South Korea to recall ambassador to Ukraine, one of the options it had been considering in the wake of a dispute between President Lee Jae Myung and Ukrainian President Zelensky over the disclosure of the transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war to Seoul.
The Korea Times
Korea decides to recall ambassador to Ukraine over NK POW dispute - The Korea Times
Korea said Thursday it will recall its ambassador to Ukraine — one of the options it had been considering as a protest against Ukrainian President...
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The news is full of stories about so-called "hybrid attacks" initiated by Russia. But if you look behind the headlines and do some research, you will find out that the vast majority of incidents can NOT be attributed to Russia. This is especially true for the biggest stories!
By LostinEU (X)
https://lostineu.substack.com/p/hybrid-war-its-the-russians-or-not
By LostinEU (X)
https://lostineu.substack.com/p/hybrid-war-its-the-russians-or-not
Substack
“Hybrid war”: It’s the Russians – or not, in most cases
EU and Nato are bracing for a “massive hybrid attack” from Russia. The evidence is thin, as most recent incidents did NOT come from there…
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Marco Rubio:
"We do what all of our NATO allies do. We would never violate the sovereignty of any country."
Oh wait... where shall we start ...
"We do what all of our NATO allies do. We would never violate the sovereignty of any country."
Oh wait... where shall we start ...
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Slovak MEP Blaha asks, amid top Brussels politicians’ criticism of Russian elections:
“Will you set up a Euro-Gestapo here, Ms Kallas, and lock up all of us who want peace?"
“Ms Kallas, Ms von der Leyen, you may not have noticed, but Spain is out on the streets, France is out on the streets, and here you are dealing with Russian elections. You must be joking.
You criticize the Russians for holding elections, but you do not mind that Zelensky has been governing for a third year without any elections, without a mandate. You hypocrites.”
“Will you set up a Euro-Gestapo here, Ms Kallas, and lock up all of us who want peace?"
“Ms Kallas, Ms von der Leyen, you may not have noticed, but Spain is out on the streets, France is out on the streets, and here you are dealing with Russian elections. You must be joking.
You criticize the Russians for holding elections, but you do not mind that Zelensky has been governing for a third year without any elections, without a mandate. You hypocrites.”
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Peskov on Zelensky’s '40-day campaign' against Russia launched earlier this year:
'Now these '40 days' are coming back to HAUNT Kiev regime'
'Now these '40 days' are coming back to HAUNT Kiev regime'
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In today’s Guardian, Gaby Hinsliff warns that Russia, Iran and China are coming for us, and worries we may have to sacrifice our liberal principles and become a “securocracy” to ward off these Eastern malevolents.
Aside from a bit of hand-wringing, the column would sit comfortably in the Telegraph or the Daily Mail. It’s a classic example of the liberal press being used to prepare the public for war, and to justify the erosion of civil liberties at home.
The article is overflowing with inconsistencies and tropes.
US bombers have spent the summer flying from a British airbase to bomb Iran, and the Guardian tells us that Britain “wants no part in the war” but that “we cannot quite escape the consequences”.
Then the alleged plot against RAF Fairford, in which Burnham says there are “strong indications that Iran played a part”. None of these “indications”, of course, have been stated. I rather suspect Tehran has bigger fish to fry right now. But even if the allegation turned out to be true, the substantive point is that Britain is a potential target because of its participation in Trump’s criminal war. Stop that, and any threat disappears instantly.
The same goes for Russia. Britain has spent the last four and a half years as one of the most enthusiastic sponsors of the proxy war in Ukraine, and now feigns surprise that Moscow isn’t terribly favourably disposed to us. Again, stop the war and the threat disappears.
“Russia, Iran and China” are threats to Britain only to the extent that Britain has made them threats. Reviving a George W Bush-style “Axis of Evil” serves solely to justify the drive to war, the vast increase in military spending that Trump is demanding of his NATO vassals, and the erosion of civil liberties at home.
Hinsliff slips in a sentence or two warning against xenophobia, and reminds us that Jewish refugees were interned as “enemy aliens” in 1939. Well done – liberal consciences duly eased. But the whole thrust of the piece is to prepare the Guardian readership for a harsher, more paranoid, more militarised Britain. It accepts the war and the enemy list, and simply asks that the repression come with “safeguards”.
In summary, this is part of a wider attempt to reconcile liberalism with the rising tide of militarism and fascism.
