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That was fast! The Washington Post ran a story yesterday headlined, “Trump administration to pause future deliveries of military aid to Ukraine.” The sub-headline added, “U.S. officials said the halt, an extraordinary pressure tactic, would be lifted if Ukraine’s president shows an openness to peace talks aimed at ending the war.”
Volodymyr “Moochie” Zelenskyy’s worst enemy is not Vladimir Putin. Zelensky’s worst enemy is the guy in the green sweatshirt. (For Portland readers: he’s his own worst enemy. Try to keep up.)
According to “two officials familiar with the matter,” President Trump decided yesterday to pause all future military assistance to Ukraine. All.
It’s for Zelensky’s own good. He needs to get his head right. Think of the aid pause as a kind of time out. “The president has been clear that he is focused on peace. We need our partners to be committed to that goal as well,” said one of the anonymous White House officials. “We are pausing and reviewing our aid to ensure that it is contributing to a solution.”
The official said the decision could still be reversed, if —and only if— Zelensky shows a good-faith effort to participate in peace talks. And that, of course, is the toughest part. What must the Martial Law Administrator do to prove he now wants peace?
He must convince President Trump he really means it, this time.
The President’s decision appears to have been provoked by Zelensky’s own worst enemy, who was busily running his treacherous mouth again yesterday. The AP reported the story under the headline, “Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says end of war with Russia is ‘very, very far away’.”
It wasn’t the best idea Zelensky has had lately. He said the war’s end was not just “far away.” He said it was very, very far away. We’re not even close.
Not too smart. That one moronic slogan gave President Trump the last little push over the line, allowing him to pull the plug on U.S. military aid. Everybody is sick of green sweatshirts. Trump immediately shot back on Truth Social:
President Trump made some pretty good points. This is an opportune moment to remind everyone of the brutally thin ice Zelensky has been skating across. Consider this Politico headline from back in 2016:
Do you think Trump has forgiven and forgotten? Should he? Here’s just one paragraph from the 2016 story:
“The Ukrainian efforts,” Politico continued, “had an impact in the race, helping to force Paul Manafort’s resignation and advancing the narrative that Trump’s campaign was deeply connected to Ukraine’s foe to the east, Russia.”
RussiaGate.
You would think, what with the media’s cherished “revenge” narrative, they’d be talking all about Ukraine’s 2016 election interference. Trump is holding a grudge! But they obviously must have decided that particular narrative could backfire.
Yesterday, President Trump ominously told reporters that “it takes two to tango … and if somebody doesn't want to make a deal, I think that person won't be around very long.”
CLIP: President Trump says somebody who doesn’t want to make a deal won’t be around very long (0:51).
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Volodymyr “Moochie” Zelenskyy’s worst enemy is not Vladimir Putin. Zelensky’s worst enemy is the guy in the green sweatshirt. (For Portland readers: he’s his own worst enemy. Try to keep up.)
According to “two officials familiar with the matter,” President Trump decided yesterday to pause all future military assistance to Ukraine. All.
It’s for Zelensky’s own good. He needs to get his head right. Think of the aid pause as a kind of time out. “The president has been clear that he is focused on peace. We need our partners to be committed to that goal as well,” said one of the anonymous White House officials. “We are pausing and reviewing our aid to ensure that it is contributing to a solution.”
The official said the decision could still be reversed, if —and only if— Zelensky shows a good-faith effort to participate in peace talks. And that, of course, is the toughest part. What must the Martial Law Administrator do to prove he now wants peace?
He must convince President Trump he really means it, this time.
The President’s decision appears to have been provoked by Zelensky’s own worst enemy, who was busily running his treacherous mouth again yesterday. The AP reported the story under the headline, “Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says end of war with Russia is ‘very, very far away’.”
It wasn’t the best idea Zelensky has had lately. He said the war’s end was not just “far away.” He said it was very, very far away. We’re not even close.
Not too smart. That one moronic slogan gave President Trump the last little push over the line, allowing him to pull the plug on U.S. military aid. Everybody is sick of green sweatshirts. Trump immediately shot back on Truth Social:
President Trump made some pretty good points. This is an opportune moment to remind everyone of the brutally thin ice Zelensky has been skating across. Consider this Politico headline from back in 2016:
Do you think Trump has forgiven and forgotten? Should he? Here’s just one paragraph from the 2016 story:
“The Ukrainian efforts,” Politico continued, “had an impact in the race, helping to force Paul Manafort’s resignation and advancing the narrative that Trump’s campaign was deeply connected to Ukraine’s foe to the east, Russia.”
