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2025-03-02 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Consequences of 'negotiations'
Direct Translation via GoOgle Translate. Edited.

Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] Trump adviser Waltz on White House talks.

After the press was asked to leave, we told the president, almost unanimously, that after the insult in the Oval Office, we simply did not see any way forward for dialogue and that any further action would only backfire. We told Zelenskyy and his team that.

And let me say one more thing about this being a setup. That is absolutely not true.

We set up the East Room for a treaty signing ceremony between the two leaders that would have brought the United States and Ukraine together economically through the rare earths that we need and the economic investment that they need.

And this was all happening against the backdrop of Prime Minister Starmer and President Macron of France talking about sending troops.

So this really could have and should have been a positive moment for Ukraine, after which we would have continued to discuss this with Russia and put an end to the war and the death and the destruction. But instead, it became clear to us — and I think this is what upset and even angered the president — that Zelensky does not show that he wants the war to end.

Thus, the United States is effectively shifting all responsibility for the continuation of the war onto Zelensky's gang.

The reformed Graham (I wonder for what business) is wiping out the European satellites of the United States.

"To the Europeans who are wringing their hands and feeling insulted that President Trump refused to listen to President Zelensky's lectures: you are welcome to defend Ukraine from Putin.

It is high time for the Europeans to show that they can defend their continent. They have allowed their armies to be bled dry, and when Europe speaks, no bad guy listens.

I say this with great sadness: the last group of people I would count on to defend freedom are the Europeans" (c) Lindsey Graham

The last one was cast in granite.

* * *

Zelensky is finished.

The US wants to increase pressure on Ukraine to conclude a peace agreement and will avoid direct contacts with Zelensky. (c) Bloomberg

However, all this is still rhetoric - everyone is waiting with interest for practical steps by the Trump administration. For now, they have cut funding for energy recovery and reduced USAID personnel to a minimum.

For us, one way or another, nothing has changed yet - we continue to advance and liberate our territories. The longer the start of negotiations is delayed, the more we will take.
Posted by badanov 2025-03-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11143 views ]  Top

#1 Commentary by Victor David Hansen on this situation
Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2025-03-02 00:31||   2025-03-02 00:31|| Front Page Top

#2 The whole Ukraine thing is part of EU expansionism - paid by USA. Since, IMO, EU should be destroyed ...
Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-03-02 00:36||   2025-03-02 00:36|| Front Page Top

#3 Now, P.Trump can walk away.
Posted by Skidmark 2025-03-02 02:57||   2025-03-02 02:57|| Front Page Top

#4 When a Chihuahua bites the hand that feeds it, it must be quickly taught better.

Still, wondering which, DC Swamper's, put this Chihuahua to this stunt? What was the reward offered for likely causing 1000's of more deaths for doing it?
Posted by NN2N1 2025-03-02 04:51||   2025-03-02 04:51|| Front Page Top

#5 ^Google "Stanislavski Method" NN2N1. Elenski really believes that he's a great leader of a great country.
Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-03-02 09:47||   2025-03-02 09:47|| Front Page Top

#6 Which DC swampers? Gateway Pundit has video, if someone can identify the various parties —I haven’t a clue.

Posted by trailing wife 2025-03-02 10:16||   2025-03-02 10:16|| Front Page Top

#7 The article has the list as well as the video:
Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
“Danang Dick” (Richard Blumenthal) (D-CT)
Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Charles Grassley (R-IA)
Chris Murphy (D-CT)
Peter Welch (D-VT)
Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
Posted by Super Hose 2025-03-02 10:44||   2025-03-02 10:44|| Front Page Top

#8 Jeez, Super Hose — since when do we require reading comprehension! Or even actual reading…
Posted by trailing wife 2025-03-02 14:47||   2025-03-02 14:47|| Front Page Top

#9 This was all bad and a set-up, from the tell of asking Vance a question directly to the retort when Vance brought up Biden, trying to take Trump down a path of Election fraud. The odd thing is these are arranged in advance, no one goes into this type of meeting without knowing the outcomes. Therefore, the response by the Admin would have been anticipated and the Admin would have been on-guard regarding the demand for an un-neccesary oval office signing. The outcome of blowback, in the form of reduced support, would have been both anticipated and foreseen. Cui bono?
In my thinking NATO is dead to Trump because he wants a larger trans-oceanic alliance to come together, which includes Russia and other countries, in a NATO-loke form isolating China. This was one brick in that wall.
Posted by jefe101 2025-03-02 15:04||   2025-03-02 15:04|| Front Page Top

#10 I think Wicker has always been on the periphery of McConnell’s orbit. Grassley is sort of disappointing. He writes letters. Graham’s chameleon act passed its expiration date in the first Trump term.
Posted by Super Hose 2025-03-02 15:30||   2025-03-02 15:30|| Front Page Top

#11 Ref #9 above
Kissinger's 70's Triangulation Strategy flipped on the Chinese with Russia/US/Europe and a growing ASEAN style coalition? Don't have to like each other, just not like China more. Russia-focus by the demokrat/neocon/MIC partisans has an underpinning of Chinese benefit.
Posted by NoMoreBS 2025-03-02 15:40||   2025-03-02 15:40|| Front Page Top

#12 IMHO, Grassley's good, but 91+ yrs old
Posted by Frank G 2025-03-02 16:52||   2025-03-02 16:52|| Front Page Top

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