[🇺🇦] Monitoring Russian and Ukraine War.

[Sharma Ji]

Somalis gotta have a daddy too, Al Saud/Gulfie assets or just wild native jungle kallus ?

 

[Sharma Ji]

Somalis also a CIA experiment ? Tens of thousands, maybe in the multiples of it have crossed and continue to cross into Europe.. "refugees" .. EU ki buri halat hai in sab ko le k.. the migration thing is nuts, ekdum artificial, population alter krne ka (((plan))) .. Germany se Yahud ab revenge le ra ha 😆

 

[Saif]

Mic-drop moment in Oval Office

World leaders trade zingers as Zelenskyy shuts down suit question with iconic reply.

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Mic-drop moment in Oval Office

President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House in Washington, DC, February 28, 2025. File photo: Brian Snyder/Reuters

There was a time when world leaders were known for their policies and governance. Now, they're known for their one-liners. Once upon a respectable time, politics was a realm of great speeches, robust debates, and grand visions. Today? It's an endless stream of meme-worthy moments, savage clapbacks, and leaders who deliver zingers instead of solutions.

In the latest episode of When World Leaders Collide, Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy sat down for what was supposed to be a diplomatic discussion that quickly turned into a masterclass in passive-aggressive exchanges. It was less of a high-stakes political meeting and more of a reality TV showdown, featuring one leader fighting for his country's survival and another fixated on optics.

Because, of course, of all the things to discuss—military aid, strategic alliances, Russia's ongoing aggression—a journalist at the meeting thought it was the perfect moment to ask, "Why don't you wear a suit?" Yes, in the middle of a conversation about a literal war, the focus shifted to Zelenskyy's attire. Because nothing says geopolitical awareness like a well-tailored blazer.

Zelenskyy's response? Iconic. "I will wear a suit when this war is finished."

Mic. Drop. Internet won.

And just like that, in one single line, he delivered a bigger statement than most politicians manage in entire speeches. Because let's be honest—what kind of question even is that? If Churchill had shown up to WWII meetings in his bathrobe, would anyone have cared? (Actually, they might have, but the man had a cigar and a war to win.)

Meanwhile, Trump—never one to let a conversation be about anything other than himself—had already managed to turn the meeting into a spectacle. Before the suit saga, he accused Zelenskyy of "gambling with World War Three." Because obviously, the leader of a country actively being invaded is the one "gambling" here. Not, say, the guy who keeps suggesting that Ukraine should just let Russia take what they want and be done with it.

It was a bizarre moment, but let's be honest—this is Trump we're talking about. This is the man who thinks diplomacy is a reality show and who once threatened nuclear war over Twitter. The idea that Ukraine should simply "negotiate" with Russia, as if Putin is a disgruntled hotel guest demanding a refund, is peak Trumpian logic.

But what makes the suit comment truly fascinating is how perfectly it encapsulates the state of modern politics. We're living in a world where aesthetics often "trump" (pun absolutely intended) actual substance. A leader can be in the middle of navigating one of the biggest conflicts of our time, and yet, what do people focus on? His outfit.

Imagine applying this same energy to other historical moments. "Mr Mandela, why didn't you wear cufflinks while dismantling apartheid?" "Mr Lincoln, that top hat is nice, but could we see you in something a little more fitted?" The absurdity of it is almost too much to process.

Zelenskyy, to his credit, handled it like a pro. He didn't roll his eyes. He didn't laugh. He didn't ask the journalist if they'd recently suffered a head injury. Instead, he gave the kind of response that reminds the world that some leaders have real priorities. He doesn't care about looking polished—he cares about winning a war.

And that, right there, is why this meeting was such a perfect display of everything wrong with how we consume politics today. While Ukraine fights for survival, the US is having its own existential crisis about whether it even wants to care. The room was less about negotiations and more about optics—Zelenskyy standing as the exhausted, battle-hardened leader trying to keep his country alive, while Trump made it clear that his main concern was how this all played for him.

At the end of the day, it's not about suits. It's about who takes this war—and by extension, democracy itself—seriously. One leader left that meeting as a man fighting for his country's existence. The other left it trying to make himself the main character.

And in the middle was this journalist who just wanted to know if Zelenskyy had considered upgrading his wardrobe.

The result? Politics is no longer about policies or governance—it's about performance. Leaders are now entertainers, their every move carefully curated for maximum virality. The more dramatic the statement, the better.

This isn't to say that politics hasn't always had its theatrics. But the difference is that now, the theatrics are the politics. We're no longer electing leaders; we're selecting the best main characters for the ongoing drama that is world affairs. And in this endless cycle of political entertainment, one thing is certain: if democracy ever collapses, at least we'll get a great headline out of it.