RussiaGate.
You would think, what with the media’s cherished “revenge” narrative, they’d be talking all about Ukraine’s 2016 election interference. Trump is holding a grudge! But they obviously must have decided that particular narrative could backfire.
Yesterday, President Trump ominously told reporters that “it takes two to tango … and if somebody doesn't want to make a deal, I think that person won't be around very long.”
CLIP: President Trump says somebody who doesn’t want to make a deal won’t be around very long (0:51).
☕️ FAR AWAY ☙ Tuesday, March 4, 2025 ☙ C&C NEWS 🦠
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One issue worth special mention: Ukraine. This morning, the UK Independent ran an astonishing story headlined, “Ukraine war latest: US ends intelligence-sharing – Starmer insists Trump ‘reliable’.” Uh oh. Yesterday, the U.S. shut off Ukraine’s intel feed.
Absent U.S. intelligence, the Ukrainian military is dead in the Ukrainian mud. Shuttered. Kaput. Dasviydanya, Maria. We provided all their targeting information, warned them of threats, and fed them real-time battlefield intel. It was “a move,” the Independent admitted, “that could seriously hamper the Ukrainian military’s ability to target Russian forces.” Haha, “hamper.”
More like plug, pulled. No more soup for you.
On Tuesday, Trump signaled a “full” pause on U.S. military aid— since Kiev’s Martial Law Administrator (formerly known as “President” Zelensky) doesn’t actually want peace. We know now that “full” included intelligence sharing. Within hours yesterday, Zelensky folded like a cheap pair of cargo pants.
During last night’s address, Trump told Congress he’d received an “important letter” from the tiny president. The New York Post ran the story headlined, “Trump announces he received letter from Zelensky asking to come back to ‘negotiating table’ after Ukraine prez was booted from White House.”
Trump read the letter aloud: “The letter reads, quote, ‘Ukraine is ready to come to the negotiating table as soon as possible to bring lasting peace closer. Nobody wants peace more than the Ukrainians.” And then the kicker: “‘My team and I stand ready to work under President Trump's strong leadership to get a peace that lasts.’”
(Hopefully, Trump will first insist that Ukraine reverse the 2022 law it passed forbidding any negotiation with Russia while President Putin remains in office. Otherwise it will be a pretty boring negotiating session.)
Yesterday, Zelensky (or whoever writes his tweets for him) mirrored the letter’s sentiment on X. He has learned to stop worrying and love the minerals deal. His tweet said that now, suddenly, he will sign Trump’s deal, after all, and he’ll do it “any time, and in any convenient format.” I will sign it on a house! I will sign it on a bus! I will sign it with a mouse! I will sign it anywhere.
Meanwhile, the Proxy War “experts” who assured everybody who’d listen yesterday that Ukraine could last for “months” if Trump paused military aid— they all experienced sudden, painful aneurysms provoking apopletic Teret’s-style swearing sessions that were picked up by a NASA probe passing Jupiter.
Zelensky’s tweet also included a half-baked apology, or more accurately, the infamous diplomatic, passive-voiced statement of regret:
In other words, holding no cards, Zelensky stopped bluffing and folded. The art of the deal. It may have felt humiliating in Kiev, but was most humiliating in Brussels. It was a PR defeat for Old Europe on a Waterloo scale. After dwarflike Zelensky was tossed out of the White House, he’d fled straight to Old Europe, where he was swaddled in royal regalia, hugged until he squealed, serenaded, and promised undying love. European leaders convened ‘emergency’ meetings, solemnly vowed to take up the slack on Ukraine aid, and spewed defiant statements at the United States.
But any fantasy that Europe could possibly pick up the slack winked out of existence yesterday, right after Zelensky caved. Old Europe was exposed as a spent-force, a fraud, and a toothless lion, like a hogtied Scooby-Doo monster after its rubber mask gets ripped off at the end of the episode. Look! It was just Old Man Simpson the whole time!
Whatever influence Old Europe might have had, it’s over. It was always astroturf.
