Back in 1999, Putin insisted Russia doesn’t want Crimea and warned that redrawing international borders would be a disaster.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO

~ White House Quietly
Pressures Senate to Water Down Russia Sanctions ~

#USPol #Russia #Ukraine #trump

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A news article features Senator Lindsey Graham speaking to reporters in a government building. He appears to be discussing proposed changes to Russia sanctions legislation. Multiple journalists are capturing the moment with their smartphones. The background includes ornate architectural details. Image caption: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) has said he plans to make at least some changes to his Russia-sanctions bill. PHOTO: J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE/ASSOCIATED PRESS White House Quietly Pressures Senate to Water Down Russia Sanctions: Trump administration officials urge Sen. Lindsey Graham to weaken legislation By Lindsay Wise and Alexander Ward Updated Jun 06, 2025 12:31 p.m. ET https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-russia-sanctions-senate-dea1f81d Accessed: 6 June 2025 at 1338 EST

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WASHINGTON-The Trump administration is trying to get Sen. Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) to significantly weaken his Russia-sanctions bill while the White House seeks to patch up its relationship with Moscow instead of punishing it for the continued invasion of Ukraine. A key provision in the legislation, backed by more than 80 senators, is the imposition of sanctions on key Russian officials and sectors, as well as penalties for countries that do business with Moscow. That, President Trump fears, could harm his goal of reviving relations between the U.S. and Russia even as he seeks to end the war in Ukraine. Over the past weeks, White House and other administration officials have quietly contacted Graham's office, urging him to water down his bill, namely by inserting waivers that would allow Trump to choose who or what gets sanctioned, https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-russia-sanctions-senate-dea1f81d Accessed: 6 June 2025 at 1338 EST

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Over the past weeks, White House and other administration officials have quietly contacted Graham's office, urging him to water down his bill, namely by inserting waivers that would allow Trump to choose who or what gets sanctioned, congressional aides said. Another way to weaken the legislation would be to turn the word "shall" into "may" wherever it appears in the bill's text, removing the mandatory nature of the prescribed reprimands, congressional aides said. Any administration asks for changes to high-profile bills, often seeking language that gives the president more authority to make decisions instead of having foreign-policy actions thrust upon them. But removing the mandatory nature of the sanctions would render Graham's bill toothless, the staffers said, noting that Trump already has the ability to impose sanctions at will. https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-russia-sanctions-senate-dea1f81d Accessed: 6 June 2025 at 1338 EST

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Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D., Conn.), the lead Democratic co-sponsor on Graham's bill, confirmed the private negotiations with the White House but declined to comment on their substance. "We're moving ahead and the White House is included in our conversations," he said. A White House official said the Constitution "vests the president with the authority to conduct diplomacy with foreign nations. Any sanction package must provide complete flexibility for the president to continue to pursue his desired foreign policy." https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-russia-sanctions-senate-dea1f81d Accessed: 6 June 2025 at 1338 EST

Ukrainian historical movie “The Guide” (2014) tells the story of the events leading up to and during the Holodomor in Ukraine in 1932-33. Language: Ukrainian, length: 1:57:47

A compilation of strikes by Ukrainian FPV drones on Russian aircraft, including the A-50, Tu-95MS, Tu-22M3, Tu-160, An-12, and Il-78, at various airbases during Operation "Spiderweb" on June 1.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war #Breaking #BreakingNews

The Ramifications of #Ukraine’s #Drone Attack - https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/06/the-ramifications-of-ukraines-drone-attack.html " If $35K in drones (117 drones times an estimated $300 per drone) can destroy $7B in Russian bombers and other long-range aircraft, why would anyone build more of those planes?" #war

#Zelensky on #OperationSpiderweb:

"The delegation behaved more calmly than before.
But the arrogance... well, it is what it is.
These arrogant people acted a bit more modestly.
Maybe a few more events like this are needed so that everyone will start behaving like decent human beings."