And what do we, the audience, do? We engage. We react. We rank presidents based on their Twitter burns and roast politicians like they're contestants on The Great British Bake Off. We consume politics the same way we consume pop culture: fast, dramatic, and with minimal emotional commitment. One day it's global conflict; the next, we've moved on to Miley Cyrus' Grammy Arms.

Barrister Noshin Nawal is an activist, feminist, and a columnist for The Daily Star.​

 

[Saif]

Ukraine needs Zelensky, Trump & Europe

The times are out of joint. That is an understatement, of course. But there's no other way of looking at the situation after the bust-up which took place at the White House last week. It is something which ought not to have happened. What happened was bizarre, with President Trump and Vice Presiden

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Ukraine needs Zelensky, Trump & Europe
Syed Badrul Ahsan
Published :
Mar 06, 2025 22:17
Updated :
Mar 06, 2025 22:17

The times are out of joint. That is an understatement, of course. But there's no other way of looking at the situation after the bust-up which took place at the White House last week. It is something which ought not to have happened. What happened was bizarre, with President Trump and Vice President Vance taking it in turns to berate President Zelensky in the full presence of the media. There has hardly ever been a time in living memory of a visiting head of state subjected to such indignity by his hosts.

And it all began with a newsman, conveniently positioned near Trump, asking Zelensky why he was not attired in a suit. That was uncalled for and certainly premeditated. No reporter has the moral authority or should have the affront for that matter to question a dignitary on his attire, but this newsman did it. It certainly did not enhance his reputation. And it was JD Vance, the young American Vice President, who took over from there. He wondered loudly why the Ukraine leader had not demonstrated any gratitude for American support for his country in its war against Russia.

And then Donald Trump had his cue. He went on speaking over Zelensky, who was unable to get in a word edgeways. It is to the Ukrainian leader's credit that he did not lose his temper even as Trump lost his. Zelensky was fully aware of how the American President regarded him --- as a dictator holding on to power without going through an election. He also knew of the antipathy Trump's Washington had for Ukraine, a reason being the strong support Kyiv had garnered from Europe and Canada in the last three years of the military conflict with Russia. Trump accused Zelensky of gambling with World War Three, which was not true. He was indignant that Zelensky was disrespecting the United States (US) when the exact opposite was true. It was Trump and Vance subjecting Zelensky to disrespect.

In the past, there have been foreign visitors, Presidents and Prime Ministers and Foreign Ministers, who have met US Presidents in the Oval Office, exchanged pleasantries before engaging in hard closed-door negotiations. Political scruples and diplomatic convention did not allow those negotiations to dwindle into shouting matches in public. John F Kennedy knew in 1962 in advance of the Soviet missiles in Cuba and yet carried on a decent conversation with the visiting Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko. President Lyndon Johnson was unhappy that British Prime Minister Harold Wilson was not amenable to the idea of sending British troops to Vietnam. Their arguments took place away from the public eye.

On Friday last week, it was diplomacy that took a bad beating in Washington. The spectacle, culminating in President Zelensky and his delegation being asked to leave the White House, left an entire world disbelieving, unable to imagine that such a scandal had indeed taken place. And then the world spoke up, for Zelensky. French President Emmanuel Macron spoke for millions around the globe when he laid out the facts in stark, unapologetic terms: in a conflict which has gone on for three years, Russia is the aggressor, Ukraine the victim. Much as one might be critical of Ukraine's NATO ambitions and condemn the systematic way in which Moscow's adversaries have been inching their way to Russian borders, the truth is one that cannot be upended. It is that President Vladimir Putin sent his army into Ukraine in the belief that Kyiv would capitulate in a matter of days.

That has not happened. In these three years, to give Trump his due in his concerns over why nothing was done to bring the conflict to a halt, no diplomatic measures were undertaken towards a resolution of the crisis. The Biden administration, NATO and the European Union (EU) all were adamant that Ukraine be armed, that such arming could well compel Putin to walk back and concede defeat. In reality, Russia has seized chunks of Ukraine and is in little mood to give them up. And with Trump now back in power, Putin knows the pressure of the West on him has been easing to a point where he can hold on to territory his forces have already seized. Assuming Trump compels Ukraine to arrive at a settlement it is uncomfortable with, it will be a situation hardly any different from appeasement of Moscow.