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Absent U.S. intelligence, the Ukrainian military is dead in the Ukrainian mud. Shuttered. Kaput. Dasviydanya, Maria. We provided all their targeting information, warned them of threats, and fed them real-time battlefield intel. It was “a move,” the Independent admitted, “that could seriously hamper the Ukrainian military’s ability to target Russian forces.” Haha, “hamper.”
More like plug, pulled. No more soup for you.
On Tuesday, Trump signaled a “full” pause on U.S. military aid— since Kiev’s Martial Law Administrator (formerly known as “President” Zelensky) doesn’t actually want peace. We know now that “full” included intelligence sharing. Within hours yesterday, Zelensky folded like a cheap pair of cargo pants.During last night’s address, Trump told Congress he’d received an “important letter” from the tiny president. The New York Post ran the story headlined, “Trump announces he received letter from Zelensky asking to come back to ‘negotiating table’ after Ukraine prez was booted from White House.”
Trump read the letter aloud: “The letter reads, quote, ‘Ukraine is ready to come to the negotiating table as soon as possible to bring lasting peace closer. Nobody wants peace more than the Ukrainians.” And then the kicker: “‘My team and I stand ready to work under President Trump's strong leadership to get a peace that lasts.’”
(Hopefully, Trump will first insist that Ukraine reverse the 2022 law it passed forbidding any negotiation with Russia while President Putin remains in office. Otherwise it will be a pretty boring negotiating session.)
Yesterday, Zelensky (or whoever writes his tweets for him) mirrored the letter’s sentiment on X. He has learned to stop worrying and love the minerals deal. His tweet said that now, suddenly, he will sign Trump’s deal, after all, and he’ll do it “any time, and in any convenient format.” I will sign it on a house! I will sign it on a bus! I will sign it with a mouse! I will sign it anywhere.
Meanwhile, the Proxy War “experts” who assured everybody who’d listen yesterday that Ukraine could last for “months” if Trump paused military aid— they all experienced sudden, painful aneurysms provoking apopletic Teret’s-style swearing sessions that were picked up by a NASA probe passing Jupiter.
Zelensky’s tweet also included a half-baked apology, or more accurately, the infamous diplomatic, passive-voiced statement of regret:
In other words, holding no cards, Zelensky stopped bluffing and folded. The art of the deal. It may have felt humiliating in Kiev, but was most humiliating in Brussels. It was a PR defeat for Old Europe on a Waterloo scale. After dwarflike Zelensky was tossed out of the White House, he’d fled straight to Old Europe, where he was swaddled in royal regalia, hugged until he squealed, serenaded, and promised undying love. European leaders convened ‘emergency’ meetings, solemnly vowed to take up the slack on Ukraine aid, and spewed defiant statements at the United States.
But any fantasy that Europe could possibly pick up the slack winked out of existence yesterday, right after Zelensky caved. Old Europe was exposed as a spent-force, a fraud, and a toothless lion, like a hogtied Scooby-Doo monster after its rubber mask gets ripped off at the end of the episode. Look! It was just Old Man Simpson the whole time!
Whatever influence Old Europe might have had, it’s over. It was always astroturf.
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A day late, the corporate media finally stumbled onto the story. The UK Telegraph ran a story yesterday headlined, “Trump turns off Ukraine’s missiles.” The sub-headline added, “Zelensky scrambles to restart talks with White House after it pulls crucial intelligence.”
“Ukraine’s most powerful missiles were left frozen on Wednesday,” the Telegraph lamented, “after the US cut off intelligence-sharing and demanded fresh talks with Volodymyr Zelensky.” As I told you— the intel cutoff has left Kiev mired in the winter mud. It got better. “Diplomatic sources, however, suggested Mr. Zelensky may have to offer additional concessions to get talks back on track.” Womp womp. The Art of the Deal.
In other words, Zelensky’s White House temper tantrum screwed the negotiating pooch. Now he must pay for his big-mouth diplomacy the old-fashioned way—by coughing up more chips at the table— “additional concessions.”
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“Ukraine’s most powerful missiles were left frozen on Wednesday,” the Telegraph lamented, “after the US cut off intelligence-sharing and demanded fresh talks with Volodymyr Zelensky.” As I told you— the intel cutoff has left Kiev mired in the winter mud. It got better. “Diplomatic sources, however, suggested Mr. Zelensky may have to offer additional concessions to get talks back on track.” Womp womp. The Art of the Deal.
