Ukraine

[GoCubsGo]

The "Peace President" has spoken, thy will be done.

Problem solved, he's up to nine wars stopped.

[bannination]

The "Peace President" has spoken, thy will be done.

Problem solved, he's up to nine wars stopped.

Man is a legend in his own mind.

This is weird, but I just searched for "How many wars did Hitler claim to end?" and a couple articles on the first page brought back Trump bragging he's ended 8.......

Maybe it's not so weird..

[GoCubsGo]

The wind has shifted direction again.

Trump Reportedly Berated Zelensky in Closed-Door ‘Shouting Match’ — Warned Ukrainian Leader Putin ‘Will Destroy You’

[GoCubsGo]

Make America Irrelevant Again!

[supesalemgr2]

Make America Irrelevant Again!

Get the children out of the basement and let them stand on their own. It is called maturity. That is Trump's intent.

[GoCubsGo]

Get the children out of the basement and let them stand on their own. It is called maturity. That is Trump's intent.

Ah, he's leading from behind.

[Vrede too]

Ah, he's leading from behind.

Translation: "children" should suffer constant Russian drone and missile attacks. "It is called maturity." That's sick.

As for hiding in "the basement", the lifelong cowardly "bone spurs" Chickenhawk in Chief knows all about that:

Trump took shelter in White House bunker as protests raged

Now, he cowers at Mar-a-Lago.

"Taurus"? The German-Swedish air-launched cruise missile? It's not really a substitute for the Tomahawk missile with 5 times the range that we're so far not sending, but I guess it's better than nothing.

[supesalemgr2]

Get the children out of the basement and let them stand on their own. It is called maturity. That is Trump's intent.

Ah, he's leading from behind.

A coulple of presidents ago. Those were Obama's words.

[GoCubsGo]

But Putin doesn't want peace.

[GoCubsGo]

The Useless Idiot.

[GoCubsGo]

So the Peace President's idea is to capitulate to everything Putin wants.

It's brilliant.

[GoCubsGo]

And here we go.

[Whack9]

And here we go.

That man-child really wants that nobel peace prize, so much so that he's willing to throw Ukraine under the bus to help force it to capitulate to Russia.

[GoCubsGo]

That man-child really wants that nobel peace prize, so much so that he's willing to throw Ukraine under the bus to help force it to capitulate to Russia.

It ain'tgonnahappen.

Ukraine and Europe aren't going to play.

Edit: yep.

[Whack9]

[Vrede too]

https://x.com/olliecarroll/status/1993422282639720549

More of the transcript. Not all of it, Bloomberg has a paywall and NSAbook cuts me off.



Makes me want to . . .

2000 Meters to Andriivka (Ukrainian: «2000 метрів до Андріївки», romanized: 2000 metriv do Andriivky) is a 2025 documentary film produced and directed by Mstyslav Chernov. It follows Chernov, Alex Babenko and a Ukrainian platoon during a mission to liberate the Russian-occupied village of Andriivka, during the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War.

The film had its world premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival on January 23, and was given a limited release in the United States on July 25 by PBS Distribution, prior to a broadcast on Frontline in December 2025 (actually tonight, November 2025). It was selected as the Ukrainian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards.

... On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 93% of 42 critics' reviews are positive. The website's consensus reads: "Captured with bracing frankness by director Mtsyslav Chernov, 2000 Meters to Andriivka is a poignant missive from the front lines." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 88 out of 100, based on 16 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".

Accolades

Brilliant and holy crap! The entire irl film reminded me of the first half hour of Saving Private Ryan. Slava Ukraini!

[Whack9]

So Witkoff just copy/pasted the peace plan given by Russia?