@ agent_of_change (X)
Aside from a bit of hand-wringing, the column would sit comfortably in the Telegraph or the Daily Mail. It’s a classic example of the liberal press being used to prepare the public for war, and to justify the erosion of civil liberties at home.
The article is overflowing with inconsistencies and tropes.
US bombers have spent the summer flying from a British airbase to bomb Iran, and the Guardian tells us that Britain “wants no part in the war” but that “we cannot quite escape the consequences”.
Then the alleged plot against RAF Fairford, in which Burnham says there are “strong indications that Iran played a part”. None of these “indications”, of course, have been stated. I rather suspect Tehran has bigger fish to fry right now. But even if the allegation turned out to be true, the substantive point is that Britain is a potential target because of its participation in Trump’s criminal war. Stop that, and any threat disappears instantly.
The same goes for Russia. Britain has spent the last four and a half years as one of the most enthusiastic sponsors of the proxy war in Ukraine, and now feigns surprise that Moscow isn’t terribly favourably disposed to us. Again, stop the war and the threat disappears.
“Russia, Iran and China” are threats to Britain only to the extent that Britain has made them threats. Reviving a George W Bush-style “Axis of Evil” serves solely to justify the drive to war, the vast increase in military spending that Trump is demanding of his NATO vassals, and the erosion of civil liberties at home.
Hinsliff slips in a sentence or two warning against xenophobia, and reminds us that Jewish refugees were interned as “enemy aliens” in 1939. Well done – liberal consciences duly eased. But the whole thrust of the piece is to prepare the Guardian readership for a harsher, more paranoid, more militarised Britain. It accepts the war and the enemy list, and simply asks that the repression come with “safeguards”.
In summary, this is part of a wider attempt to reconcile liberalism with the rising tide of militarism and fascism.
@ agent_of_change (X)
the Guardian
Not since 9/11 has the UK faced such a security crisis – and threat to our liberal principles | Gaby Hinsliff
The combination of Iranian, Russian and Chinese aggression is deeply worrying: just how much more concerned about security should the country be?, asks Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
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🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺 Don't Buy US-Ukraine "Tensions" (Again)
▪️Ukraine would not exist as it does today without the US overthrowing, then politically capturing Ukraine's government, military and intelligence agencies which the US continues to control to this day;
▪️Ukraine's continued ability to strike targets in Russia is WHOLLY the result of constant daily intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance provided by the United States along with money, weapons, equipment, ammunition, and drones provided to Ukraine by the US itself;
▪️Every strike by Ukraine is thus a strike by the US. Just like with Israel, the US often plays games of public disapproval of actions it doesn't want political ownership of, but actions that couldn't take place without complete and constant US support;
▪️The fact that US-Ukrainian tensions or US-Israeli or US-EU tensions are so emotionally appealing to so many people makes this sort of theater that much more effective no matter how irrational and impossible it is in material reality;
▪️The notion of the US demanding "new leadership" for Ukraine in Kiev when Ukraine is run by Washington is elementary perception management - if Zelensky was never really in charge of anything, what difference does it make replacing him - except in terms of political narratives, plausible deniability, blame-passing etc.?
▪️As long as people keep falling for it though, the US will continue getting away with it, and buying time and space for its wars and proxy wars while doing so;
▪️Ukraine would not exist as it does today without the US overthrowing, then politically capturing Ukraine's government, military and intelligence agencies which the US continues to control to this day;
▪️Ukraine's continued ability to strike targets in Russia is WHOLLY the result of constant daily intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance provided by the United States along with money, weapons, equipment, ammunition, and drones provided to Ukraine by the US itself;
▪️Every strike by Ukraine is thus a strike by the US. Just like with Israel, the US often plays games of public disapproval of actions it doesn't want political ownership of, but actions that couldn't take place without complete and constant US support;
▪️The fact that US-Ukrainian tensions or US-Israeli or US-EU tensions are so emotionally appealing to so many people makes this sort of theater that much more effective no matter how irrational and impossible it is in material reality;
▪️The notion of the US demanding "new leadership" for Ukraine in Kiev when Ukraine is run by Washington is elementary perception management - if Zelensky was never really in charge of anything, what difference does it make replacing him - except in terms of political narratives, plausible deniability, blame-passing etc.?
▪️As long as people keep falling for it though, the US will continue getting away with it, and buying time and space for its wars and proxy wars while doing so;
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Tulsi Gabbard warns against the intense war propaganda "to pull the US military into a direct conflict with Russia, which is ultimately what the EU and NATO want".