In other words, Zelensky’s White House temper tantrum screwed the negotiating pooch. Now he must pay for his big-mouth diplomacy the old-fashioned way—by coughing up more chips at the table— “additional concessions.”
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A day late, the corporate media finally stumbled onto the story. The UK Telegraph ran a story yesterday headlined, “Trump turns off Ukraine’s missiles.” The sub-headline added, “Zelensky scrambles to restart talks with White House after it pulls crucial intelligence.”
“Ukraine’s most powerful missiles were left frozen on Wednesday,” the Telegraph lamented, “after the US cut off intelligence-sharing and demanded fresh talks with Volodymyr Zelensky.” As I told you— the intel cutoff has left Kiev mired in the winter mud. It got better. “Diplomatic sources, however, suggested Mr. Zelensky may have to offer additional concessions to get talks back on track.” Womp womp. The Art of the Deal.
In other words, Zelensky’s White House temper tantrum screwed the negotiating pooch. Now he must pay for his big-mouth diplomacy the old-fashioned way—by coughing up more chips at the table— “additional concessions.”
☕️ MOTIVES ☙ Friday, March 7, 2025 ☙ C&C NEWS 🦠
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Zelenskyy listened to the Democrats.
So what's different from all the other bombing, drones and missiles when they had US intelligence .
Late last night, the BBC ran an ominous story headlined, “Trump says Ukraine 'more difficult' to deal with than Russia.” No kidding.
In an Oval Office presser yesterday afternoon, President Trump told reporters he was finding it "more difficult, frankly, to deal with Ukraine" than Russia. Terrifying neocons and Old Europe, Trump even said, “it may be easier to deal with" Moscow than Kyiv.
Yesterday, America clamped down harder on the green sweatshirt team. After having suspended all direct aid, the Washington Post reported that the U.S. has now also told its military contractors to stop helping Ukraine:
Trump warned them. They don’t have any cards. Trump holds all the cards.
“Putin wants to get it ended,” the President said. “I think Ukraine wants to get it ended, but I don’t see it. It’s crazy! They’re taking tremendous punishment, I don’t quite get it.”
It’s becoming ever clearer that what Zelensky really wants is for the United States to go fight Russia directly on Ukraine’s behalf. Yesterday, referring to Russia’s recent missile attacks, the former comedian posted on Telegram, “The first steps to establishing real peace should be forcing the sole source of this war, Russia, to stop such attacks.”
Forcing? Who is going to force them? You and whose army? Ours?
What’s also becoming increasingly obvious is Europe’s insignificance. First of all, only two of 28 EU countries have been convening all the emergency jibber-jabber summits (France and Britain). Second, now that Trump has withdrawn US military aid, Zelensky has quit pretending that Old Europe is going to somehow step in and save him.
But the final continental insult was delivered yesterday. Trump’s team has generously agreed to try restarting peace talks with panicked Ukraine. But on our terms this time.
Last time, the little dictator insisted on meeting President Trump at the White House to (not) sign the minerals deal. A new meeting will reconvene next Monday, between the US and Ukraine, and not Europe. But this time, it’s not happening in the White House. This time, it’s not happening in Ukraine. This time, it’s not even happening anywhere in London or Brussels.
We’re forcing the Ukrainians to go to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. And President Trump’s not coming.
This time, Zelensky can’t huddle with friendly Democrat senators before the meeting. This time, he can’t meet with obseqious reporters afterwards. The Saudis run a very tight ship of state.
According to unofficial reports, the first thing Zelensky must do, this time, is sign the minerals deal like he promised. Then he must leave, and for the remainder of the week, the two diplomatic teams will work on a peace deal to later propose to the Russians.
Meanwhile, absent U.S. intel and equipment, the Ukrainian army is quickly turning into a carnival shooting-gallery target. The Russians are not letting that opportunity go to waste. Yesterday’s headline from the UK Independent:
Politico said the withdrawal of US intelligence has “an immediate effect.” Reuters ran a dire story yesterday headlined:
Yesterday, media widely reported Trump’ Truth Social post. He said he wants the Russians to quit pummeling defenseless Ukraine, right away, and said he was considering more sanctions. It was genius, politically, proving Trump’s even-handedness between the two sides. But it remains murky just how much more Russia can be sanctioned— and Biden’s sanctions so far have only helped Russia’s economy, which is getting along just fine, thank you.
