out with a bang.

 

[blueharvest]

Here's a look at Musk's contact with Putin and why it matters

The Wall Street Journal reports that billionaire Elon Musk and Russian President Vladimir Putin have been in regular contact.

apnews.com

 

[squeekness]

Here's a look at Musk's contact with Putin and why it matters

The Wall Street Journal reports that billionaire Elon Musk and Russian President Vladimir Putin have been in regular contact.

apnews.com

We elected Elon as President by proxy.

 

[blueharvest]

A Trump presidency won’t necessarily be the gift for Putin that Moscow thinks it is

Washington is by far Kyiv’s largest military backer – and any loss in support will mean more deaths on the front line, writes Chris Stevenson. But if a push to end the war does come from the White House, that also poses a problem for the Kremlin

www.independent.co.uk

 

[blueharvest]

How surprising alliance of Trump, Orban and Pope could force Ukraine into Putin deal

Exclusive: The Pope has shown backing for Hungary’s so-called ‘peace deal’ between Kyiv and Moscow – while Trump’s election puts US aid at risk

www.independent.co.uk

 

[nachtschicht]

Utterly predictable. Bad guys gotta stick together.

 

[squeekness]

How surprising alliance of Trump, Orban and Pope could force Ukraine into Putin deal

Exclusive: The Pope has shown backing for Hungary’s so-called ‘peace deal’ between Kyiv and Moscow – while Trump’s election puts US aid at risk

www.independent.co.uk

Oh, hell no. Bad Pope, bad. We don't let tyrants get what they want.

 

[blueharvest]

With only two months left, what are Biden’s options for Ukraine?

US president is running out of time to deliver funds and weapons before a predicted foreign policy change by Trump administration

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[squeekness]

President for sale.

 

[blueharvest]

Ukraine war briefing: Russia readying push on southern front including Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine says

Antony Blinken on flying visit to Brussels; majority of Ukrainians still oppose land-for-peace deal. What we know on day 994

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

China must face ‘higher cost’ for backing Russia in Ukraine, says next EU foreign policy chief

Kaja Kallas says Ukraine’s victory in war is ‘a priority for us all’, adding that it is also in the US interest

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Europe is in immense danger if Trump hands any kind of victory to Putin on Ukraine

The president-elect has said he’ll end the bloody Ukrainian conflict ‘in one day’ when he returns to the White House. But, says Keir Giles, whatever action is taken could have profound consequences for Europe

www.independent.co.uk

 

[blueharvest]

Biden is sending aid to help Ukraine keep fighting next year, Blinken says

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the Biden administration is determined in its final months to help Ukraine keep fighting its war with Russia next year.

apnews.com