So what are the stakes in the Ukraine situation today? The summit of European leaders convened by Sir Keir Starmer in London on Sunday had really nothing tough on offer. Toughness was not possible because Europe knows that to be tough with Donald Trump would be counter-productive. More crucially, any settlement of the Ukraine-Russia conflict must of necessity have the Americans taking part in the enterprise. President Trump may have decided to cut off all funding and military equipment for Ukraine, but that does not absolve him of his responsibilities in Europe. It is now up to Europe's grandees to persuade Trump, despite the humiliation President Zelensky was subjected to at the White House, to provide leadership in the search for a solution to the conflict. For Europe, for Ukraine's backers, it is an unenviable situation: they are caught between a rock and a hard place.

And from such a position Europe looks to Trump's leadership in the search for a solution to the conflict. It is a job its leaders ought to have done earlier rather than bring conditions to this pass. Now, despite everything that Trump and his team have been saying about Ukraine, despite castigating Joe Biden for everything, it is for Trump to inform the world that on his watch America is not receding into isolation, that it will abandon theatrics in favour of diplomacy in order for a rules-based world to be upheld and promoted. Of course, there is an important caveat: Washington must not begin to believe that a solution to the war can be arrived at by forcing President Zelensky from power. And then there is another caveat: while the Americans might not want Ukraine in NATO, they must at the same time reassure Europe and Ukrainians in particular that there will be iron-clad guarantees of Ukraine's security as an integral part of any solution to the crisis.

Diplomacy must be restored, both in Europe and in the new order Donald Trump and JD Vance have inaugurated in Washington. A lack of it makes for a dangerous world, obviously. Europe is in sore need of a new balance of power.​

 

[Saif]

Russia dismisses European peacekeeper idea, says Macron threatened Moscow

Russia ruled out European proposals to send peacekeeping forces to Ukraine and said on Thursday that French President Emmanuel Macron had threatened it by suggesting that Moscow was a grave menace to Europe. French President Emmanuel Macron said in a televised address to the nation on Wednesday he

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Russia dismisses European peacekeeper idea, says Macron threatened Moscow
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Mar 06, 2025 17:29
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Mar 06, 2025 17:29

President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron, attend a joint press conference, in Moscow, Russia, February 7, 2022. Photo : Thibault Camus/Pool via REUTERS/Files

Russia ruled out European proposals to send peacekeeping forces to Ukraine and said on Thursday that French President Emmanuel Macron had threatened it by suggesting that Moscow was a grave menace to Europe.

French President Emmanuel Macron said in a televised address to the nation on Wednesday he plans next week to hold a meeting of army chiefs from European countries willing to send troops to Ukraine after any eventual peace deal with Russia.

He also said France needs to be ready if the United States is no longer by its side.

President Donald Trump has upended US policy towards Ukraine and Russia and demanded a deal to end the war, berating Ukraine while discussing a renewal of ties with Moscow.

Macron said Russia was "a threat for France and Europe", that the Ukraine war was already a "global conflict" and that he would open a debate about extending the French nuclear umbrella to allies in Europe.

The Kremlin said the speech was extremely confrontational and that it was clear Macron wanted the war in Ukraine to continue while President Vladimir Putin's foreign minister said the speech amounted to a threat against Russia.

"This is, of course, a threat" against Russia, Sergei Lavrov told reporters in Moscow.

"Unlike their predecessors, who also wanted to fight against Russia, Napoleon, Hitler, Mr. Macron does not act very gracefully, because at least they said it bluntly: 'we must conquer Russia, we must defeat Russia'."

Lavrov also dismissed European ideas about sending peacekeepers from NATO member states to Ukraine, saying that Moscow would consider such a deployment to be a NATO presence in Ukraine and that Moscow would not allow it.

Russia and the United States are by far the world's biggest nuclear powers, with over 5,000 nuclear warheads each, followed by China with about 500 and then France with 290 and the United Kingdom with 225, according to the Federation of American Scientists.

Russian officials say the tough rhetoric from Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and other European powers over recent days is simply not backed up by hard military power and point to Russia's advances on the battlefield in Ukraine.

Putin last year ordered the regular size of the Russian army to be increased by 180,000 troops to 1.5 million active servicemen in a move that would make it the second largest in the world after China's.

Putin has repeatedly dismissed as nonsense Western claims that Russia could one day attack a NATO member.

Ukraine and the West say Putin is engaged in an imperial-style land grab in Ukraine, and have repeatedly vowed to defeat Russia, which currently controls just under 20 per cent of Ukraine, including Crimea and a chunk of eastern and southern Ukraine.