For the handful of folks still sporting blue and yellow biopics, at least one corporate media headline remained optimistic. The Atlantic ran this rosy headline yesterday:
It was a very silly article and I won’t bother rebutting it. The Atlantic’s take was, to say the least, an outlier. Although it touted the plucky Ukrainians’ courage and willingness to fight to the last retiree, it ended, as ever, with a call for America to force the Russians to give up. Let’s you and him fight.
Trump has explained his goal about a thousand times now: end the war on his terms, not Kiev’s, cut Ukraine loose, and pivot toward China. Ukraine (along with France and Britain) can resist, but with aid dried up, satellites gone dark, and battlefield losses piling up, Ukraine is being surrounded by reality’s gathering troops.
The war’s endgame is now in sight. And its predictable shape looks just like what many of us predicted for years would eventually happen. The only remaining question is how much Ukraine will lose in the final deal.
www.coffeeandcovid.com
In an Oval Office presser yesterday afternoon, President Trump told reporters he was finding it "more difficult, frankly, to deal with Ukraine" than Russia. Terrifying neocons and Old Europe, Trump even said, “it may be easier to deal with" Moscow than Kyiv.
Yesterday, America clamped down harder on the green sweatshirt team. After having suspended all direct aid, the Washington Post reported that the U.S. has now also told its military contractors to stop helping Ukraine:
Trump warned them. They don’t have any cards. Trump holds all the cards.
“Putin wants to get it ended,” the President said. “I think Ukraine wants to get it ended, but I don’t see it. It’s crazy! They’re taking tremendous punishment, I don’t quite get it.”
It’s becoming ever clearer that what Zelensky really wants is for the United States to go fight Russia directly on Ukraine’s behalf. Yesterday, referring to Russia’s recent missile attacks, the former comedian posted on Telegram, “The first steps to establishing real peace should be forcing the sole source of this war, Russia, to stop such attacks.”
Forcing? Who is going to force them? You and whose army? Ours?
What’s also becoming increasingly obvious is Europe’s insignificance. First of all, only two of 28 EU countries have been convening all the emergency jibber-jabber summits (France and Britain). Second, now that Trump has withdrawn US military aid, Zelensky has quit pretending that Old Europe is going to somehow step in and save him.
But the final continental insult was delivered yesterday. Trump’s team has generously agreed to try restarting peace talks with panicked Ukraine. But on our terms this time.
Last time, the little dictator insisted on meeting President Trump at the White House to (not) sign the minerals deal. A new meeting will reconvene next Monday, between the US and Ukraine, and not Europe. But this time, it’s not happening in the White House. This time, it’s not happening in Ukraine. This time, it’s not even happening anywhere in London or Brussels.
We’re forcing the Ukrainians to go to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. And President Trump’s not coming.
This time, Zelensky can’t huddle with friendly Democrat senators before the meeting. This time, he can’t meet with obseqious reporters afterwards. The Saudis run a very tight ship of state.
According to unofficial reports, the first thing Zelensky must do, this time, is sign the minerals deal like he promised. Then he must leave, and for the remainder of the week, the two diplomatic teams will work on a peace deal to later propose to the Russians.
Meanwhile, absent U.S. intel and equipment, the Ukrainian army is quickly turning into a carnival shooting-gallery target. The Russians are not letting that opportunity go to waste. Yesterday’s headline from the UK Independent:
Politico said the withdrawal of US intelligence has “an immediate effect.” Reuters ran a dire story yesterday headlined:
Yesterday, media widely reported Trump’ Truth Social post. He said he wants the Russians to quit pummeling defenseless Ukraine, right away, and said he was considering more sanctions. It was genius, politically, proving Trump’s even-handedness between the two sides. But it remains murky just how much more Russia can be sanctioned— and Biden’s sanctions so far have only helped Russia’s economy, which is getting along just fine, thank you.
