Russia-Ukraine War (continuing)

Lavrov writes about the possibility of a multi polar world where small states have a say.

The principle of states’ sovereign equality laid the foundation for the Yalta-Potsdam system: none may claim dominance, as all are formally equal regardless of territory, population, military capabilities, or other metrics.

Ukraine gets one mention where it is lumped in with Libya etc and the current state of Ukraine blamed on the US. Interesting nonetheless to be speaking in such terms, perhaps there's a reason. ..

According to his answer last night to reporters questions it looks like Trump is after securing his countries loans with Ukraine's rare earth materials and other resources or assets.

Also calling for more money from the Europeans to be given.

That’s great

Trumpie will have to pay to liberate those minerals from areas of Donbas that the Russian Nazis have occupied

Welcome back btw, looking forward to status updates from TASS

Giving Russia's historical treatment of small states, that does not bode well for the "small States" or even some bigger ones. In fact, any state that Russia can defeat mili.arily or infiltrate its government is fair game for them.

All the "Friends of russia" are out today it seems.🙄

They are absolutely pooping bricks (heh pun) about it

Russia “noez we stole that land fair and square! Precious belongs to us, says it right here in this updated constitution of ours!”

Anyways smart move by Ukraine, Trump is highly transactional and those minerals are lost at this time

This is no different to billions in aid lent against Russian seized assets, except now there be more lent against assets Russia stolen, brilliant

Mafia style do both! Deny they are behind it but at the same time boast about it. Example when they poisoned Litvinenko it was all denials but the radioactive poison was of a type that would have come from Russia.

The start of the UN charter (1st article) reads:

http://un.org/en/about-us/un-charter/full-text

The Purposes of the United Nations are:

To maintain international peace and security, and to that end: to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace, and for the suppression of acts of aggression or other breaches of the peace, and to bring about by peaceful means, and in conformity with the principles of justice and international law, adjustment or settlement of international disputes or situations which might lead to a breach of the peace;

To develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, and to take other appropriate measures to strengthen universal peace;

To achieve international co-operation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian character, and in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion; and

To be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations in the attainment of these common ends.

Has Russia been upholding any of this of late? (well…no). Is Lavrov the man to be waxing lyrical about the benefits of the UN Charter, should anyone listen to him or pay attention? (no again!) It's like an old lecherous goat talking about benefits of a vow of chastity or something.

It's a very strange article. Almost as if he's lost the capacity for self awareness but maybe there's something in it I'm missing.

Each time putler issues a decree ordering a city to be taken it results in catastrophic losses for the ruzzians. We've already seen that the orcs are running on fumes. There are no more modern tanks or armoured vehicles in reserve, fuel supply is likely going to be constricted soon with so many refineries destroyed, the trained army to conduct an assault just doesn't exist.

I nearly hope the orcs do try to take on such a task because it's likely that attempting to take Pokrovsk will break them.

Thanks for Tim Pool's take on it.

With todays insane news

Has anyone pointed out to Trump yet that there is prime sea side resort property available in Crimea and shores of Azov to liberate?

I'm suprised that jangling keys infront of Donnie (in this case the potential for cash) has worked to this extent. If Zelenski & Co. are sly enough about this, they needn't give anything much to Donnie to get him to keep at very least the status quo going.

That's essentially what might end up killing the Russian war effort. I suspect they've been throwing everything they've got at this in the hope that once Donnie was in the White House that he'd essentially gift them Ukraine. But that hasn't happened yet, and there's now even talk of keeping Donnie onside with Kiev with the promise of minerals.

Whatever steam the Kremlin had left to keep them going to today might not last all that much longer if the Finish Line they thought was coming soon, evaporates before their eyes.

It could work and I hope it does. I hope when Trump meets Putin he spells all this out to him. Just wouldn't surprise me that Trump and Putin come out with construction hats on and say we have signed an agreement that we're going to dig up all these new minerals that Russia has recently acquired and we're going to split it 50/50 between us and Russia and all we have to do is not support Ukraine with anything from us which we save money on as there not repaying us and we get 50% of this new mineral wealth and we help Russia rebuild their oil refineries. A triple win for us Americans.

I would honestly see what way the wind is blowing with America with Trump in charge for Ukraine. I wouldn't put anything pass him.

Trump is pretty transparent.

He's not against supporting Ukraine, but he's against the USA paying the lion's share while Europe won't step up. He's 100% justified on that.

If we interpret his "equal share" comment as meaning 50%/50% between the US and Europe, then that's still a very generous offer. They do have an ocean in between, and we don't.

Putin has repeatedly stated his aim to seize further territories in Europe, I don't believe he has that ambition in the Americas.

If Europe "step up" and the US reaffirms their continued support as equal partners - then Putin will go looking for an off-ramp.