Putin portrays the war as part of a historic struggle with the West, which he says humiliated Russia, after the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, by enlarging NATO and encroaching on what he considers Moscow's sphere of influence, including Ukraine.​

 

[Lulldapull]

Chechens and Somalis not on US bhatta .. Chechen Putin ke hai, Somalis ka any idea ? Udhar hi safe havens me all these Al Qaedas hiding now.. abhi ek bomb ni drop kara tha in a cave somewhere to get a HVT ? .. Musta been boots on the ground too, Tier 1 SEAL and Delta or CIA types calling it in.

Cheechun insurgents were all on CIA bhatta. Throughout the 90’s they fought the Russians tooth n nail. Very tough fighting. Then CIA created Daesh/Isis in da Syraaq to check Iran via its chutiya basturd toady mr Turdogan.

Hundreds of times Irani proxies have it on video of US military choppers inserting and extracting Daesh terrorists right in front off everyone.

Totally besharam and blatant support of Daesh is on the record.

Mubarak Hussain Obama created Daesh under CIA orders.

Everybody knows bhai……no need to be ashamed.

 

[Lulldapull]

Somalis gotta have a daddy too, Al Saud/Gulfie assets or just wild native jungle kallus ?

Somali warlords have a franchise of Al-Qaeda under the name Al-Shabab…..lol

Yeah it’s bad man…..Sawdi Judeans fund it probably UAE too……

Sub saalay harami bhungi log…..Iran should fukk all these basturds up.

 

[Saif]

Russia launches major Ukraine missile attack after US cuts off military aid

Russian forces damaged Ukrainian energy and gas infrastructure overnight in their first major missile attack since the US paused intelligence sharing with Ukraine, piling pressure on Kyiv as President Donald Trump seeks a swift end to the war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, seeking to sho

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Russia launches major Ukraine missile attack after US cuts off military aid
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Mar 07, 2025 19:14
Updated :
Mar 07, 2025 19:14

Firefighters working at a site of a Russian missile strike in Kharkiv of Ukraine on Friday –Reuters photo

Russian forces damaged Ukrainian energy and gas infrastructure overnight in their first major missile attack since the US paused intelligence sharing with Ukraine, piling pressure on Kyiv as President Donald Trump seeks a swift end to the war.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, seeking to shore up Western support for his country after Trump's diplomatic pivot towards Moscow, called for a truce covering air and sea, though not ground troops - an idea first mooted by France.

"The first steps to establishing real peace should be forcing the sole source of this war, Russia, to stop such attacks," Zelensky said on the Telegram messaging app, responding to the overnight missile attack.

Ukraine's air force said Russia had fired a salvo of 67 missiles and 194 drones in the overnight attack, adding that it had shot down 34 of the missiles and 100 of the drones.

Regional officials from the northeastern city of Kharkiv to the western city of Ternopil reported damage to energy and other infrastructure. Eight people were injured in Kharkiv and two more, including a child, were hurt in Poltava, officials said.

"Russia continues its energy terror," Energy Minister German Galuschenko said. "Again energy and gas infrastructure in various regions of Ukraine has come under massive missile and drone fire."

Russia targets Ukrainian cities and towns far from the front lines every night with drones, but Friday's attack was the first large-scale assault since the suspension of the US military aid and intelligence this week.

CRISIS IN RELATIONS

Ukraine's relations with the US, previously its most important ally, have plunged into crisis since Zelenskiy's acrimonious exchange with Trump in the Oval Office last Friday before the world's TV cameras.

Trump said afterwards that Zelensky - whom he had already branded a "dictator" - that the Ukrainian leader was an obstacle to his vision for bringing peace to Ukraine.

In a bid to patch things up, Zelensky said on Tuesday that Kyiv was ready to come to the negotiating table as soon as possible and to work under Trump's leadership, calling the way things had gone in Washington "regrettable".

In a further sign of re-engagement with the US, Zelensky said late on Thursday he would travel to Saudi Arabia next Monday for a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman ahead of talks there later in the week between US and Ukrainian officials.

Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, who has already held extensive talks with Russian officials, said he was in discussions with Ukraine for a peace agreement framework to end the three-year war and confirmed that a meeting was planned next week with the Ukrainians in Saudi Arabia.

"Ukraine is ready to pursue the path to peace, and it is Ukraine that strives for peace from the very first second of this war. The task is to force Russia to stop the war," Zelensky said in his Telegram message on Friday.

It remains unclear whether Washington and Kyiv can bridge their different visions for ending the war. Kyiv has been pressing for robust security guarantees, but the United States has declined to commit, pointing to a potential critical minerals agreement that Trump believes would be enough.

On the battlefield, Ukraine is outnumbered and Russian forces are steadily advancing in the eastern Donetsk region and mounting major pressure on Ukrainian troops trying to hold territory in Russia's Kursk region.