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🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦 Regarding US Threats to Cut Intel to Ukraine & Make Deals with Russia... (and for those living in counties blocking Sputnik)
I was recently interviewed by Sputnik who asked about these topics and published parts of my answers. Below are the full questions/answers...
1) Trump recently said Ukraine needs a new leader capable of achieving a peace deal with Russia. Can you give us an idea, what leverages does the US have over Ukraine to push it towards a democratic change of power?
Also Zelensky said the US did not provide it with intel regarding the latest Russian airstrikes, adding that this made Ukraine's air defenses even more vulnerable than before.
Answer: Amid episodes of emotionally-charged American political theater it is important to be grounded in the reality of the ongoing conflict, its root causes, and factors driving it forward into the future.
The ongoing war in Ukraine is wholly a US proxy war against Russia. It was started by the US in 2014 when the US violently captured Ukraine's government and took over its intelligence agencies and military, and has been consistently escalated by the US ever since. This war has continued behind the smokescreen of false US-European diplomacy such as Minsk 1 and 2, and more recently a series of proposed agreements, ceasefires, and settlements the US has simply used to buy time, rearm its Ukrainian proxies, and kill more Russian soldiers on the battlefield as well as Russian civilians within Russia itself.
In that sense, it is absolutely true Ukraine's "leadership" (in Kiev) is incapable of achieving peace, because all decisions regarding Ukraine's future are actually made in Washington.
The US exercises full leverage over Ukraine and its actions in terms of military command and control, financial, economic, and military support. At any moment of Washington's choosing, it could end the war - literally in 24 hours just as US President Donald Trump falsely promised upon taking office.
However, it has no intention of doing so.
Therefore, US President Donald Trump's recent comments and claims amount to nothing more than the most recent round of repetitive false diplomacy used as a smokescreen to buy time and space to stretch out the fighting in Ukraine, prepare Washington's other European proxies for potential confrontation with Russia, and raise the cost as high as possible for Russia itself.
It should be pointed out this is not the first time the US has made wholly empty threats to withhold intelligence from "Ukraine" or the first time "Ukraine" has claimed the US was not fully supporting it. Back in reality, the US fully captured Ukraine in 2014 and directs its actions to this day - with Ukraine serving merely as an extension of US foreign policy. Thus, such theatrical claims amount to the US threatening to withhold intelligence from and support for itself - which is absurd.
2) In your opinion, why did the US suspend intelligence sharing with Ukraine?
Answer: It is almost a certainty that the US has not suspended intelligence sharing with Ukraine. Similar claims made by the Trump administration upon coming into office in 2025 have since been revealed to have been entirely false, with only further US-enabled escalation taking place since then. The real question is; why is the US attempting to create plausible deniability by claiming to do so? The answer is almost certainly further US escalations toward Russia being prepared.
3) Will this force Ukraine to make concessions?
Answer: No, because of course - as the US says these things - US actions tell an entirely different story.
Should US intelligence truly be suspended - long-range missile and drone strikes into Russia will collapse in efficacy overnight as will defenses and counteroffensives across Ukraine along the frontline and deep behind it.
I was recently interviewed by Sputnik who asked about these topics and published parts of my answers. Below are the full questions/answers...
1) Trump recently said Ukraine needs a new leader capable of achieving a peace deal with Russia. Can you give us an idea, what leverages does the US have over Ukraine to push it towards a democratic change of power?
Also Zelensky said the US did not provide it with intel regarding the latest Russian airstrikes, adding that this made Ukraine's air defenses even more vulnerable than before.
Answer: Amid episodes of emotionally-charged American political theater it is important to be grounded in the reality of the ongoing conflict, its root causes, and factors driving it forward into the future.
The ongoing war in Ukraine is wholly a US proxy war against Russia. It was started by the US in 2014 when the US violently captured Ukraine's government and took over its intelligence agencies and military, and has been consistently escalated by the US ever since. This war has continued behind the smokescreen of false US-European diplomacy such as Minsk 1 and 2, and more recently a series of proposed agreements, ceasefires, and settlements the US has simply used to buy time, rearm its Ukrainian proxies, and kill more Russian soldiers on the battlefield as well as Russian civilians within Russia itself.
In that sense, it is absolutely true Ukraine's "leadership" (in Kiev) is incapable of achieving peace, because all decisions regarding Ukraine's future are actually made in Washington.
