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Tag: geopolitics
UKRAINE’S “PLAY THE PIANO WITH HIS PENIS” PRESIDENT REJECTS LATEST PUTIN PEACE OFFER
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, once again, laid out his concrete steps for peace in Ukraine, which its President Volodymyr Zelensky—the sitcom clown who was made famous for playing the piano with his penis and lied his way into office as a peace candidate—quickly rejected.
AS NATO ESCALATES WAR WITH RUSSIA, PEACE PROTESTS BREAK OUT IN BUDAPEST & BERLIN
Peace protests broke out in several European cities last weekend to voice concern over NATO’s escalatory policies in the Ukraine War that continues to move the world closer to WWIII becoming official.
DENMARK SAYS UKRAINE CAN USE NUCLEAR-CAPABLE F-16s TO STRIKE RUSSIA
Lars Lokke Rasmussen, the top Danish diplomat, said Thursday that Ukraine can use its soon-to-arrive F-16s to strike targets within Russia—a major escalation in the war given that these fighters are nuclear-capable.
RUSSIA INCREASES STRIKES ON UKRAINIAN ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE
One day after a Ukrainian strike killed five civilians in Russian-controlled eastern Donetsk, Moscow launched a large-scale drone and missile attack on Ukrainian infrastructure, prompting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to call for more air defense systems from the West.
TINY MANILA THREATENS BIG CHINA AS SOUTH CHINA SEA TENSION GROW
Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the president of the Philippines, issued a tough warning to China last week and said if Beijing willfully killed just one Filipino, Manila could consider the killing an act of war from its much-larger neighbor.
WWIII: WESTERN COUNTRIES AGREE UKRAINE SHOULD USE THEIR WEAPONS TO STRIKE TARGETS DEEP INSIDE RUSSIA
There was a sea change last week among NATO countries that once worried about Ukraine using Western weapons to strike targets inside Russia, which was seen as a red line, but that all changed last week when these officials had a change of heart.
CHINA REJECTS U.K.’S ESCALATORY CLAIM THAT IT HAS PROVIDED RUSSIA WITH ‘LETHAL AID’ AMID UKRAINE WAR
Wang Wenbin, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, accused the U.K. and the collective West of being the biggest impediment to peace negotiations in Ukraine because of their constant stream of lethal aid to keep the fight going.
MACRON SAYS FRENCH TROOPS WILL REMAIN IN NEW CALEDONIA DESPITE BLOWBACK
French President Emanuel Macron said last week that his troops will stay on an island off the coast of Australia that has faced a violent uprising after Paris pushed plans for electoral reforms that the indigenous population says will dilute their vote.
STATE DEPARTMENT BULLSHIT ON U.S. PROVIDED WEAPONS IN UKRAINE
Despite Ukraine using U.S. Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) strikes on Thursday that hit a Russian facility in Alushta in Crimea, Washington says it has not changed its policy on Ukraine using U.S.-provided missiles to strike targets deep inside Russia, the top State Department spokesman said.