Updates and events in the War in Ukraine 2025

[Rimmer]

A troll / baiting emoji has been removed

[thaibeachlovers]

49 minutes ago, TedG said:

Russia is slowing bleeding.   Putin thought this war would be over in a few weeks.   Now it’s year three and the war is slowing wreching the Russian ecomony.  

and here comes Trump to save the day for Russia.

It's not like anyone can claim they didn't know that was going to happen when Trump won the election. He signaled it often enough.

 

The error of Biden was not taking him seriously and stepping in to negotiate for Ukraine, which would have resulted in a better deal than what Zelensky is going to get. Trump isn't even involving Ukraine or Europe in the negotiations. Why would he? They were always junior partners, not to be taken seriously with their minor contributions. They don't even have serious military's, IMO. Run down by years of cost cutting.

Putin said long ago he wanted to negotiate, but Zelensky's ridiculous "never negotiate" stance killed any chance of a better deal.

 

IMO Trump cares nothing for Ukraine and is going to get the best deal for the US re raw materials, as the price for letting Ukraine exist.

For Trump, only the US matters, IMO.

[Mavideol]

sure Russia will deny any involvement, that's what they always do, they will never say "yes we did it..." whatever happened it's always somebody's else actions

 

https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/russian-drone-damages-chornobyl-plant-s-confinement-says-officials/vi-AA1z5yPm?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=LCTS&cvid=63ab27e094b0422be4e080b9be4e4ed3&ei=72#details

[Mavideol]

and that would be Putin's  biggest mistake...

Putin may attack a NATO country from Belarus as early as next year, Zelenskyy says

 

https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/top-stories/putin-may-attack-a-nato-country-from-belarus-as-early-as-next-year-zelenskyy-says/ar-AA1z3f8C?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=LCTS&cvid=cc45b23b57314d5d8a754cbb1778fea8&ei=80

[Mavideol]

really!! and he wants us to believe him 555 ... sure Russian military are so innocent, they would never do anything to hurt anybody, they never bombed civilians in Ukraine, never send missiles to kids schools, shopping malls, hospitals....

"Russian military doesn't do this," Kremlin says

 

https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/russian-military-doesn-t-do-this-kremlin-says/ar-AA1z3r20?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=LCTS&cvid=cc45b23b57314d5d8a754cbb1778fea8&ei=90

[beautifulthailand99]

The real tragedy for Ukraine and the West moving forward is that as U.S. aid falters and stops, populist uprisings across Europe will shut the door on further support. Even if a handful of leaders wanted to continue providing funds, the political will simply won’t be there. This is the MAGA doctrine supplanting NATO doctrine, and this was precisely the point of J.D. Vance's argument—that European "democracy" is more important than resisting Russian or Chinese imperialism. No doubt, there is quiet celebration in Beijing and Moscow.

 

As Lenin once remarked, “The capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them.” The West, given enough rope, seems all too willing to oblige. The barbarians are not just at the gates—they are inside the walls. Let us not forget that Vance chose to meet with the AfD rather than Chancellor Scholz. MAGA, Musk, and their allies are not just enablers of this unraveling but its architects. They truly are the enemy within.

 

We had a good run, but all empires rise and fall. And when one is in serious decline, the fall comes even faster—hollowed out from within, burdened by social welfarism, entitlement, and a lack of shared purpose or will to fight for common values. As Gibbon observed in The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, “The decline of Rome was the natural and inevitable effect of immoderate greatness.” The same may now be said of the West.

 

The MAGA calculus likely envisions a geopolitical trade-off where the U.S. secures strategic assets like Greenland and Panama, Russia takes Ukraine, and Xi claims Taiwan. In this zero-sum worldview, great powers carve up spheres of influence, abandoning long-standing commitments to allies in favor of transactional deals. It’s a return to a 19th-century style of power politics, where national interest trumps alliances, and stability is sacrificed for short-term gains.

 

The question is whether such a strategy strengthens U.S. power or accelerates its decline—because while America may gain territory, it risks losing global leadership and the trust of its allies. Meanwhile, Beijing and Moscow would be more than happy to play along, knowing that a divided and retreating West only works to their advantage.

 

https://archive.ph/98Rld

[stevenl]

"They truly are the enemy within."

 

 Presuming you're referring to the maga's, very correct. 

[beautifulthailand99]

14 minutes ago, stevenl said:

"They truly are the enemy within."

 

 Presuming you're referring to the maga's, very correct. 

Aye, some see me as a Putin shill, but they’d be wrong—whereas MAGA, at its core, very much is. I firmly believe Trump has been compromised for decades from his business dealings with the Russians. And why would Vance or Musk care so much about the AfD, an openly pro-Putin party that makes no effort to hide it and delight almost in every act of Islamic terrorism in Europe as they see it helping their cause.

 

 

[Bkk Brian]

25 minutes ago, beautifulthailand99 said:

Aye, some see me as a Putin shill, but they’d be wrong—whereas MAGA, at its core, very much is. I firmly believe Trump has been compromised for decades from his business dealings with the Russians. And why would Vance or Musk care so much about the AfD, an openly pro-Putin party that makes no effort to hide it and delight almost in every act of Islamic terrorism in Europe as they see it helping their cause.

 

 

You were shilling for Russia before Trump. Now you have an excuse to come and shill some more

[beautifulthailand99]

1 hour ago, Bkk Brian said:

You were shilling for Russia before Trump. Now you have an excuse to come and shill some more

Don't worry, Brian—I don't spend my every waking hour on here. I'll leave it to you to fight the good fight. Though I must say, it’s impressive how you've managed to condense so much lazy thinking into a single sentence. I was pointing out inconvenient truths before Trump, and I’ll continue doing so long after he’s gone. If that looks like 'shilling' to you, perhaps the issue isn’t me but your inability to distinguish nuance from narrative.

[Bkk Brian]

10 minutes ago, beautifulthailand99 said:

Don't worry, Brian—I don't spend my every waking hour on here. I'll leave it to you to fight the good fight. Though I must say, it’s impressive how you've managed to condense so much lazy thinking into a single sentence. I was pointing out inconvenient truths before Trump, and I’ll continue doing so long after he’s gone. If that looks like 'shilling' to you, perhaps the issue isn’t me but your inability to distinguish nuance from narrative.

You do not worry me in the least.