”…Vance opposes helping Ukraine, spreads Russian propaganda…, and is best known for yelling at Ukraine’s president in the Oval Office. …the response of Musk-Trump has been to ignore this larger reality completely while allowing Biden-era aid to Ukraine to come to an end. Denmark meanwhile has given more than four times as much aid to Ukraine, per capita, as does the United States.” —Timothy Snyder, The Imperialism Has no Clothes #musk#trump#vance#usa#russia#ukraine
”It takes some patience to unwind all of the nonsense… When Vance says that Denmark is not protecting Greenland…, he is wishing away generations of cooperation, as well as the NATO alliance itself. … The threat in the Arctic…is Russia… But right now the United States is supporting Russia… No one is doing more to contain the Russian threat than Ukraine.” —Timothy Snyder, The Imperialism Has no Clothes https://snyder.substack.com/p/vance-in-greenland #vance#usa#denmark#greenland#nato#russia#ukraine
“As with everything Musk-Trump does, however, the cui bono question about imperialism in Greenland is easy to answer: Russia benefits. Putin cannot contain his delight with American imperialism over Greenland. In generating artificial crises in relations with both Denmark and Canada, …the Trump people cut America loose from security gains and create a chaos in which Russia benefits.” —Timothy Snyder, The Imperialism Has no Clothes #musk#trump#usa#denmark#greenland#canada#russia
The signs: a surge in Russian casualties reported, an increase in Russian tank and armored vehicle losses and a record destruction of Russian artillery in a single day.
🇺🇸 🇺🇦 Darin Gerdes is a professor at Charleston Southern University, giving daily explainers on the war since June 2022.
The new draft deal, one senior official said, looks like “Ukraine was in the war with U.S., lost, [was] captured and now has to pay lifetime reparations.”
On Ukrainian children stolen by #Russia ____ Me: He doesn't have a clue what has happened to the children kidnapped by Russia from #Ukraine & couldn't care less.
Putin says Greenland 'nothing to do with Russia' in nod to US
> In Murmansk, the largest city north of the Arctic circle, President #VladimirPutin vowed to "strengthen Russia's global leadership in the Arctic", while warning that "geopolitical competition in the region" was intensifying
"The US believes that the ceasefire in the sea and energy infrastructure is working. Here's what I think: two days ago, there was a night when there were no strikes on the energy infrastructure. Today, it was damaged in Kherson by Russian artillery. That's how it works. So, there should be a reaction of the United States. In actions." - President Zelensky #AureFreePress#News#press#headline#Ukraine#Russia#Putin#EU#NATO#Zelensky#war
“A Russian scientist from Harvard Medical School has been detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to her friends and colleagues. …
Petrova’s boss, Leon Peshkin, said in an interview on Thursday that the researcher had good reason to fear being returned to Russia because she had publicly protested the Russian invasion of Ukraine in its first days, called for the impeachment of Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, and was arrested. She managed to flee, first to the former Soviet republic of Georgia and then to the United States, to continue her research on genomes.”
"Together with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer, we discussed the results of the leaders' summit on support for Ukraine and security in Europe and held a meeting at the British Embassy in Paris.
Russia launched fresh drone strikes against Kharkiv in Eastern Ukraine, just hours after a tentative agreement with Ukraine to pause attacks on energy sites and ensure safe shipping in the Black Sea. FRANCE 24's Catherine Norris-Trent reports from Kharkiv. #Ukraine#Russia#Kharkiv https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=825LM6gwYYM
#TulsiGabbard, dir of natl #intelligence, was put on the spot by #House Rep #StaceyPlaskett of the Virgin Islands, who asked if #Russia was a friend or adversary of the #US. On Tues in the #Senate, Gabbard called Russia a “competitor”. But today, when asked to choose between the 2, Gabbard admitted Russia was an adversary. That wouldn’t be asked of any other admin, but #Trump’s criticism of #Ukraine & praise of Russia & Gabbard’s past parroting of Russian propaganda makes it necessary.
#Witkoff denied having a personal device w/him during his trip to #Russia, saying in a social media post that he had only a govt-issued secure phone during his travels & suggesting that was why he did not comment in the group chat for a period of time.
Witkoff's post was responding to an op-ed in The WSJ, which referenced media reports about Witkoff "receiving these messages on the commercial app while in Moscow."
#Witkoff arrived in #Russia shortly after noon local time on March 13, acc/to data from the flight tracking website FlightRadar24, & Russian state media broadcast video of his motorcade leaving Vnukovo Interntl Airport…. About 12hrs later, he was added to the "Houthi PC small group" chat on Signal…, to discuss the imminent military op….
#TheAtlantic / #JeffreyGoldberg screenshots first show #Witkoff contributing to the #Signal group chat on Saturday, after he left #Russia & returned to the #US, with a stop on Friday in Baku, #Azerbaijan; however that does not mean he wasn’t opening the app & reading the thread.