#Russian-Ukrainian Conflict

[cumedyhut]

United States of America Gets a Warning From Russia.

World War 3 when it comes, will not be restricted to Europe and so, the United States should be careful in the way it is pushing Ukraine to attack Russian territory, using Western weapons. That is the context of a warning sent to the United States from Russia on Tuesday. That warning came from Moscow as a response to the recent Ukrainian Army attack on Kursk inside the Russian territory recently…

[helpukrainenow]

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More than 1,000 people have died in Ukraine since the war began due to mine explosions. Approximately 12% of verified mine casualties were children. This is not counting the scores of people who have had their limbs amputated or have been maimed due to mines. Estimates suggest that at least 15,000 people have lost their limbs, with numbers continuing to grow. More than ten million people in Ukraine live in areas in need of mine action assistance. If each of us donates $5 monthly, Ukraine would be much safer.

Slava Ukraini

[etz-ashashiyot]

While my strong, vocal support for Ukraine remains unchanged and I believe it is unambiguously morally correct, I will say that there is something of a bitter pill embedded in it for me as a Jew who is very close to another Jew whose whole family had to flee Ukraine with her as a child because a combination of having the wrong surnames and being Jews meant they could not safely and successfully stay there. And like. She was born there. She still identifies as Ukrainian and has been devastated the last three years over the suffering of her people. She has been a vocal opponent of Putin and of Russian imperialism.

And at the same time, the reason she's here in the US and isn't fluent in Ukrainian is because she was too Jewish to be a "real" Ukrainian (despite the Soviets having forced her family to give up their Jewish religious practices and her having to learn everything as an adult.)

[opanas-opanasovych-opanasenko]

After seeing Westerners bully a 14-year old boy from Odesa for not wanting to potentially interact with people who are committing genocide of his people on twitter, I felt compelled to return to that hellsite for a while to write a thread to explain why we might feel that way. Here it is, I feel it might be useful for those who don't understand why we're like this when it's "not all russians":

Thread screenshots after the break:

[in4newz]

🚨🚨: PEACE DEAL reached between Russia and Ukraine and Zelensky is flying to the USA to sign the deal made by President Trump.

DETAILS:

- United States gets 50% of the revenue from Ukraine's mineral wealth as repayment for money spent on the war.

- No membership to NATO.

- Ukraine concedes territory.

[head-post]

US, Russia to hold talks after Trump-Putin call

Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia and the United States could hold talks “in the coming days” after US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had “very good” phone conversations with his Russian and Ukrainian counterparts Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky.

It may not be Sunday itself. The final nuances are being agreed now, it’s the beginning of next week, the very beginning, that’s what will be known. Well, indeed, we are talking about the very next days.

Peskov stressed that Trump and Putin discussed the need for future talks during their conversation.

Indeed, we expect that the talks will continue at the expert level in the coming days.

On Wednesday, Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov and White House national security adviser Mike Waltz also discussed who could represent Russia and the United States in expert-level talks on Ukraine, Peskov added.

The topic [the composition of negotiators on Ukraine] was mentioned, indeed. And yesterday [19 March] it was also discussed during a telephone conversation between Ushakov and his counterpart, Mr Waltz.

Peskov said that Moscow would “timely” inform who will represent Russia at the next talks with the US in Saudi Arabia.

Putin and Trump had a telephone conversation on 18 March, during which the US president put forward a proposal on mutual refusal of the parties to the conflict in Ukraine to launch 30-day strikes on energy infrastructure facilities. Trump subsequently held a conversation with Zelensky.

Trump wrote in a Truth Social post that much of his hour-long phone conversation with Zelensky focused on what was discussed the day before with Putin. The purpose of Wednesday’s conversation was to reconcile the positions of Russia and Ukraine “in terms of their requests and needs,” the US leader said.

He also said that Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Waltz would soon release an “accurate description of the points discussed.”

European response

Meanwhile, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that if Russia does not come to the negotiating table, “then we need to strain every sinew to ramp up economic pressure on Russia to secure an end to this war.” Outgoing German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that Europe must continue to strongly support Ukraine, regardless of any negotiations between Washington and Moscow, to ensure that Kyiv is in a strong position.

That means Ukraine can defend its independence and sovereignty, that it decides its own path and chooses its own leaders, and naturally, that it has a strong army in peacetime.