#Ukraine's struggle is a facet of the world's fight against rising #fascism

#Russia and others need to learn due humility

It's our fight too, domestic and international

Note the only methods they understand

#Russia and #Ukraine agreed to continue negotiations in #Istanbul - that’s fascinating news, isn’t it?

Ukraine had just MASSIVELY violated Russia’s so called “red lines”, not one but several of them.

And Russia responded… no, not by using some doomsday weapons. They just sent a delegation which, as participants reported, was behaving almost like regular humans. And then they agreed on the next round!

The only people who were furious and panicked were our own Western “geopolitical experts” who historically always advised to always be kind to Russia, and always give it what it wants.

Can you see a pattern here?

Comment I saw yesterday about #Ukraine's #drones-popping-out-of-trucks brilliant attack on the bombers that have been mass murdering Ukrainian civilians for years (paraphrasing):

"#Russia is going to check every truck, and it will shut down their commerce. They don't even have the personnel for it, they will have to pull from other services, it will be destabilizing"

Video I just saw today:

Good call commenter

#UkraineWar

"This is what happens when a proud nation under attack doesn't listen to all those: 'Ukraine has only six months left'. 'You have no cards'. 'Just surrender for peace, Russia cannot lose'."

… the quarterly Business Ukraine journal, proudly proclaimed 'It turns out Ukraine does have some cards after all. Today Zelensky played the King of Drones.'"

#ukraine #slavaUkraini https://mstdn.ca/@asiny/114617184568059084

#Ukraine 's #drone triumph opens window to the future of #war https://www.axios.com/2025/06/03/ukraine-drone-operation-russia-future-war

Guten Morgen zusammen ☕️

Russische Märchen...

#russischePropaganda
#marchen
#NATOErweiterung
#RussischerAngriff
#Ukraine
#Aggressor

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Blauer Hintergrund mit s/w Bild von Gabrielius Landsbergis Und Zitat :>>Der Mythos, die NATO- Erweiterung bedrohe die Sicherheit Russlands, ist russische Propaganda wie aus dem Lehrbuch und keine,,berechtigte Sorge". Diese,,berechtigten Bedenken" zielen lediglich darauf ab, die NATO- Grenzen bis nach Berlin zu- rückzudrängen, wie Putin selbst vor der Invasion deutlich sagte. Wir sollten nicht länger so tun, als wüssten wir das nicht.<< Gabrielius Landsbergis Ein Bild von Wemeze

"Von zentralen innen- wie außenpolitischen Forderungen aus dem Wahlkampf (keine neuen #Schulden, keine Reform der #Schuldenbremse, Rückkehr zur #Atomkraft, #Taurus-Lieferungen an die #Ukraine) musste #Merz sich schon verabschieden. Nun aber folgt man auch auf anderen Politikfeldern den viel gescholtenen #Grünen. So verfolgen er und Johann Wadephul, sein Außenminister, gegenüber #Israel genau jene Politik, für die man Annalena #Baerbock oft kritisiert hatte.

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Auf in den Kulturkampf "Merz macht Dunja Hayali fertig." Das stand in einem Post, den Julia Klöckner weiterverbreitete. Ihr Fehltritt steht für ein weit größeres Problem der Union. Ein Kommentar von Jana Hensel 2. Juni 2025, 18:30 Uhr

#Ukraine Just Crippled #Russia ’s Air Force — And #Trump Is Mad He Wasn’t Told https://open.substack.com/pub/levremembers/p/ukraine-just-crippled-russias-air

Spot the Aircraft carriers of the world

USA
UK
France
Ukraine

#Ukraine

Back in the Soviet era, I don't think many would have believed you if you told them that the way to take out one 3rd of the Russian cruise-missile fleet is to drive trucks full of remote-control model air planes to near the air bases, then use the model airplanes to drop bombs on the bomber aircraft.