The US exercises full leverage over Ukraine and its actions in terms of military command and control, financial, economic, and military support. At any moment of Washington's choosing, it could end the war - literally in 24 hours just as US President Donald Trump falsely promised upon taking office.
However, it has no intention of doing so.
Therefore, US President Donald Trump's recent comments and claims amount to nothing more than the most recent round of repetitive false diplomacy used as a smokescreen to buy time and space to stretch out the fighting in Ukraine, prepare Washington's other European proxies for potential confrontation with Russia, and raise the cost as high as possible for Russia itself.
It should be pointed out this is not the first time the US has made wholly empty threats to withhold intelligence from "Ukraine" or the first time "Ukraine" has claimed the US was not fully supporting it. Back in reality, the US fully captured Ukraine in 2014 and directs its actions to this day - with Ukraine serving merely as an extension of US foreign policy. Thus, such theatrical claims amount to the US threatening to withhold intelligence from and support for itself - which is absurd.
2) In your opinion, why did the US suspend intelligence sharing with Ukraine?
Answer: It is almost a certainty that the US has not suspended intelligence sharing with Ukraine. Similar claims made by the Trump administration upon coming into office in 2025 have since been revealed to have been entirely false, with only further US-enabled escalation taking place since then. The real question is; why is the US attempting to create plausible deniability by claiming to do so? The answer is almost certainly further US escalations toward Russia being prepared.
3) Will this force Ukraine to make concessions?
Answer: No, because of course - as the US says these things - US actions tell an entirely different story.
Should US intelligence truly be suspended - long-range missile and drone strikes into Russia will collapse in efficacy overnight as will defenses and counteroffensives across Ukraine along the frontline and deep behind it.
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Just two days ago 🤡🤡🤡 EU sent yet another €2.86 billion for continuation of war against Russia to Zelensky's bottomless pit "Ukraine".
And today megalomaniac crackhead loser Zelensky is already *demanding* even more money:
"The war will cost [you, EU] €155 billion next year. And we need *at least*❗️ €70 billion* more from you"
Stealing like there is no tomorrow!
And today megalomaniac crackhead loser Zelensky is already *demanding* even more money:
"The war will cost [you, EU] €155 billion next year. And we need *at least*❗️ €70 billion* more from you"
Stealing like there is no tomorrow!
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NATO's war drum beats getting louder every day:
Preparing public for war against Russia.
UK General Sir Roly Walker:
Brits will be asked to make sacrifices and play their part in defending the country as political leaders prepare to confront the public about the threat of war.
Telegraph:
"Just two weeks before the Budget, Sir Roly said ministers would soon have to “try and explain to our citizens that our citizens have got to consent to sacrifices to prioritise defence and security”.
Polling published by Ipsos found that half of the public would not be prepared to go to war for Britain in any circumstances."
He said: “Very soon, the political leaders of this country will start to have a frank conversation with the citizens of this country, about just what is going on and where the risk lies, and what the nation must need to be prepared to do."
Preparing public for war against Russia.
UK General Sir Roly Walker:
Brits will be asked to make sacrifices and play their part in defending the country as political leaders prepare to confront the public about the threat of war.
Telegraph:
"Just two weeks before the Budget, Sir Roly said ministers would soon have to “try and explain to our citizens that our citizens have got to consent to sacrifices to prioritise defence and security”.
Polling published by Ipsos found that half of the public would not be prepared to go to war for Britain in any circumstances."
He said: “Very soon, the political leaders of this country will start to have a frank conversation with the citizens of this country, about just what is going on and where the risk lies, and what the nation must need to be prepared to do."
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Массированный удар по северо-западу
Больше тысячи дронов летели по регионам России. Взрывы вновь гремели над Северной столицей. В ночь на 18 октября Санкт-Петербург и Ленинградская область подверглись массированному налёту беспилотников.
Враг атаковал дронами гражданскую и энергетическую инфраструктуру, а также один из путепроводов. Сообщения о работе ПВО и взрывах появлялись практически всю ночь.
🔻 Что известно?▪️ Власти подтвердили возгорание на территории Петербургского нефтяного терминала, официально объявлено о пожарах на объектах гражданской инфраструктуры в Невском, Красносельском, Красногвардейском и Московском районах.