He added that the debt package agreed by a likely future German coalition to finance increased defence and infrastructure spending was a key part of the initiative. At the same time, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas suggested that support for Ukraine should be demonstrated by action, especially in the form of ammunition, which Kyiv needs.

If you listen to the statements of the leaders, then the support is very much there, and that is why it should also be seen in deeds, in numbers, in actual ammunition that Ukraine needs. So I’m really hopeful that we will push this forward.

Bloomberg, however, noted that French President Emmanuel Macron’s desire to continue supporting Ukraine could lead to conflict with Trump, who is trying to end the war.

Zelensky’s reaction

After a roughly hour-long conversation with Trump on Wednesday, Zelensky told reporters that the “technical” Ukraine-US talks in Saudi Arabia this weekend would focus on deciding what types of infrastructure would be protected under the agreement. The Ukrainian leader has previously said he wants the partial ceasefire to also cover railways and ports.

One of the first steps toward fully ending the war could be ending strikes on energy and other civilian infrastructure. I supported this step, and Ukraine confirmed that we are ready to implement it.

According to a White House statement, during the conversation, Trump suggested that Zelensky consider transferring Ukraine’s power plants to US ownership to ensure their long-term security.

American ownership of those plants could be the best protection for that infrastructure.

Commenting on the future talks between the US and Russia, Zelensky’s administration said that Ukraine would not participate in the negotiation process. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian leader said that the future meeting of Russian and Ukrainian delegations would not be a “big problem.”

You know, it’s not a big problem. There would be a result. I believe that if the sides work out technical solutions, if there is political will, first of all on the part of the Russians … the meeting is not a problem.

While European leaders are hosting another round of meetings to provide security guarantees for Ukraine, the US and Russia will soon meet in Saudi Arabia for the next phase of talks to substantively discuss the details of ending the war and paving the way for a sustainable peace.

Read more HERE

[underleveledjosh]

You Are Not Obligated

Nobody is obligated to speak about Palestine. Nobody is obligated to speak about Ukraine. Nobody is obligated to talk about ANY political issue. If you don't want to talk about any of these issues because it is too distressing for you, you are valid. You are NOT complicit, you do NOT have blood on your hands. Do not let those toxic assholes on Twitter or other sites tell you otherwise. They're abusive, and they want to control you. Your mental health comes first. Is this about ignoring these issues? No. This is about the fact that nobody gets to decide what YOU post.

This is not even mentioning that, realistically, those politicians up at the top don't give a shit about us whether or not we agree with them. We are merely a bunch of little pawns to be be used by them. They don't give a shit, and they will ignore us. Either that, or they will abandon us once they decide that our usefulness has ended. This is not a nihilistic view. This is a realistic view.

[sofiaflorina2021]

It's hard to believe that so many people, regardless of their political ideology, think Ukraine started the Russo-Ukrainian War.

[troythecatfish]

[ohsalome]

Oppression Olympics enjoyers reminded me of the time Anton Krasovsky called to "drown ukrainian children in the river".

[benjaminallhope-fulltimemind]

Let it be known that Ukraine has and will continue to hold onto Russian land until Russia leaves Ukraine's internationally recognized territory. Most of all it's very telling that Putin and Russian state media had downplayed and ignored Kursk due to it being an absolute disaster for Russia, well when they aren't calling for those same Russian villages and towns to be homed into the ground. It's almost insane to think that people thought Ukraine wouldn't last a week much less several years, but never underestimate the fighting will of people opposing tyranny. Don't stop fighting until Ukraine is free!! 💛💙💛💙💛💙

[imams-diary]

From the outside, it may seem like the Russia-Ukraine war is solely about land and power, but if you look closer at the role of the church, you’ll realize there is another parallel war being waged here.

👉Learn how the church became entangled in this conflict.

Click Here

[in4newz]

U.S. OFFICIALS SET FOR UKRAINE TALKS IN RIYADH NEXT WEEK

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz are reportedly heading to Riyadh soon, to meet with Ukrainian officials, including Andriy Yermak, the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine.

The talks, following their meeting with Russia, aim to advance Zelensky’s air and sea truce proposal amid a U.S. aid pause.

With Europe pushing $20B in aid and Russia rejecting the truce, the stakes are high for Kyiv’s inclusion.

[fogonsunday]

Why do people say that “tankies” support Russia… brother…. Russia is a capitalist nation…