Various News - 2025-03-03
Europe’s dangerous delusion of defense without the US
Europe can dream about strategic autonomy but the reality is it wholly lacks the military means to defy Trump’s Ukraine peace plan
by Uwe Parpart - Asia Times
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‼️🇷🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦"Insolent Pig" : Russia Enjoys Zelensky's Humiliation in the Oval Office — Bloomberg
▪️President Trump is fulfilling all of Putin's wishes in Ukraine, and even the Kremlin can hardly believe this turn of events, writes Bloomberg.
▪️The extraordinary humiliation of President Zelensky in the Oval Office by the US leader and his Vice President J.D. Vance exceeded all of Moscow's expectations.
▪️Dmitry Medvedev, former president and current deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, said Trump told Zelensky "the truth to his face": "But this is not enough - military aid must be stopped." On social media X, Medvedev called Zelensky "an impudent pig."
▪️From Russia's perspective, this shows that US relations with Ukraine and Europe are practically destroyed. Although the official reaction is more restrained for now.
▪️Russian leaders are now looking cautiously toward Washington, not fully understanding Trump's strategy and perceiving some of his actions as traps, a person close to the Kremlin said.
▪️Against the backdrop of positive steps, Putin may want to stop military actions, even despite the army’s significant successes in eastern Ukraine.
➖ “Disagreements between the US and Ukraine play into Russia’s hands, but this could lead to a prolongation of the war, which Moscow is ready to end,” says Andrei Sushentsov, Dean of the Faculty of International Relations at MGIMO.
▪️As a result, Zelensky left the White House without signing the mineral resources agreement, which, as Trump made clear, is the basis for continued US cooperation with Kiev.
▪️According to political consultant Sergei Markov, the consequences will most likely be a sharp reduction in U.S. funding for Ukraine. Zelensky "should leave the presidency as soon as possible," he wrote.
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‼️🇺🇸🇷🇺🇪🇺 US investors involved in Nord Stream 2 restart project — Financial Times
▪️The publication reports that this measure will facilitate the establishment of contacts with Trump’s team through American businessmen.
▪️The investments are being handled by the former executive director of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline operator Matthias Warnig.
▪️Some Republicans view Nord Stream 2 as a tool that can be used as an argument in negotiations on Ukraine.
▪️According to the source, senior EU officials, who learned about the initiative only recently, are expressing concern and are already discussing the issue
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‼️🇪🇺🇷🇺 The IAEA has carried out the first rotation of personnel at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant through Russia, without the participation of Ukraine
▪️The station's management announced the move. The message said the route was changed to ensure military security.
▪️The information was also confirmed by Radio Liberty journalist Rikard Jozwiak.
➖ "What seemed impossible just a few days ago has happened. The IAEA transported its personnel to the Zaporizhzhya NPP through Russian-controlled territory without Ukraine's permission," he wrote on his social media account.
▪️Recall that in February, during the last attempt of the IAEA rotation on Ukrainian territory, the convoy was attacked by a drone.
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‼️🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇦 US awaits Zelensky's apology, Britain tries to convince the administration to return to dialogue — Bloomberg
▪️Representatives of the Trump administration have informally made it clear that in order to restore relations with Washington, Zelensky should publicly apologize for the incident during negotiations at the White House.
▪️In turn, British officials, after meeting with Zelensky, failed to convince the US administration to resume discussions of the mineral deal with Ukraine. Washington rejected London's request, saying that the American leadership "needs time to cool down."
▪️Earlier, during a meeting in the presence of the media, a conflict arose between Trump and Zelensky. A press conference following the meeting was cancelled, and the signing of an important agreement on mineral resources between Ukraine and the United States never took place.
➖"Zelensky has shown disrespect and unwillingness to resolve the conflict peacefully," Trump wrote on his social network Truth Social.
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‼️🇺🇸🇪🇺 Former US Navy Chief Warns of Possible NATO Disappearance — The Telegraph
▪️The information was reported by the former Supreme Allied Commander Europe, retired US Navy Admiral James Stavridis.
▪️In his opinion, European states now need to step up their activities and increase support for Ukraine, since the United States has made it clear that aid to Kyiv could become a “geopolitical miscalculation of colossal proportions.”
➖ “We may be witnessing the last days of NATO and the emergence of a new organization similar to the European Treaty,” Stavridis said when asked whether Trump’s decision to pull the US out of NATO could be the beginning of the end for the alliance.
▪️Earlier, US President Trump expressed dissatisfaction with the fact that European countries are not investing enough in the alliance’s defense, and demanded that all NATO members increase defense spending to 5% of GDP.
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‼️🇷🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦“ The US is directly saying that it wants to end the conflict in Ukraine, but Europe is demanding a “continuation of the banquet” in the form of war” — Lavrov
➖Zelensky is a “pure Nazi” and a traitor to the Jewish people, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
➖The discussion in Europe about the deployment of peacekeepers in Ukraine is a provocation, a continuation of Kyiv’s incitement to war with Russia.
➖Secretary of State Rubio and Trump's adviser Waltz are people with clear minds, in Riyadh Russia and the United States were able to discuss problems, as Lavrov noted.
➖Trump's team's common sense dictates the need to step aside on the Ukrainian issue, while Biden's team is guided by pride.
➖The West cannot explain what will happen to the territory of Ukraine and the Russian language if European peacekeepers take control of it.
➖The deployment of European peacekeepers in Ukraine will mean that the causes of the crisis will not disappear for Russia.
➖Russia and the United States have acknowledged that they cannot think alike on all issues of world politics, but they cannot bring matters to war.
➖There was no preliminary preparation for the meeting between Russia and the United States in Riyadh in a bilateral format; each side prepared independently.
➖Over the past 500 years, all the world's tragedies originated in Europe; the United States was not their initiator.