ENERGY SECTOR TARGETED

Russia has pounded the Ukrainian power sector with missiles and drones throughout the war, knocking out about half the nationalelectricity generating capacity and forcing rolling blackouts at various junctures in the war.

This year Russia has focused more on infrastructure for naturalgas, which is used for heating and cooking and also by industrial enterprises.

"Production facilities that ensure gas production were damaged. Fortunately, there were no casualties," the Naftogaz energy company said.

Ukraine's largest private energy company DTEK halted gas production at its facilities in the central Poltava region after sustaining significant damage in Friday's attack, it said.

The pause in US military aid and intelligence may undermine Ukraine's air defencesas it runs low on advanced missiles and struggles to track attacks as effectively, military analysts say.​

 

[Lulldapull]

Man its bad........here we all yell n shout bout dis n dat......while thousands die like dogs daily.

This slaughter needs to be stopped in the interests of humanity/ civilization.

Totally unacceptable this shiit show.

Stupid hendu-pak/ camel jaaky/ Al-Turkiyan/ Iranis don't care.

Iran should step up and tell Russia to stop dis killing right away.

Its seriously horrible that Irani drones and missiles were used to kill thousands of people in Ukraine!

I warned you @Vsdoc that Iran's an ideological power and anything is fair game no...?

Do you realize how benign da dalit infested hendu-pak is? A buncha dalit muzlim convert toady?

Hendu-pak got no initiative no?......right? cuz hes colored no?

And yous fault da Iranis left n right for mass killings of Semitic dalit, taking over territory? confronting da hillbillay?

Iran is wondering here if yous onboard Doc?

Do we resurrect the Sassanian kingdom now or is it non-kosher?

 

[Saif]

Putin has ‘no interest in peace’

Russian leader Vladimir Putin “has no interest in peace”, the European Union’s foreign policy chief said yesterday, after overnight strikes by Moscow’s troops killed 14 people in Ukraine.

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Putin has ‘no interest in peace’
Says EU foreign policy chief as Russian strikes kill 14 in Ukraine; Zelensky seeks more sanctions on Moscow

Russian leader Vladimir Putin "has no interest in peace", the European Union's foreign policy chief said yesterday, after overnight strikes by Moscow's troops killed 14 people in Ukraine.

"Russian missiles keep relentlessly falling on Ukraine, bringing more death and more destruction. Once again, Putin shows he has no interest in peace. We must step up our military support -- otherwise, even more Ukrainian civilians will pay the highest price," Kaja Kallas said on X.

Russia yesterday said its troops had retaken three villages seized by Ukraine in its Kursk border region in a fresh setback for Kyiv as the prospect of peace negotiations appeared to be increasing.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday called for more sanctions against Russia after the deadly strikes that wounded dozens more.

The war is at a critical juncture, days ahead of talks between US and Ukrainian negotiators aimed at securing a truce in the three-year-long war.

Washington has suspended crucial US military aid and access to satellite imagery and intelligence sharing after President Donald Trump and Zelensky had a public falling-out in the Oval Office last week.

Ukraine still controls some 400 square kilometres (150 square miles) in the Kursk region after launching a cross-border offensive last August and Zelensky sees this as a possible bargaining chip in peace talks.

But Ukraine's troops in Kursk have seen their position worsen in recent weeks with Russia's army encroaching.

Russia's defence ministry on Saturday announced the recapture of three more villages: Viktorovka, Nikolayevka and Staraya Sorochina.

According to DeepState, an online military tracker linked to the Ukrainian army, the Russian move followed a "breach" in Ukrainian defence lines near the town of Sudzha, which is under Kyiv's control.

Russia appears to have cut off the logistics route needed by Ukraine to supply its troops in the town.

The Ukrainian army has not commented on the latest claim, but Russia has already taken back more than two-thirds of its territory initially seized by Kyiv.

Peace negotiations remain a distant prospect with Kyiv and Moscow making starkly opposed demands. But Trump's return to the White House has brought this prospect nearer.

The American president has radically shifted the US position, reaching out to Russian President Vladimir Putin while criticising Zelensky.

Trump has said it may be "easier" to work with Moscow than Kyiv on efforts to end the three-year-long war.

Senior US and Ukrainian officials are set to meet for talks on the war in Jeddah on Tuesday. Zelensky will also visit on Monday for talks with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

US envoy Steve Witkoff said he would speak to the Ukrainian negotiators about an "initial ceasefire" with Russia and a "framework" for a longer agreement.

Trump says he wants to end the war as soon as possible, but Ukraine fears being forced to make heavy territorial concessions to Moscow.

Trump on Friday threatened new sanctions and tariffs on Russia over its bombardment of Ukraine.

