Post AuilBS28AYcbBx7AhM by anarchic_teapot@oc.todon.fr
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(DIR) Post #AuiksZjZJYa1ZZQpKS by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-06-02T13:13:00Z
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#Trump promised #peace in #Ukraine within a day. Here's what actually happened Trump often promised to get a deal to end the fighting in Ukraine in 1 day, but >4 months since his 2nd-term inauguration that goal looks as far away as ever.#Russia proposed another attempt at negotiations w/Ukraine on Monday in Istanbul, but both sides remain firmly entrenched in their positions on territorial disputes & #sovereignty that have thus far made substantial progress unlikely.https://www.npr.org/2025/06/02/nx-s1-5414522/ukraine-peace-talks-russia-trump-putin-istanbul
(DIR) Post #Auil3zfpDCGbCz7pmy by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-06-02T13:15:03Z
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Meanwhile, [lazy petulant] #Trump, who had been eager to bring #Ukraine President Volodymyr #Zelensky & #Russia President Vladimir #Putin to the table, has been showing signs of frustration over the process, suggesting that he is prepared to "just back away" & allow the fighting to continue if the 2 leaders can't make progress soon.#Geopolitics #diplomacy
(DIR) Post #AuilAqaXOBZ53ev73I by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-06-02T13:16:17Z
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Seth Jones, president of the defense & security department of the Center for Strategic & International Studies (#CSIS), describes the #US role so far in the negotiations as "relatively #weak" & cautions that if the admin were to walk away from the talks "it would fundamentally shift the balance of power in the #war to the Russian side."He adds that European nations could not easily or quickly replace the #intelligence that the US has provided.#Geopolitics #diplomacy #Ukraine #Russia #Trump
(DIR) Post #AuilBS28AYcbBx7AhM by anarchic_teapot@oc.todon.fr
2025-06-02T13:16:11Z
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@Nonilex And he wonders why he got the TACO moniker.
(DIR) Post #AuilLMfMykpxRSCB6W by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-06-02T13:18:11Z
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But Samuel Charap, distinguished chair in #Russia & #Eurasia policy at the RAND research institute, says "If 'walking away' just means that the president is less engaged & leaves it more to working-level officials ... then that might not be such a calamity," but if it means cutting off #military #assistance & #intelligence support to Kyiv, "that would be a problem."#Geopolitics #diplomacy #Ukraine #Trump
(DIR) Post #AuilYkroJRxaGOOpjE by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-06-02T13:20:37Z
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Acc/to a US assessment released in April, ~790k #Russia soldiers have been killed or injured since the Feb 24, 2022, invasion of #Ukraine, while #Zelensky has said more than a total of 400k Ukrainian forces have been killed or injured since the start of the fighting.Even so, "the Russian preference is for this to end on the battlefield with a Russian victory, rather than have to go to any kind of serious peace talks where they may actually have to give up some of their objectives," Jones says.
(DIR) Post #Auj1Ga9T0m2Z5K0yB6 by ned@beige.party
2025-06-02T16:16:34Z
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@Nonilex Correction: Trump promised the surrender of Ukraine to Russia.According to his real-world action, not his mumble-jumble ramblings.
(DIR) Post #Auj1qEcyVymskoojzs by FranceskaMann@freeradical.zone
2025-06-02T16:23:02Z
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@Nonilex NPR is now reporting false equivalencies as fact. I'm not surprised. This is exactly why Trump cut NPR funding. To normalize Trump, Putin and their fascism. Russia wants Ukraine to surrender. Ukraine not capitulating is an act of strength that resonates with the free world. This is why Americans donate so much money to Ukraine, with or without Trump. This is asymmetrical warfare. Gaza too. The fight is over mineral rights and the world future. Free Ukraine. Free Palestine.
(DIR) Post #AujQuqsuiQPZQ1ZSZU by Anonomouse1981@mstdn.social
2025-06-02T21:03:58Z
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@Nonilex If I remember right, per "Confessions of an Economic Hitman", Rand is potentially one of the ones that got Europe in this mess to begin with.They're like Heritage Foundation, but overseas.
(DIR) Post #Aujn091ospFk86fJyK by EthicalProfessor@mstdn.social
2025-06-03T01:11:26Z
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@Nonilex Precisely what Putin wants.