My hat's off to the Ukrainians! Particularly since there is no way to retaliate in kind. The Ukrainians haven't got a cruise-missile fleet. They've got trucks.

#ukraine #drones

Ukraine's greatest military and intel coup so far, hitting dozens of Russian strategic bombers located at 4 different airfields! Also a reminder that Ukraine strikes military targets while Russia smashes drones into Ukrainian shopping centers and thousands of apartment buildings.

Ukrainian officials said its drones damaged more than 40 warplanes in attacks on four military airports deep inside Russia, a daring clandestine strike. Putin used these aircraft to mass murder, now destroyed!

🔥 34% of Russia’s strategic cruise missile carriers at key airbases. The ~value of the damaged aviation assets is $7 billion.

#Ukraine #eu #uk #EuropeanUnion #Baltics

Wie lange kann es sich die #NATO noch leisten, ein Land mit den Fähigkeiten der #Ukraine️ NICHT in ihre #Verteidigungsgemeinschaft aufzunehmen?
https://www.n-tv.de/politik/Ukraine-fuehrt-grossen-Schlag-gegen-russische-Flugplaetze-durch-article25805609.html

🇺🇦 🇷🇺 An operation by #Ukraine's Security Service has hit "more than 40" Russian bombers at air bases "in the rear of the Russian Federation," a source in the agency told the Kyiv Independent on June 1.

https://kyivindependent.com/enemy-bombers-are-burning-en-masse-ukraines-sbu-drones-hit-more-than-40-russian-aircraft/

#Russia

#UPDATE

🇺🇦 🇷🇺 An operation by #Ukraine's Security Service using FPV drones smuggled deep into Russian and hidden inside trucks has hit 41 Russian heavy bombers at four airfields across the country, a source in the agency told the Kyiv Independent on June 1.

https://kyivindependent.com/enemy-bombers-are-burning-en-masse-ukraines-sbu-drones-hit-more-than-40-russian-aircraft/

#Russia

"I just want to stop the killing”

That is a sentence, Trump has repeated again and again throughout 2025. But is it true?

Watch my latest analysis of the #Ukraine peace deal that failed, and find out Trump's real reason for helping Vladimir Putin:

https://youtu.be/aWRM2LLd-t8

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#uspol #eupol

#MAGA #Trump #TrumpWars #TrumpDiplomacy #TrumpFailure #Ukraine #SlavaUkraini #RussianWar #ManchurianCandidate

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melanie_darrigo Don't know who needs to hear this but claiming that you've prevented lots of really bad things from happening to our enemies is another way of saying that you've been aiding our enemies. Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump What Vladimir Putin doesn't realize is that if it weren't for me, lots of really bad things would have already happened to Russia, and I mean REALLY BAD. He's playing with fire!

“ #Russia is building power lines in occupied #Ukraine to link a major nuclear plant it has captured to its own grid, according to a new Greenpeace report. It is the clearest evidence yet of Moscow’s intent to exploit the offline facility.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/world/europe/russia-ukraine-nuclear-zaporizhzhia.html

Russia using Telegram bots to control drones attacking Ukraine, Economist reports https://kyivindependent.com/russia-using-telegram-bots-to-control-drones-attacking-ukraine-economist-reports/ #Droneattack #NewsFeed #Ukraine #Russia #War

'We didn't see it as treason': The Russian couple who became informants for #Ukraine

A Russian couple living in Ukraine were so appalled by the invasion, they shared information about Russian forces in their town with Kyiv.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyqq18evyko

(c) #BBC #News

#Ukraine condemns #US ‘silence’ after #Russia ’s biggest air raid of war https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/25/deadly-missile-and-drone-strikes-batter-kyiv-for-second-night

#Russia can afford to take a beating in #Ukraine https://warontherocks.com/2025/05/russia-can-afford-to-take-a-beating-in-ukraine/

Romania's democracy itself was on the ballot, as a Russian-backed candidate came close to being installed in the Presidency.