Zelensky also called for allies to "increase sanctions against Russia" after heavy overnight bombardment in the east and northeast.

A Russian assault hit the centre of Dobropillia in the eastern Donetsk region late on Friday, killing 11 people and wounding 30, according to the emergency services.

Separately, three people were killed and seven others wounded in a drone attack early yesterday in the town of Bogodukhiv, the military head of the eastern Kharkiv region, Oleg Synegubov, said.

Russia fired two missiles and 145 drones at Bogodukhiv, Ukraine's air force said.

The latest air raids came after EU leaders, shaken by the prospect of US disengagement, agreed to boost the bloc's defences.

Moscow's defence ministry on Saturday said its air defence systems destroyed 31 Ukrainian drones over the past night.

A Ukrainian drone attack also targeted Russia's Kirishi oil refinery and falling debris caused damage to a reservoir, the governor of the northwestern Leningrad region, Aleksandr Drozdenko, said.

A civilian was wounded by a drone attack in Belgorod district near the Ukraine border, local governor Vyacheslav Gladkov wrote on Telegram.​

 

[Saif]

UK's Starmer gets poll boost as he steps up Ukraine diplomacy

The number of Britons who think Prime Minister Keir Starmer is doing a good job has risen as he steps up his role in diplomacy over the war in Ukraine, an opinion poll showed. Starmer met US President Donald Trump in Washington on Feb 27 and hosted talks involving Ukraine's president and European

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UK's Starmer gets poll boost as he steps up Ukraine diplomacy
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Published :
Mar 08, 2025 22:42
Updated :
Mar 08, 2025 22:42

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the day of the European leaders' summit to discuss European security and Ukraine, at Lancaster House in London, Britain, Mar 2, 2025. Photo : REUTERS/Toby Melville/Pool

The number of Britons who think Prime Minister Keir Starmer is doing a good job has risen as he steps up his role in diplomacy over the war in Ukraine, an opinion poll showed.

Starmer met US President Donald Trump in Washington on Feb 27 and hosted talks involving Ukraine's president and European leaders on Mar 2. He has played up his role as a go-between while also trying to protect Britain from US tariffs.

An Ipsos UK poll for The Times newspaper showed 30 per cent of Britons now think Starmer is doing a good job as prime minister, up from 23 per cent last month, although 45 per cent said he is doing a bad job.

Ipsos carried out its polling online from Mar 4 to 5.

Starmer met Trump in Washington one day before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky clashed in the Oval Office with the US president, who has upended US policy on Ukraine.

European leaders agreed at their talks in London last Sunday to draw up a peace plan to present to Washington, and European Union leaders on Thursday backed plans to spend more on defence.

The Ipsos poll showed 44 per cent of Britons think government spending on defence should be increased, even if this means extra government borrowing, higher taxes or less money to spend on other public services - a rise from 42 per cent in February.

Ipsos interviewed 981 adults aged 18-75 across Britain.​

 

[Lulldapull]

UK's Starmer gets poll boost as he steps up Ukraine diplomacy

The number of Britons who think Prime Minister Keir Starmer is doing a good job has risen as he steps up his role in diplomacy over the war in Ukraine, an opinion poll showed. Starmer met US President Donald Trump in Washington on Feb 27 and hosted talks involving Ukraine's president and European

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UK's Starmer gets poll boost as he steps up Ukraine diplomacy
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the day of the European leaders' summit to discuss European security and Ukraine, at Lancaster House in London, Britain, Mar 2, 2025. Photo : REUTERS/Toby Melville/Pool

The number of Britons who think Prime Minister Keir Starmer is doing a good job has risen as he steps up his role in diplomacy over the war in Ukraine, an opinion poll showed.

Starmer met US President Donald Trump in Washington on Feb 27 and hosted talks involving Ukraine's president and European leaders on Mar 2. He has played up his role as a go-between while also trying to protect Britain from US tariffs.

An Ipsos UK poll for The Times newspaper showed 30 per cent of Britons now think Starmer is doing a good job as prime minister, up from 23 per cent last month, although 45 per cent said he is doing a bad job.

Ipsos carried out its polling online from Mar 4 to 5.

Starmer met Trump in Washington one day before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky clashed in the Oval Office with the US president, who has upended US policy on Ukraine.

European leaders agreed at their talks in London last Sunday to draw up a peace plan to present to Washington, and European Union leaders on Thursday backed plans to spend more on defence.

The Ipsos poll showed 44 per cent of Britons think government spending on defence should be increased, even if this means extra government borrowing, higher taxes or less money to spend on other public services - a rise from 42 per cent in February.

