Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky blamed “the world” for his country’s inability to defeat Russia and recent losses in the north—while explaining that billions sent by the U.S. to Ukraine generally end up in U.S. factories, creating American jobs.
Victoria Nuland, the former under-secretary of state for political affairs at the U.S. State Department, said in an interview Sunday that the U.S. needs to permit Ukraine to strike Russian territory with weapons provided by Washington.
Russian President Vladimir Putin was the guest of honor last week in Beijing during a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and the centerpiece theme was their budding relationship despite “destructive and hostile” pressure from the U.S.
The European Union moved last week to steal profits made on the 190 billion euros from Russian central bank assets seized in a Belgium bank to help Ukraine fund its war.
The situation in Ukraine has gone from bad to worse as Russia increases attacks in the north.
Ukraine carried out separate drone strikes last week on two oil depots inside Russia as it intensifies its effort to strike “soft targets” within Russia to prove to the West that it remains a solid investment to weaken the Kremlin.
Russian President Vladimir Putin attended this year’s Moscow Victory Day Parade and addressed the war in Ukraine—funded by the West—and said Russia’s “strategic forces are always at combat readiness,” referring to his nuclear arsenal.
China lashed out at the U.S. after Washington announced new sanctions against Chinese companies that have helped Moscow as it wages war against Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky seemed to come to terms last week with the fact that Kyiv will not be joining NATO any time soon as it continues its war with Russia.
Jens Stoltenberg, the head of NATO, said last week that despite challenges Ukraine can still pull out a victory over Russia because “more support is on the way.”