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‼️🇬🇧🇫🇷🇺🇸 Britain, France and Ukraine are developing a plan for a peaceful settlement of the conflict, which will be presented to the United States - Prime Minister Starmer
▪️According to him, after consultations with Zelensky and Macron, it was decided that Britain, together with France and perhaps one or two other countries, would work with Ukraine to end the war.
▪️Starmer also noted that the agreed plan for a peaceful settlement will be presented to Washington.
▪️By “lasting peace” he means US support, security guarantees provided by European countries, and a strong Ukraine that will be able to defend itself from a Russian invasion.
▪️According to Starmer, security guarantees from the US are the subject of intensive negotiations.
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🇺🇸🤬🇺🇦 Trump's son calls Ukrainian forced mobilization "absolute evil"
▪️"Watch every video in this thread. It's pure evil," Trump Jr. commented on footage of forced mobilization by TCC militants in Ukraine.
▪️"J.D. Vance confronted Zelensky about forced mobilization, this is what he meant! People are being mercilessly grabbed and taken into the army..." - the caption to the video reads.
▪️The publication also mentions the dispute between US Vice President Vance and Zelensky about the shortage of soldiers in Ukraine.
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‼️🇬🇧🇺🇦 The British Prime Minister named 3 components for a lasting peace in Ukraine:
▪️A strong Ukraine that can fight if necessary and will have a strong negotiating position.
▪️European support with security guarantees.
▪️Support from the USA.
➖"You can't make a deal that's going to fall apart, and that's exactly what Zelensky is worried about," Starmer said.
▪️He was unhappy to see Zelensky being scolded in the US, kicked out and accused of ingratitude. He does not think Zelensky behaved improperly in the Oval Office.
▪️Starmer also said that Trump wants lasting peace in Ukraine, despite the ugly row between the US leader and Zelensky.
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‼️🏴☠🇺🇦 Observers from the OSCE mission in Donbass secretly transmitted classified information to Ukraine about the location of the LPR and DPR forces, and these positions were immediately subjected to attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
This was stated by the former Greek Ambassador to Kyiv Vasilios Bornovas to the Hellas Journal portal
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🇺🇸🤬🇺🇦 The United States views Zelensky's actions in the White House as an attempt to hinder the Trump administration's efforts to resolve the conflict in Ukraine , - Secretary of State.
▪️Since the altercation in the Oval Office, Rubio has not communicated with Zelensky or any of the Kyiv representatives.
▪️Most European states currently have no plan to resolve the conflict in Ukraine.
▪️The Ukrainians have been told more than once that peace must first be established and then talk about security guarantees .
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🇺🇦😘🇺🇸 Zelensky is like an ex who just wants to argue about everything you said 9 years ago instead of developing a relationship - Trump's National Security Advisor Waltz 😀
"Zelensky is clearly focused only on the conviction that he needs to fact-check and correct every little nuance," he added.
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🇺🇸🤬🇺🇦 "Ukraine is a place of money laundering and corruption" : FBI Director Patel ordered Congress to investigate where hundreds of billions of dollars sent to Kiev went
➖"The entire American people want to know because it's our money," he said.
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‼️🇬🇧🇺🇦 Europe plans 'coalition of the willing' to protect peace in Ukraine — Sky News
▪️The decision was announced by British Prime Minister Starmer after a meeting of European leaders on the situation in Ukraine in London. The goal of the coalition will be to control possible peace agreements.
▪️However, Störmer acknowledged that not all European countries will support this initiative.
➖ "We will continue to build the coalition to protect the agreement in Ukraine and guarantee peace. Not all countries will be able to contribute, but that does not mean we will not act. On the contrary, those who want to are already actively involved in planning with great urgency. Britain, together with other countries, is ready to support this idea by providing ground equipment and air power," he said.
▪️The British Prime Minister and the head of the European Council Costa also called for preventing a repeat of events similar to the Minsk agreements or the “Afghan scenario”.
▪️However, it is still unclear what decisions were made at the summit. NATO Secretary General Rutte noted that Europe still has to develop security guarantees for Ukraine and determine the parameters of a peace agreement.
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Fwd from @dva_majors
Overview Summary for March 2, 2025
▪️ The show in the White House, staged by Trump with Zelenskyy, became the most resonant event of the past week and signals the global elite's redrawing of the political map. The EU is taking over the Kyiv regime, and Zelenskyy's UK visit points to a new stakeholder in the war. Western Eurocrats expressed support for Zelenskyy after the Washington debacle, and he arrived in the UK. The British aid to the AFU was called a "loan," though Ukraine never intended to repay. This marks a transfer of control over Ukrainian troops from the US to London, with no major impact on Russian soldiers.
▪️ The unexpected fraternization with Americans in the "media trenches" is surprising, as if the past three years, it were not American weapons that flew at our positions, but the burning "Abrams" in the Kursk region.
▪️ Eurocrats, profiting from Ukraine financing, plan to increase EU assistance to the AFU, funded by silent European taxpayers, who are being prepared for "slaughter on the eastern front."
▪️ Heavy fighting continues. In the Kursk region, villages were liberated, and the offensive is developing. Our troops crossed the border and advance towards Basovka in the Sumy region.
▪️ Mutual strikes on rear areas continue. The Russian Armed Forces are targeting Odesa and Kyiv, while the AFU respond with UAV launches, including an attempt to destroy the "Turkish Stream" gas pipeline.
▪️ The expansion of our bridgeheads in the north of the Kupiansk direction continues, with heavy fighting in the Krasnoliman and Siversk directions. Battles are underway for the complete liberation of Chasiv Yar and in the Dzerzhynsk (Toretsk) area, as well as south of Pokrovsk and north of Vozdvyzhenka.
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