[🇺🇦] Monitoring Russian and Ukraine War.

[Sharma Ji]

Hindus proper, Saumit and Anjali

70% eid food crowd is Hindus only

 

[Lulldapull]

Bhai, looks like Zalinski is in a lot of trouble. He's literally been thrown under the bus to die:

 

[Lulldapull]

This guy is just like a 100 other CIA stooges the US has propped up, including the Shah, who got drunk on his own hype and had to be removed. It's the same playbook over and over: Frankenstein's monster.

For three years, Volodymyr Zelensky has been America’s darling, a khaki clad symbol of defiance, pleading for billions in aid and NATO’s embrace amid Ukraine’s self-inflicted war.
To many well-meaning Americans, he’s a hero battling overwhelming odds. But behind the curated image lies a far uglier truth, a stooge comedian turned president, propped up by a criminal oligarch, surrounded by cronies, and presiding over a regime of corruption, repression, and broken promises.
This is the real Zelensky, an actor playing a role he’s woefully unfit for, which was proven yesterday in the Oval Office.
As Ukraine spirals deeper into chaos and its brutally harvested conscript army collapses in retreat, it's important that decent Americans understand who and what this man really represents.
Let's start with Kvartal 95, The Oligarch’s Launchpad, Zelensky’s story starts not in politics but comedy. Born in 1978 in Kryvyi Rih, he co-founded Studio Kvartal 95 in the 1990s with a group of friends that had hit it big by the 2000s, ironically their big breaks were made in Russia, performing in Russian and focusing on Russian and Ukrainian political and cultural life. The key to all this success? Ihor Kolomoisky, a billionaire ukrainian oligarch with a laundry list of crimes, including fraud, money laundering, and brutal violence. Kolomoisky then owned 1+1, the TV network that handed Zelenskys Kvartal 95 a national platform starting in 2012. He didn’t just offer airtime. He bankrolled Zelensky with cash, security, and legal and criminal muscle. This wasn’t mentorship. It was a transaction. Kolomoisky, later sanctioned by the U.S. for “significant corruption,” saw Zelensky as a pawn in his game. By 2019, when Zelensky ran for president, Kolomoisky’s DNA was all over the campaign providing vehicles, lawyers, bodyguards, and a media blitz. Zelensky was never an outsider; he was a "made man"
This is where it gets almost unbelievably bizzare. In 2015, Zelensky starred in "Servant of the People," a hit satire aired on Kolomoisky’s 1+1 channel, where he played a teacher turned president railing against corruption.
Ukrainians, tired of the endemic corruption in the post Soviet state, lapped it up. Then, in 2018, his Kvartal 95 crew decided to turn fiction into reality, registering a political party called, you guessed it, "Servant of the People." It had absolutely no manifesto, no policies, and no plan of action, just a TV title and Zelensky’s face.
Running in 2019, Zelensky promised to end corruption and the Donbas civil war, which had erupted after the CIA backed Maidan Coup, winning in a landslide thanks to Kolomoisky’s media machine. An actor who played a president on TV was now remarkably in the real job.
Zelensky didn’t waste any time handing power to his showbiz pals. Ivan Bakanov, a Kvartal 95 co-founder, became head of the SBU security service with no experience. Serhiy Shefir, another comedy crony, took a top aide role, no experience. And then there’s Andriy Yermak, a film producer turned Zelensky’s right-hand man, now head of the Presidential Office, dubbed Ukraine’s “shadow president.” Yermak, physically and intellectualy towering over Zelensky, controls policy and access, a fixer running the show while the president flounders. These weren’t appointments based on merit. They were loyalty hires, a Kvartal 95 clique utterly unfit for a grossly dysfunctional war-torn nation.
Zelensky’s laughable anti-corruption pledge met reality in 2021 with the Pandora Papers. The leak revealed he and his inner circle,including Bakanov, were funnelling cash to Kolomoisky with Zelensky stashing millions offshore.
Zelensky swore to end corruption and the Donbas war. Instead, he’s delivered more of both, a million lie Dead, the free Media crushed, billions stolen, languages and religion banned. This criminal is no hero. No Churchill. And no friend of America. He should be treated accordingly.
Thanks for reading

 

[Saif]

Trump threatens to lose patience as Europeans float proposals for Ukraine ceasefire

Britain said on Monday that several proposals had been made for a truce in fighting between Ukraine and Russia, after France floated a plan for a one-month pause leading to peace talks, but US President Donald Trump suggested his patience was running out

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Trump threatens to lose patience as Europeans float proposals for Ukraine ceasefire

US President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, February 28, 2025. Zelensky and Trump openly clashed in the White House on February 28 at a meeting where they were due to sign a deal on sharing Ukraine's mineral riches and discuss a peace deal with Russia. "You're not acting at all thankful. It's not a nice thing," Trump said. "It’s going to be very hard to do business like this," he added. Photo: AFP
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• Trump-Zelenskiy clash has increased sense of urgency​
• France says one-month truce would test if Putin is serious​
• Trump says 'America will not put up with it for much longer'​
• Germany's Merz says Oval Office clash was not spontaneous​
• European Union to unveil proposal to boost defence spending​

Britain said on Monday that several proposals had been made for a truce in fighting between Ukraine and Russia, after France floated a plan for a one-month pause leading to peace talks, but US President Donald Trump suggested his patience was running out.