▪️ Компания Ozon подтвердила атаку на один из своих логистических центров в Петербурге. Всех сотрудников эвакуировали, никто не пострадал, на месте работали экстренные службы. Логистические маршруты перераспределяют между другими центрами. Срок восстановления не назван.▪️ Представители VK подтвердили атаку БЛА на дата-центр компании в Ленобласти и заявили, что сервисы доступны в обычном режиме. Одновременно мониторинговые площадки фиксировали всплеск жалоб на работу «ВКонтакте». Масштаб повреждений и продолжительность возможных сбоев пока не раскрыты, однако известно, что целью стал объект в Новосергиевке.▪️ Во Всеволожске зафиксировано попадание в многоквартирный жилой дом, произошёл пожар. Госпитализированы женщина и трое детей с симптомами токсического воздействия угарного газа. В Гатчине обломки упали на многоквартирный дом, по сообщению властей, пострадавших в районе нет. В районе Кировска сообщалось о падении обломков на частный дом. В Новоселье Ломоносовского района повреждены 55 припаркованных автомобилей, в Низино — четыре автомобиля, там возникло возгорание.▪️ В Янино в результате ударов отключены две трансформаторных подстанции, в зоне отключения находятся 50 многоквартирных домов, около 20 тысяч человек. Региональные власти связывают нарушения с падением обломков на линии электропередачи, при этом в Сети появлялись кадры с характерным свечением после удара по энерогообъекту рядом с дата-центром VK.▪️ Аэропорт Пулково временно прекратил приём и отправку самолётов, пассажиров и сотрудников укрывали в безопасных местах.
▪️ К утру закрыт участок Западного скоростного диаметра от Екатерингофки до Шкиперского протока, сообщалось об ограничении проезда в районе Большого Обуховского моста. В Сети появились кадры с задымлением на вантовом мосту через Корабельный фарватер на ЗСД, однако официальной информации о статусе моста пока нет.▪️ Вне Петербурга и Ленобласти ночью вводили ограничения на работу аэропортов Пскова и Череповца, в Вологодской области объявляли беспилотную опасность. Всего же, по данным Минобороны России, перехвачены свыше тысячи БЛА.
Основной установленный ущерб сосредоточен в Петербурге и Ленобласти: несколько промышленных и логистических объектов, жилые дома, автомобили и электросети. Удары по Северо-Западу продолжают наращиваться: предыдущий крупный налёт на Ленобласть фиксировался в начале июня, а атаки на Петербург заметно активизировались в период ПМЭФ.
#Россия #СанктПетербург #Украина
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According to monitoring channels, the Ukrainian drones that attacked St. Petersburg last night flew through Latvian airspace again, and the Latvian authorities limited their response to warnings for the population.
During the past night, 1,015 Ukrainian drones were destroyed over various regions of Russia, according to the Ministry of Defense.
t.me/ForeignAgentIntel
During the past night, 1,015 Ukrainian drones were destroyed over various regions of Russia, according to the Ministry of Defense.
t.me/ForeignAgentIntel
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That time when loser crackhead #Zelensky 🤡 tried to bite the feeding hand, insulted Trump and then realised he is a toast without the US Trump's support, money and weapons🤣
Q: Can Ukraine win this war without the US?
🤡 Zelensky:
"If it's without the US' support, it's very difficult. But if the US will support Putin, I mean, it's unbelievable. It's a historic mistake and big tragedy.
If the US officially will take the side of Russia, of course we will not prevail, and we will not be able to stand.
That's why we hope that President Trump and his team will be on our side, or at minimum in the middle." 🤣🤣🤣
Q: Can Ukraine win this war without the US?
🤡 Zelensky:
"If it's without the US' support, it's very difficult. But if the US will support Putin, I mean, it's unbelievable. It's a historic mistake and big tragedy.
If the US officially will take the side of Russia, of course we will not prevail, and we will not be able to stand.
That's why we hope that President Trump and his team will be on our side, or at minimum in the middle." 🤣🤣🤣
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In February 2014, the editor of Foreign Affairs (Gideon Rose) bragged about how the US was taking Ukraine while Russia was distracted by the Olympics
- For all the talk about "choosing" the right side, only 20% of Ukrainians were then in favour of NATO membership
- For all the talk about "choosing" the right side, only 20% of Ukrainians were then in favour of NATO membership
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"This is a very interesting public presser from Ukraine President Zelenskyy, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere and a subdued Finnish President Alexander Stubb.
This press event follows President Trump Emissary Steve Witkoff meeting with Zelenskyy, Stoere and Stubb.
Steve Witkoff leaves Norway and is going to St Petersburg to meet with Russian Federation Vladimir Putin tomorrow.
