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.
Just as the Israelis are annihilating Gaza, Western leaders are setting up the Western world for the same.
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.
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.
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.”
It is an axiom of warfare that it is always desirable to have friendly territory beyond one’s own borders or the capacity to prevent the buildup of significant military power in neutral territory for an attack against one’s own territory.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky did his best last week to capitalize on Iran’s retaliatory attack on Israel and tie Ukraine security to Israel's.
Alexander Stubb, the new president of Finland, said in an interview last week that NATO countries need to stop talking about countering Russia and instead get ready for the looming war with Russia.
Jens Stoltenberg, the NATO head, used last week’s summit in Brussels to celebrate the alliance’s 75th anniversary to make sure the Ukraine War continues against Russia, and it keeps expanding.
Kaja Kallas, the Estonian Prime Minister who has been compared to Margaret Thatcher for her anti-Russian stance, doubled down on her position that European forces may have to fight Russians.