A textbook example of how to prevent Russians from dismantling democracy, Romania was saved by clear, decisive action.

Romanian authorities moved against coordinated disinformation across several social media platforms, annulled a compromised election, and launched investigations into the pro-Kremlin and criminal circles working to hijack the vote. These steps protected the integrity of the democratic process.

We congratulate Dan on his victory—and the Romanian people for proving that democracy doesn’t survive on its own. It must be defended from those that seek to take it away.

A strong ally and neighbor of #Ukraine, our #Romanian friends understand that it's always easier to keep the Russians out than to get them out once they're in.

#EuropeanUnion #eu #uk #Poland #usa

🚨“Russian forces have been building military infrastructure near the Finnish border, according to recent satellite imagery, in moves that could reveal their strategy for what happens after the #Ukraine war.” #Russia
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/world/europe/russia-beefs-up-forces-near-finlands-border.html

Russia is turning over 50,000 Ukrainian children into tools of war through camps, indoctrination, and forced deportation. Kremlin kidnap regime strip 🇺🇦children of their identity and indoctrination them to fight against Ukraine is Russian depravity.

Russian war criminal Putin invaded Ukraine over three years ago with the intent of stealing its children. Putin launched his imperial conquest to first and foremost dominate the Ukrainian people, and he recognized that to deprive Ukraine of its children would be to deprive it of its multigenerational potential. When Russian troops rolled across the border into Ukraine on the night of February 24, 2022, the groundwork for the massive deportation of Ukraine’s children was already well underway.

https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/putin-still-stealing-ukrainian-children

#Ukraine #eu #Uk #EuropeanUnion #Baltics #nato #un #usa

i really like the hook in the #Ukraine song.

still fuck off #Israel forever.

ERIKA FROM #FINLAND IS AMAZING!

and OMG CLAVVVVVVVVVDIA from #Greece

and sorry #Portugal. love the song but nobodt asked for a lullaby

#eurovision

LMAO thought #Ukraine was gonna give it to #Latvia but it ws #Germany

the geopolitics of these juries points is always the most interesting part.

#eurovision

World War II didn’t begin with a lone invasion – it began with a deal. In 1939, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agreed to divide Europe. Days later, they both invaded Poland from opposite sides. The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact laid the groundwork for the horrors that unfolded.

Many individuals, in Western societies, do not know history or forget the crimes committed by Russia, focusing solely on those of Nazi Germany. It is important to remember up to 1941, the Nazis and Soviets russians were cooperating. These events must not be forgotten. Additionally, examining atrocities such as the German #akcjaAB and the #katynmassacre reveals the shared responsibility for the mass murders, extermination countless lives— russia's crimes must never be erased from history.

#NeverAgainIsNow #Ukraine #eu #France #europeanunion #Blatics #UK #nato #usa #russiaIsATerroristState

OMFG. The sheer stupidity of this... 1/..

" #Trump envoy relied on Kremlin interpreter in meetings with #Putin to end war in #Ukraine

Using the Kremlin’s interpreter was “a very bad idea” that put Witkoff “at a real disadvantage”: Michael McFaul, a former U.S. ambassador to #Russia

Trump’s special envoy broke w long-standing protocol by not employing his own interpreter during 3 high-level meetings w Putin, opting instead to rely on translators from th Kremlin"

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/russia/russia-ukraine-war-trump-envoy-witkoff-interpreter-kremlin-rcna205878

French authorities on Wednesday identified nearly 80 Russian disinformation campaigns from August 2023 to March 2025, primarily targeting Ukraine and its allies, including France. Agency Viginum said the "Storm-1516" operation used AI, paid operators, and spread anti-Ukrainian narratives, posing a "significant threat" to Europe's digital debate.
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250507-russia-disinformation-france-ukraine
#Russia #disinformation #France #Ukraine #Geopolitics @geopolitics