When asked why Witkoff was not present {10:00}, the host PM Jonas Stoere says, “this is a press conference among political leaders,” and then quickly moves on.
Both Stoere and Stubb are very subdued from their prior public statements that put themselves in opposition to the U.S. Trump administration and now suddenly reverse and say it is important for them to remain engaged with the USA effort and for all EU nations to support discussions with Russia.
Following Stubb {at 13:00} Zelenskyy notes that Witkoff traveling to meet with Putin tomorrow is very important, and he is very happy that “early warning systems” are working and “it’s great.” Zelenskyy repeated referenced the call with Secretary Marco Rubio in outlining a shift in tone that is suddenly very appreciative of the USA support. A very curious shift.
As previously noted, there is an early plan for China (Xi), Russia (Putin) and the USA (Trump) to meet on the sidelines of the APEC summit next month in China. Little man Zelenskyy clarifies his prior comments about a trilateral meeting by saying that his comments were directed to a possible U.S, Russia, Ukraine trilateral meeting and not the APEC sideline.
At 16:00 Peter Baker (NYT) obviously notes the tone change visible in this presser and asks about what is going on?
Baker was taken aback when Zelenskyy, Stubb and Stoere affirm the positive and constructive meeting with Steve Witkoff, and “there is nothing to gain” by looking at things said yesterday, said Stoere.
Finland President Stubb joins with very complimentary statements of Steve Witkoff affirming his belief this meeting has clarified a lot of issues that now lead toward peace. “Today was a big success” Stubb emphasized as the press conference concludes.
It sounds to me like Secretary Rubio used his linguistic battle skills to pin Zelenskyy on the issue of stirring up trouble and that set up Steve Witkoff for a solid meeting without the EU political drama and narrative constructs of recent weeks.
The trio of Zelenskyy, Stoere and Stubb looked considerably smaller in this presser perhaps realizing their miniscule stature in the grand scheme of geopolitical affairs.
It will be very interesting to see how the U.S. media react to this shifted tone from today – particularly as it relates to the New York Times and Peter Baker’s narrative engineering effort."
Source: TheLastRefuge2 (X)
This press event follows President Trump Emissary Steve Witkoff meeting with Zelenskyy, Stoere and Stubb.
Steve Witkoff leaves Norway and is going to St Petersburg to meet with Russian Federation Vladimir Putin tomorrow.
When asked why Witkoff was not present {10:00}, the host PM Jonas Stoere says, “this is a press conference among political leaders,” and then quickly moves on.
Both Stoere and Stubb are very subdued from their prior public statements that put themselves in opposition to the U.S. Trump administration and now suddenly reverse and say it is important for them to remain engaged with the USA effort and for all EU nations to support discussions with Russia.
Following Stubb {at 13:00} Zelenskyy notes that Witkoff traveling to meet with Putin tomorrow is very important, and he is very happy that “early warning systems” are working and “it’s great.” Zelenskyy repeated referenced the call with Secretary Marco Rubio in outlining a shift in tone that is suddenly very appreciative of the USA support. A very curious shift.
As previously noted, there is an early plan for China (Xi), Russia (Putin) and the USA (Trump) to meet on the sidelines of the APEC summit next month in China. Little man Zelenskyy clarifies his prior comments about a trilateral meeting by saying that his comments were directed to a possible U.S, Russia, Ukraine trilateral meeting and not the APEC sideline.
At 16:00 Peter Baker (NYT) obviously notes the tone change visible in this presser and asks about what is going on?
Baker was taken aback when Zelenskyy, Stubb and Stoere affirm the positive and constructive meeting with Steve Witkoff, and “there is nothing to gain” by looking at things said yesterday, said Stoere.
Finland President Stubb joins with very complimentary statements of Steve Witkoff affirming his belief this meeting has clarified a lot of issues that now lead toward peace. “Today was a big success” Stubb emphasized as the press conference concludes.
It sounds to me like Secretary Rubio used his linguistic battle skills to pin Zelenskyy on the issue of stirring up trouble and that set up Steve Witkoff for a solid meeting without the EU political drama and narrative constructs of recent weeks.
The trio of Zelenskyy, Stoere and Stubb looked considerably smaller in this presser perhaps realizing their miniscule stature in the grand scheme of geopolitical affairs.
It will be very interesting to see how the U.S. media react to this shifted tone from today – particularly as it relates to the New York Times and Peter Baker’s narrative engineering effort."
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