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Equivalent to Italy's.

I guess the Italians have shred their image of cowards from WW2.

Russian region declares state of emergency as Ukraine strikes military base Russian authorities have declared a local state of emergency in the Saratov region after a Ukrainian drone left the Engels base engulfed in flames. Around 435 miles from the front line, it reportedly hosts the country’s Tupolev Tu-160 nuclear-capable heavy strategic bombers and has been used to launch Russian military planes throughout the war. Images on Telegram channels depicted black smoke rising from the region amid reports that local residents had also been evacuated from the region.

Italy's suggestion Extending NATO's Article 5 to Ukraine without the country becoming a full member of the Alliance. would help expose the bluff of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. "If Russia does not plan to invade its neighbours again, it is unclear why it should not accept security guarantees that are purely defensive," she stated. Italian PM explains why she insists on extending NATO’s Article 5 to Ukraine

Here is the crime in that: Child abductions in the Russo-Ukrainian War - Wikipedia During the Russo-Ukrainian War,[3] Russia has forcibly transferred almost 20 thousand Ukrainian children to areas under its control, assigned them Russian citizenship, forcibly adopted them into Russian families, and created obstacles for their reunification with their parents and homeland.[7][8] The United Nations has stated that these deportations constitute war crimes.[8][9]

Section 112 specifically applies to the Royal Family in Thailand. In the US, King Trump has yet to be crowned.

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How about- The Trump administration cut funding to Yale University’s Humanitarian Research Lab, which was compiling a database of alleged Russian war crimes, including the abduction of an estimated 35,000 children from occupied areas of Ukraine, last month. The Yale researchers were monitoring 116 sites in Russia. A Yale source said the US state department deleted the evidence which would have been used as part of rescue efforts to get the children home to Ukraine.... [the state department] deleted the crime base on the arrest warrant on Putin.

It was great in the old days, sitting back in the buffet car, watching the countryside go by whilst drinking a beer or two. But it's no fun trying to sleep in an air-con carriage with noisy drunks around you. Solution- drinkers have their own carriage.

More rejections in Trump's in-tray. Still, that's what happens if you act before you think. Fast on Putin's rebuff of Trump's ceasefire in Ukraine, the Sudanese have turned down Trump's request to take in the Palestinians. Trump Asked One Of The Poorest Countries In The World To Take In Palestinians And Was Immediately Rebuffed US and Israeli officials have approached several East African nations—including Sudan, Somalia, and Somaliland—about the possibility of relocating Palestinians from Gaza. However, officials from Somalia and Somaliland told the Associated Press they were unaware of any such discussions, and, according to an Associated Press report, two senior officials from Sudan told them that the Sudanese government rejected the idea of resettling displaced Palestinians into their country.

An international effort to trace and rescue tens of thousands of children kidnapped from Ukraine to Russia and prosecute those responsible has been crippled by the US state department’s deletion of evidence. The Trump administration cut funding to Yale University’s Humanitarian Research Lab, which was compiling a database of alleged Russian war crimes, including the abduction of an estimated 35,000 children from occupied areas of Ukraine, last month. Using satellite imagery and other surveillance systems provided through the US government, the Yale researchers were monitoring 116 sites in Russia. According to a Yale source this evidence would have been used to help get the children home, as well as prosecute those behind the kidnappings, including Putin. The Trump administration could potentially face criminal liability for the destruction of war crimes evidence. US ‘deletes evidence’ of Russia’s kidnap of thousands of Ukrainian children

A Gallup poll conducted from March 3 to11 reveals that 46% of Americans believe that the US is not doing enough to help Ukraine. This is 16 percentage points higher than in December. Previously, the highest percentage of Americans who believed that the US was not doing enough to help Ukraine was 38%, recorded in Gallup’s first poll on this issue in August 2022. Following the February 28 Oval Office meeting between Trump and Zelenskyy, the preference of Americans for greater US involvement significantly outweighs other opinions. Americans drastically shift opinion on aid to Ukraine after Trump’s actions

Putin is Attila the Hun, only he's less successful. 3 years on with hundreds of thousands of Russian casualties, he still can't win.

Three years on Ukraine has shown it has no intention of being subjugated by Russia. It has every right to decide its own future. So, yes, it suffers the consequences of being attacked, its children kidnapped, its women raped by barbarians. Only time will tell the outcome.

Three massive errors of 'largest savings' by DOGE according to New York Times reporter David Fahrenthold: 1. Elon Musk's group said its largest savings was an $8 billion cut at ICE. But that was a typo in government records. DOGE reduced the savings to $8 million, then zero. 2. Then DOGE said its largest savings came from terminating a USAID contract worth $655 million," he wrote. "But they had triple-counted the same cancellation, and also greatly over-estimated what that cancellation was worth. That savings, too, was eventually reduced to $0." 3. Next, DOGE said its largest savings came from cancelling a $1.9B contract at the IRS but that contract had been cancelled when Joe Biden was president. DOGE later deleted the claim. 'Always wrong': NYT reporter takes wrecking ball to DOGE's 'wall of receipts'

Rep. Mike Flood held a fiery town hall meeting on Tuesday in Columbus, Nebraska where a chorus of yells answered his remarks that the federal government's $36 trillion national debt is "not going away" unless Medicaid and Medicare are dealt with. One participant remarked, '' You said, 'President [Volodymyr] Zelensky's approach today was disrespectful to President Trump and undermines the goal of bringing peace.' So shame on that." After the crowd erupted in applause, the woman continued her scathing takedown, demanding to know "who's lying?" — the veterans groups who say they're underfunded and understaffed or Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.

Trump seeks revenge. 'We have a lot of law firms that we’re going to be going after,' Trump said recently on Fox News. A recent Trump order stripped New York-based firm Paul Weiss employees of security clearances, access to federal buildings, and possibly government contracts. According to the piece, Trump holds a grudge against former Paul Weiss attorney Mark Pomerantz, who left the firm in 2012, and another partner who worked on a case against Jan. 6 Capitol rioters. "Just because Trump campaigned on revenge against his political opponents doesn’t make it legally permissible," the Board of The Washington Post wrote. 'Trump will keep pushing': Bezos' WaPo comes out swinging against latest attacks

But you can't deny geography. Ukraine is in Europe. Central America is a long way from China. Ukraine hasn't wanted to be in Russia's sphere of influence since 1991, it wants to be in the EU, and as a sovereign nation it has every right to be.