Ipsos interviewed 981 adults aged 18-75 across Britain.​

They better enact a new tax on da colludz in da UK and call it a Zalintski tax bhai......Charge the hendu-Pak specifically for supporting Zalintski.

Dis da only way out.

 

[Saif]

Zelensky for more sanctions as Russian strikes kill 14

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday called for more sanctions against Russia as overnight strikes killed at least 14 people and wounded dozens more, days ahead of talks between US and Ukrainian negotiators aimed at securing a truce.

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Agence France-Presse . Dobropillia, Ukraine 09 March, 2025, 00:46

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky. | File photo

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday called for more sanctions against Russia as overnight strikes killed at least 14 people and wounded dozens more, days ahead of talks between US and Ukrainian negotiators aimed at securing a truce.

A Russian assault hit the centre of Dobropillia in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region late on Friday, killing 11 people and wounding 30, according to the emergency services.

Separately, three people were killed and seven others wounded in a drone attack early on Saturday in the city of Bogodukhiv, the military head of the eastern Kharkiv region, Oleg Synegubov, said.

Russia fired two missiles and 145 drones at Bogodukhiv, Ukraine’s air force said.

The overnight air raids came after US president Donald Trump threatened new sanctions and tariffs on Russia but said it may be ‘easier’ to work with Moscow than Kyiv on efforts to end the three-year-long war.

‘Such strikes show that Russia’s goals are unchanged. Therefore, it is very important to continue to do everything to protect life, strengthen our air defence, and increase sanctions against Russia,’ Zelensky wrote on the Telegram social media channel.

In Dobropillia, AFP saw charred residential buildings, flattened market stalls and evidence of cluster bomb damage.

Zelensky said that Russia had struck Dobropillia, waited until rescuers arrived and then ‘deliberately’ targeted them as well. ‘This is a despicable and inhumane tactic of intimidation that the Russians often use.’

US and Ukrainian negotiators are due to meet in Saudi Arabia next week with bilateral relations frayed.

Trump publicly berated Zelensky during a White House meeting and suspended US aid to Kyiv in a stated bid to encourage diplomacy.

‘I’m finding it more difficult frankly to deal with Ukraine and they don’t have the cards,’ Trump said on Friday. ‘It may be easier dealing with Russia.’

The remarks followed Trump on Friday threatening new sanctions and tariffs on Russia over its bombardments of Ukraine.

‘To Russia and Ukraine, get to the table right now, before it is too late,’ he added.

Zelensky is due to land in Saudi Arabia on Monday for talks with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

The meeting is a day before Ukrainian officials are expected to hold fresh talks with their US counterparts on Tuesday there.

On Saturday, Russia said it had retaken three villages in its Kursk region previously captured by Ukraine.

The Russian defence ministry announced the recapture of Viktorovka, Nikolayevka and Staraya Sorochina.

Ukrainian soldiers launched an offensive in Kursk last summer but Russia has wrested back control of more than two-thirds of the territory captured by Kyiv.

Moscow’s defence ministry on Saturday said its air defence systems destroyed 31 Ukrainian drones over the past night.

A Ukrainian drone attack also targeted Russia’s Kirishi oil refinery, with air defence forces shooting down one drone on approach and another over the facility, Leningrad governor Aleksandr Drozdenko said, adding that the ‘external structure of one of the reservoirs was damaged by falling debris’.

A civilian was wounded by a drone attack in Belgorod district near the Ukraine border, local governor Vyacheslav Gladkov wrote on Telegram.

Russia’s defence ministry confirmed on Friday that it had carried out ‘precision’ strikes on energy facilities.

The Ukrainian air force said it had deployed French Mirage fighter jets—delivered to Ukraine last month—for the first time to repel the aerial onslaught.

Ukrainian energy facilities in the Black Sea region of Odesa and the central Poltava region were damaged.

The latest air raids came after EU leaders, shaken by the prospect of US disengagement, agreed to boost the bloc’s defences.​

 

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Zelensky for more sanctions as Russian strikes kill 14

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday called for more sanctions against Russia as overnight strikes killed at least 14 people and wounded dozens more, days ahead of talks between US and Ukrainian negotiators aimed at securing a truce.

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Zelensky for more sanctions as Russian strikes kill 14
Agence France-Presse . Dobropillia, Ukraine 09 March, 2025, 00:46

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Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky. | File photo

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday called for more sanctions against Russia as overnight strikes killed at least 14 people and wounded dozens more, days ahead of talks between US and Ukrainian negotiators aimed at securing a truce.

A Russian assault hit the centre of Dobropillia in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region late on Friday, killing 11 people and wounding 30, according to the emergency services.