For the handful of folks still sporting blue and yellow biopics, at least one corporate media headline remained optimistic. The Atlantic ran this rosy headline yesterday:
It was a very silly article and I won’t bother rebutting it. The Atlantic’s take was, to say the least, an outlier. Although it touted the plucky Ukrainians’ courage and willingness to fight to the last retiree, it ended, as ever, with a call for America to force the Russians to give up. Let’s you and him fight.
Trump has explained his goal about a thousand times now: end the war on his terms, not Kiev’s, cut Ukraine loose, and pivot toward China. Ukraine (along with France and Britain) can resist, but with aid dried up, satellites gone dark, and battlefield losses piling up, Ukraine is being surrounded by reality’s gathering troops.
The war’s endgame is now in sight. And its predictable shape looks just like what many of us predicted for years would eventually happen. The only remaining question is how much Ukraine will lose in the final deal.
☕️ UNCIVIL WARS ☙ Saturday, March 8, 2025 ☙ C&C NEWS 🦠
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This is a Senior Ukrainian Deputy, three months before the 2014 Maidan Revolution, warning the Ukrainian Parliament that the United States was attempting to stage a civil war in Ukraine. He accused the U.S. of using NGOs, being run out of the embassy, to provoke unrest, activate protesters, and instigate violence. He was absolutely spot on.
Today’s final story is a non-story. Yesterday, euphoric media reported that Zelensky traveled to Saudi Arabia to meet with the Crown Prince and to sign President Trump’s minerals deal. That, reporters wildly speculated, would get U.S. aid back on track, or at least let media screech hysterically that weapons and intel should be switched back on.
But this morning, zero articles reported what the little dictator did, or did not do, in Riyadh. It resembled a news embargo on the meeting, or perhaps signaled that the narrative machine is still spinning up. The Washington Post reported only that, “Trump may resume Ukraine aid if pivotal meeting goes well, Rubio says.”
Might resume. You never know.
Today, US and Ukrainian negotiating teams will get down to business. Zelensky is not invited and, the article said, “will not attend.” The Ukrainian delegation will be led by Zelensky’s aide, Andriy Yermak, his Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, the Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, and the deputy head of the presidential office Pavlo Palisa. For America’s part, Secretary Rubio will work alongside national security adviser Michael Waltz and Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff.
Meanwhile, corporate media has completely reversed course. Instead of running fantastic reports about Ukraine’s battlefield success and its latest Biden-supplied wonder weapons, it has pivoted to relentlessly describing in bitter terms how Ukraine is getting its butt kicked. Uesterday’s UK Independent story ran under the depressing headline, “Ukraine losing the war in Kursk as Russia quick to exploit pause in intelligence.”
In other words, it’s Trump’s fault.
The last anyone heard from the green-sweatshirted leader was a video he posted on social media on Sunday. Since then— silence. It’s fair to conclude that nothing good for Kiev happened yesterday. We’ll wait with eager anticipation to discover out what the rest of the week will bring in the latest Proxy War chapter.
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But this morning, zero articles reported what the little dictator did, or did not do, in Riyadh. It resembled a news embargo on the meeting, or perhaps signaled that the narrative machine is still spinning up. The Washington Post reported only that, “Trump may resume Ukraine aid if pivotal meeting goes well, Rubio says.”
Might resume. You never know.
Today, US and Ukrainian negotiating teams will get down to business. Zelensky is not invited and, the article said, “will not attend.” The Ukrainian delegation will be led by Zelensky’s aide, Andriy Yermak, his Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, the Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, and the deputy head of the presidential office Pavlo Palisa. For America’s part, Secretary Rubio will work alongside national security adviser Michael Waltz and Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff.
Meanwhile, corporate media has completely reversed course. Instead of running fantastic reports about Ukraine’s battlefield success and its latest Biden-supplied wonder weapons, it has pivoted to relentlessly describing in bitter terms how Ukraine is getting its butt kicked. Uesterday’s UK Independent story ran under the depressing headline, “Ukraine losing the war in Kursk as Russia quick to exploit pause in intelligence.”
In other words, it’s Trump’s fault.
The last anyone heard from the green-sweatshirted leader was a video he posted on social media on Sunday. Since then— silence. It’s fair to conclude that nothing good for Kiev happened yesterday. We’ll wait with eager anticipation to discover out what the rest of the week will bring in the latest Proxy War chapter.
☕️ POWER FORWARD ☙ Tuesday, March 11, 2025 ☙ C&C NEWS 🦠
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