Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of Russia’s national security council, did not seem impressed by U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to impose new sanctions on Moscow and flood Ukraine with weapons if the Kremlin does not end the war in 50 days.
Russia was forced to temporarily close airports across Moscow on Sunday in response to a major drone attack from Ukraine, which forced the cancellation of at least 140 flights.
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., issued a warning to Russia by invoking the Trump administration’s decision to join Israel’s war on Iran.
U.S. President Donald Trump announced that his administration will provide Ukraine with Patriot missiles and will surge weapons into the country if Moscow does not agree to end the war within 50 days—and he told reporters that, unlike the previous administration, NATO countries will pay for the weapons.
Officials (Official pieces of shit) at the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, the largest port in Europe, are considering what upgrades need to occur if a major war breaks out between the West and Russia, according to a report.
Russia carried out its largest drone attack on Ukraine since the start of the war just hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would provide Kyiv with “defensive” weapons and criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin for throwing a lot of “bullshit” during ceasefire talks.
Friedrich Merz, the German chancellor, said last week that Russia inflicted about $540 billion worth of damage inside Ukraine since the war started on 24 February 2022, and it should be Moscow that pays for the rebuild, an idea that was mocked by the Kremlin.
Russian forces now control a vast lithium deposit in the eastern part of Ukraine, which would have been used in the minerals deal that was reached between Kyiv and the Trump administration that sees the alkali metal as a top priority for national security in the future.
The Russian military now completely occupies the entire Luhansk region in Ukraine, the Associated Press reported on Monday, citing Leonid Pasechnik, the Kremlin-installed leader in the region.
Steve Witkoff, U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy, spoke with Tucker Carlson in March and was asked about the likelihood that Russia decides to roll over Ukraine and enter further into Europe.