Separately, three people were killed and seven others wounded in a drone attack early on Saturday in the city of Bogodukhiv, the military head of the eastern Kharkiv region, Oleg Synegubov, said.

Russia fired two missiles and 145 drones at Bogodukhiv, Ukraine’s air force said.

The overnight air raids came after US president Donald Trump threatened new sanctions and tariffs on Russia but said it may be ‘easier’ to work with Moscow than Kyiv on efforts to end the three-year-long war.

‘Such strikes show that Russia’s goals are unchanged. Therefore, it is very important to continue to do everything to protect life, strengthen our air defence, and increase sanctions against Russia,’ Zelensky wrote on the Telegram social media channel.

In Dobropillia, AFP saw charred residential buildings, flattened market stalls and evidence of cluster bomb damage.

Zelensky said that Russia had struck Dobropillia, waited until rescuers arrived and then ‘deliberately’ targeted them as well. ‘This is a despicable and inhumane tactic of intimidation that the Russians often use.’

US and Ukrainian negotiators are due to meet in Saudi Arabia next week with bilateral relations frayed.

Trump publicly berated Zelensky during a White House meeting and suspended US aid to Kyiv in a stated bid to encourage diplomacy.

‘I’m finding it more difficult frankly to deal with Ukraine and they don’t have the cards,’ Trump said on Friday. ‘It may be easier dealing with Russia.’

The remarks followed Trump on Friday threatening new sanctions and tariffs on Russia over its bombardments of Ukraine.

‘To Russia and Ukraine, get to the table right now, before it is too late,’ he added.

Zelensky is due to land in Saudi Arabia on Monday for talks with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

The meeting is a day before Ukrainian officials are expected to hold fresh talks with their US counterparts on Tuesday there.

On Saturday, Russia said it had retaken three villages in its Kursk region previously captured by Ukraine.

The Russian defence ministry announced the recapture of Viktorovka, Nikolayevka and Staraya Sorochina.

Ukrainian soldiers launched an offensive in Kursk last summer but Russia has wrested back control of more than two-thirds of the territory captured by Kyiv.

Moscow’s defence ministry on Saturday said its air defence systems destroyed 31 Ukrainian drones over the past night.

A Ukrainian drone attack also targeted Russia’s Kirishi oil refinery, with air defence forces shooting down one drone on approach and another over the facility, Leningrad governor Aleksandr Drozdenko said, adding that the ‘external structure of one of the reservoirs was damaged by falling debris’.

A civilian was wounded by a drone attack in Belgorod district near the Ukraine border, local governor Vyacheslav Gladkov wrote on Telegram.

Russia’s defence ministry confirmed on Friday that it had carried out ‘precision’ strikes on energy facilities.

The Ukrainian air force said it had deployed French Mirage fighter jets—delivered to Ukraine last month—for the first time to repel the aerial onslaught.

Ukrainian energy facilities in the Black Sea region of Odesa and the central Poltava region were damaged.

The latest air raids came after EU leaders, shaken by the prospect of US disengagement, agreed to boost the bloc’s defences.​

Everyday Uki infra getting destroyed and ghareeb Uki getting killed by Irani supplied tech for the last three years now with the drones n mijjhilles Iran gibing to the backward Russian despite western defenses in place in huge numbers, but we got @Sharma Ji here who'd rather believe that Irans weapons are junk, and dat Hendu-pak ka dalit stands suphreme?......lol

Sharma bhai isstaap watching CNN/ BBC/ Fox nhewj brah........lol

Aaap ko chutiya banaya ja raha hae.......

Hendu-pak only expert in tuttiyaan maarne main...illegal migrants action.....and rapes of tourists in India bhai......lets get reel no?

Dis is why doc bhee chala gya idher say, cuz he's sick of it!

 

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Everyday Uki infra getting destroyed and ghareeb Uki getting killed by Irani supplied tech for the last three years now with the drones n mijjhilles Iran gibing to the backward Russian despite western defenses in place in huge numbers, but we got @Sharma Ji here who'd rather believe that Irans weapons are junk, and dat Hendu-pak ka dalit stands suphreme?......lol

Sharma bhai isstaap watching CNN/ BBC/ Fox nhewj brah........lol

Aaap ko chutiya banaya ja raha hae.......

Hendu-pak only expert in tuttiyaan maarne main...illegal migrants action.....and rapes of tourists in India bhai......lets get reel no?

Dis is why doc bhee chala gya idher say, cuz he's sick of it!

It's not as if Putinski is ONLY using Irani drones, he got bhot sa alag alag good maal of his own, bhai.