Russia-Ukraine War (continuing)

Come to think of it, yes. Makes it sound like the other crimes are decent mass murder…

I hear it was an accident.

Yeah Russia accidentally fired two ballistic missiles.

Such an easy mistake to make.

Of course it was, everyone and their grannies know what Russia are like at this stage.

Please don't post graphic images directly in the yard. It's horrible even imagining it, let alone seeing it

Sky News said there was a meeting but it was underground. Also Russians fired cluster munitions. If RU knew about the meeting they would have known it was underground but still used it as an excuse to kill people. They know there's no way UA would have an open ceremony so close to the border, right next to Russia.

@Strazdas "Trump is now blaming Zelenskyy (and Biden) on social media for the invasion of Ukraine. Disgraceful carry on."

He is trying to distract from the criticisms that he is not condemning Putin for the attack.

Zelensky asked to buy 10 Patriot batteries:

US President Donald Trump, commenting on Volodymyr Zelenskyy's proposal to purchase American Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems to protect Ukrainian skies, said that "you can't start a war against someone who is 20 times your size, and then hope that people will give you missiles."

He's Putrids servant.

Possibly most explicit accusation but he's insinuated this before

Does Donald have accidents so easily too?

I've got in trouble here before over Trump, so I have to be careful what I say. But I think we can all agree he is a disgusting human being and I just hope that he and Putin both get what they deserve some day, whatever form that takes

They should hit industrial zones and airports in Moscow though. Only when people in Moscow feel the pinch they may start ask questions about the war.

Are you referring to 'bodily functions' here?

Unfortunately I don't think anything will make the majority of the Russian population wake up. The brave minority have been killed, imprisoned or exiled. The rest are either silent out of fear (understandable, though not necessarily admirable), indifferent, or pro Putin.

Very hard to see where positive change will come from.

I thought American aid was currently business as usual? Zelenski in his interview mentioning that it's paused.

No coincidence then Russia is launching a huge number of convoy attacks again. Putting extra pressure on Ukraine while agent Trump delays Ukraine.

I hope there's not a situation in 3 months where Russia makes another large breakthrough thanks to Trump's actions.

The problem is this word "eventually". For 2.5 years now the downfall of Putin and his regime/the Russian economy is always supposed to be just around the corner, but it never actually happens and now they have an American government that is basically on their side and an EU that still talks more than it acts. It's a dark and troubling time and I'm starting to fear Zelensky will be ousted long before Putin is, though hope I'm wrong on that

Read it and weep/rage (from the guardian):

On Monday, several European leaders lined up to criticise Vladimir Putin for Russia’s continuing attacks on Ukraine, and sabotaging the peace efforts of the Trump administration in the US.

But the White House view remains distinctively different.

Speaking alongside El Salvador president Nayib Bukele, Trump once again took aim at Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy instead, saying:

“The mistake was letting the war happen. If Biden were competent. And if Zelenskyy were competent -- and I don’t know that he is, we had a rough session with this guy over here.”

“You don’t start a war against somebody that’s 20 times your size and then hope that people give you some missiles.”

On Putin, his tone was distinctively different as he argued:

“And you take a look at Putin -- I’m not saying anybody’s an angel, but I will tell you, I went four years, and it wasn’t even a question. He would never -- and I told him don’t do it. You’re not going to do it.”

Ultimately, he concluded that Biden, Zelenskyy and Putin are all at blame for the war:

“And Biden could have stopped it, and Zelenskyy could have stopped it, and Putin should have never started it. Everybody’s to blame.”

But perhaps even more revealing were comments by Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff, who was in Moscow last week.

Speaking on Fox News, Witkoff said he was confident after his latest five-hour “compelling” meeting with the Russians that a deal with Putin was “emerging”.

“Towards the end, we actually came up with – I’m going to say finally, but I don’t mean it in the way that we were waiting; I mean it in the way that it took a while for us to get to this place – what Putin’s request is to get to, have a permanent peace,” he said.

But in comments that are likely to spook European partners by signalling Putin’s broader security demands, he said the peace deal is “about the so-called five territories, but there’s so much more to it: there’s security protocols, there’s no Nato, Nato Article Five, I mean, it’s just a lot of detail attached to it.”

“It’s a complicated situation … rooted in … some real problematic things happening between the two countries and I think we might be on the verge of something that would be very, very important for the world at large,” he added.

Witkoff also added that he believed “there is a possibility to reshape the Russian-United States relationship through some very compelling commercial opportunities that I think give real stability to the region too.”