European countries, led by Britain and France, are rallying around Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and trying to hatch a peace plan that includes Kyiv after last week's Oval Office rupture between Zelenskiy and Trump.

"There are clearly a number of options on the table," Prime Minister Keir Starmer's spokesman said.

France, Britain and potentially other European countries have offered to send troops to Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire - something Moscow has already rejected - but say they would want support from the US, or a "backstop".

Trump has reversed US policy by opening talks with Moscow over the head of Ukraine and without consulting its other Western allies. On Friday, he publicly harangued Zelenskiy to fall in line or see the US cut off crucial military aid.

On Monday, the US president responded angrily to an AP report quoting Zelenskiy as saying the end of the war is "very, very far away".

"This is the worst statement that could have been made by Zelenskyy, and America will not put up with it for much longer!" Trump wrote on Truth Social.

"It is what I was saying, this guy doesn't want there to be Peace as long as he has America's backing and, Europe, in the meeting they had with Zelenskyy, stated flatly that they cannot do the job without the US"

Zelenskiy says a ceasefire must carry explicit security guarantees from the West to ensure that Russia, which invaded Ukraine three years ago and holds about 20% of its land, does not attack again. Trump has refused to give any such guarantees.

Starmer hosted European leaders in London on Sunday and said they had agreed to draw up a peace plan to present to the U.S.

FRANCE SUGGESTS ONE-MONTH TRUCE TO TEST RUSSIAN INTENTIONS

In an interview on his way to the summit, French President Emmanuel Macron raised the possibility of a one-month truce, though there was no immediate public endorsement from other allies.

"Such a truce on air, sea and energy infrastructure would allow us to determine whether Russian President Vladimir Putin is acting in good faith when he commits to a truce," French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said.

"And that's when real peace negotiations could start."

European ground troops would only be deployed to Ukraine in a second phase, Macron said in the interview, published in Le Figaro.

Zelenskiy, asked if he was aware of that proposal, told reporters in London: "I'm aware of everything."

European leaders are processing what some describe as Washington's biggest policy reversal since World War Two, after Zelenskiy left the White House abruptly on Friday following a dressing-down in front of cameras by Trump and Vice President JD Vance.

Zelenskiy had been in Washington to sign a deal to give the US access to Ukrainian minerals, but left without signing it.

White House national security adviser Mike Waltz told Fox News that Zelenskiy must apologise.

"What we need to hear from President Zelenskiy is that he has regret for what happened, he's ready to sign this minerals deal and that he's ready to engage in peace talks," he said.

"I don't think that's too much to ask. We'll see what happens in the next 48 hours, but we are certainly looking to move forward in a positive way."

Friedrich Merz, the conservative due to become Germany's chancellor after winning the largest share of the vote in an election a week ago, suggested Friday's Oval Office argument, in which Zelenskiy was pressed to commit publicly to a diplomatic solution, had been a pre-planned trap.

"It was not a spontaneous reaction to interventions by Zelenskiy, but obviously a manufactured escalation," Merz said.

"We must now show that we are in a position to act independently in Europe."

EUROPEAN FEEL TRUMP HAS BETRAYED UKRAINE

Privately, and sometimes publicly, European officials are fuming at what they see as a betrayal of Ukraine, which had enjoyed staunch support from Washington since Russia's invasion.

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou said there had been "two victims" from the Oval Office clash: Ukraine's security and Europe's eight-decade alliance with the United States.

In the French parliament, he thanked Zelenskiy for standing firm. He spoke of "a staggering scene, marked by brutality, a desire for humiliation, whose aim was to force Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to surrender by threat".

But Europeans are also still working to keep the US onside. Peter Mandelson, Britain's ambassador to the United States, said Ukrainian-US relations needed to be reset, as Trump's initiative to end the war was "the only show in town".

Trump spoke by phone with Putin last month and then announced negotiations to end the war would begin quickly, blindsiding both Zelenskiy and his other Western allies, including the European Union and Britain.

European leaders now agree they must spend more on defence to show Trump the continent can protect itself. The EU will hold an emergency summit on Thursday.

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said she would inform member states on Tuesday about plans to strengthen the European defence industry and the EU's military capabilities:

"We need a massive surge in defence, without any question. We want lasting peace, but lasting peace can only be built on strength, and strength begins with strengthening ourselves."

Russia has not concealed its delight, praising Trump for changing US policy and denouncing Zelenskiy for challenging him.

"We see that the collective West has partially begun to lose its collectivity, and a fragmentation of the collective West has begun," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

"There remains a group of countries that rather constitutes the party of war, which declares its readiness to further support Ukraine in terms of supporting the war and ensuring the continuation of hostilities."​

 

[Lulldapull]

The ones most susceptible to brainwashing have been sunni muslims unfortunately. This is something that needs to be addressed by Iran out of all the losers on dis planet.