Non paywall:

https://archive.is/adGNJ

I thought Russia was our geopolitical foe?

aMeRiCa FiRsT

The following is a transcript of an Oct. 29 phone call between Yuri Ushakov, Vladimir Putin’s most senior foreign-policy adviser, and Kirill Dmitriev, an economic adviser to the Russian president.
The transcript was prepared after Bloomberg reviewed a recording of the call. The original Russian is included below the translation for reference.
...
Ushakov: Hallo.
Dmitriev: Yuri Viktorovich.
Ushakov: Yes, Kirill Aleksandrovich, well, I’ve sent everything there. We’ll talk tomorrow.
Dmitriev: Well, great, great. Yes, yes, yes. I flew to Saudi Arabia. But it seems to me it’s very important, because it’s a really good way forward.
Ushakov: Well, we need the maximum, don’t you think? What do you think? Otherwise, what’s the point of passing anything on?
Dmitriev: No, look. I think we’ll just make this paper from our position, and I’ll informally pass it along, making it clear that it’s all informal. And let them do like their own. But, I don’t think they’ll take exactly our version, but at least it’ll be as close to it as possible.
Ushakov: Well, that’s exactly the point. They might not take and say that it was agreed with us. That’s what I’m afraid of.
Dmitriev: No, no, no. I’ll say it exactly as you say it, word for word.
Ushakov: They might twist it later, that’s all. There is that risk. There is. Well, alright, never mind. We’ll see.
Dmitriev: Yeah, it seems to me you can talk later with Steve about this paper. We will do everything neatly.
Ushakov: [Unclear]
Dmitriev: Thank you so much, Yuri Viktorovich. Thank you so much, thank you. Goodbye

[GoCubsGo]

So Witkoff just copy/pasted the peace plan given by Russia?

Non paywall:

https://archive.is/adGNJ

I thought Russia was our geopolitical foe?

aMeRiCa FiRsT

The following is a transcript of an Oct. 29 phone call between Yuri Ushakov, Vladimir Putin’s most senior foreign-policy adviser, and Kirill Dmitriev, an economic adviser to the Russian president.
The transcript was prepared after Bloomberg reviewed a recording of the call. The original Russian is included below the translation for reference.
...
Ushakov: Hallo.
Dmitriev: Yuri Viktorovich.
Ushakov: Yes, Kirill Aleksandrovich, well, I’ve sent everything there. We’ll talk tomorrow.
Dmitriev: Well, great, great. Yes, yes, yes. I flew to Saudi Arabia. But it seems to me it’s very important, because it’s a really good way forward.
Ushakov: Well, we need the maximum, don’t you think? What do you think? Otherwise, what’s the point of passing anything on?
Dmitriev: No, look. I think we’ll just make this paper from our position, and I’ll informally pass it along, making it clear that it’s all informal. And let them do like their own. But, I don’t think they’ll take exactly our version, but at least it’ll be as close to it as possible.
Ushakov: Well, that’s exactly the point. They might not take and say that it was agreed with us. That’s what I’m afraid of.
Dmitriev: No, no, no. I’ll say it exactly as you say it, word for word.
Ushakov: They might twist it later, that’s all. There is that risk. There is. Well, alright, never mind. We’ll see.
Dmitriev: Yeah, it seems to me you can talk later with Steve about this paper. We will do everything neatly.
Ushakov: [Unclear]
Dmitriev: Thank you so much, Yuri Viktorovich. Thank you so much, thank you. Goodbye

Yup.

Their laziness is only exceeded by their incompetence.

[Whack9]

Donald Trump set to recognize Russian control of occupied Ukrainian territory.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/ ... of-russia/

The United States is poised to recognise Russia’s control over Crimea and other occupied Ukrainian territories to secure a deal to end the war.

The Telegraph understands that Donald Trump has sent his peace envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner to make the direct offer to Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

The plan to recognise territory, which breaks US diplomatic convention, is likely to go ahead despite concerns among Ukraine’s European allies.

One well-placed source said: “It’s increasingly clear the Americans don’t care about the European position. They say the Europeans can do whatever they want.”

Russia’s president on Thursday said Washington’s legal recognition of Crimea and the Donetsk and Luhansk regions as Russian territory would be one of the key issues in negotiations over the US president’s peace plan.

...

Washington’s apparent offer of recognition has caused concern amongst its European allies, who have repeatedly ruled out backing a peace deal that condones borders being redrawn by force.

After a meeting of the coalition of the willing on Wednesday, its leaders said: “They were clear on the principle that borders must not be changed by force. This remains one of the fundamental principles for preserving stability and peace in Europe and beyond.”
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Also note that this recognition also extends to areas that Russia currently does NOT control, since portions of Donetsk are under Ukrainian control.

This child really wants his stupid ass award.

[supesalemgr2]

It doesn't really what the Europeans think. What is important is what does Ukraine think.