Trillions stolen, hundreds of millions impoverished and millions killed off by the west.

Iran should beat the living shiit out of all these chutiya sunni countries. They got no fukking sense of whats going on.......lol

 

[Lulldapull]

Iraand and their addictions, bhai.. not good

Propaganda........Iraaand and its people doing far better than you indians bhai.......any fukking day.......lol

 

[Saif]

Zelensky says ‘will not be simple’ to replace him as Ukraine leader

Volodymyr Zelensky told British media on Sunday it would not be easy to replace him as Ukraine’s president, but repeated his offer to step down in exchange for NATO membership for his war-torn country.

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Zelensky says ‘will not be simple’ to replace him as Ukraine leader
Agence France-Presse . London 03 March, 2025, 21:59

Volodymyr Zelensky

Volodymyr Zelensky told British media on Sunday it would not be easy to replace him as Ukraine’s president, but repeated his offer to step down in exchange for NATO membership for his war-torn country.

US Republicans had suggested he may have to resign after US president Donald Trump dramatically turned against him during a contentious Oval Office meeting about the war with Russia on Friday.

‘If they replace me, given what is going on, given the support, simply replacing me will not be simple,’ Zelensky told British media.

‘It’s not enough to just hold an election. You need to also not let me run. This will be a bit more difficult. Looks like you will have to negotiate with me,’ he added.

‘And I said that I am exchanging for NATO. Then I fulfilled my mission.’

The unprecedented public spat at the Oval Office resulted in Zelensky leaving the White House without the anticipated signing of a preliminary pact on sharing Ukrainian mineral rights.

While European leaders rallied around Ukraine, Republican officials appeared Sunday on news programmes questioning whether any deal could be reached with Russia so long as Zelensky remains.

‘We need a leader that can deal with us, eventually deal with the Russians, and end this war,’ National Security Advisor Mike Waltz told CNN.

‘And if it becomes apparent that president Zelensky’s either personal motivations or political motivations are divergent from ending the fighting in this country, then I think we have a real issue.’

Republican Mike Johnson, speaker of the House of Representatives, also questioned whether Zelensky was fit for the job.

‘Either he needs to come to his senses and come back to the table in gratitude, or someone else needs to lead the country.’

Senior Democrats have angrily pushed back since the debacle Friday, saying Trump has come dangerously close to an all-out embrace of Russia.

Zelensky has been calling for Ukraine to be given NATO membership as part of any deal to end the war, but the Washington-led alliance has been reluctant to make a pledge.

Trump said in February that Ukraine can ‘forget about’ joining NATO in any settlement, explaining: ‘I think that’s probably the reason the whole thing started.’

Russia cited potential Ukrainian membership in NATO as a reason for its invasion three years ago.​

 

[Saif]

Russian missile strike on Ukraine kills soldiers

Ukrainian officials on Monday reported an unspecified number of fatalities from a Russian missile strike on Saturday against a military training ground around 130 kilometres from the front line.

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Russian missile strike on Ukraine kills soldiers
Agence France-Presse . Kyiv, Ukraine 03 March, 2025, 21:58

Ukrainian officials on Monday reported an unspecified number of fatalities from a Russian missile strike on Saturday against a military training ground around 130 kilometres from the front line.

‘In the middle of the day, on March 1, the enemy attacked a military unit on the territory of a training ground in the Dnipropetrovsk region,’ Ukraine’s Commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrsky said on social media.

‘The attack by an Iskander-M ballistic missile with a cluster munition resulted in deaths and injuries,’ he said, without providing figures.

A military source said that the strike hit ‘an army training ground near the village of Cherkaske’ outside the city of Dnipro.

A respected Ukrainian military blogger, Yury Butusov, said that between 30 and 40 soldiers were killed and around 90 more were injured. No official toll has been released.

‘The tragedy is a terrible consequence of an enemy strike,’ Ukraine’s land forces commander Major General Mykhailo Drapaty said, expressing ‘heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims’.

Syrsky said a commission had been set up ‘to establish all the circumstances and causes of the tragedy’ and that the head of the training centre and commander of the unit have been suspended pending the investigation.

Ukrainian lawmaker Mariana Bezugla said on Facebook that the strike happened when soldiers were lined up in formation, accusing commanders of ‘stupidity’ and an ‘inability to adapt to new realities’.

A military source said there was ‘no lining up or gathering of people’, adding that ‘elements of destruction were scattered over a large area’.

There have been several similar attacks during the three-year war including a strike on a military institute in Poltava in September last year in which some 60 people were killed.

Drapaty said there were ‘unlearnt lessons’.

‘Anger is eating away at me from the inside,’ he said, pointing the finger at some military officials ‘who continue to negligently’ fulfil their duties.

He said he would not allow anyone to ‘try to hide the truth in the fog of bureaucracy’.​