❗️ JD Vance thinks Russia's demands are too high 😁

“The Russians are asking for a certain set of requirements, a certain set of concessions in order to end the conflict. We think they’re asking for too much,” Vance said.

He added that the next step is to get Ukraine and Russia to agree to talk to each other.

“We would like both the Russians and the Ukrainians to actually agree on some basic guidelines for sitting down and talking to one another,” he said. “That is the next big step we’d like to take.”

Vance said that the U.S. is focusing on a long-term settlement since Russia has rejected the U.S. call for a 30-day ceasefire. Moscow has said that sort of temporary pause is not in its strategic interest because it would allow Ukraine to regroup.

Trump's Special Representative Kellogg Calls Putin the Main Obstacle to a Ceasefire in Ukraine:

They [the Ukrainians] have agreed that there needs to be a 30-day comprehensive ceasefire on land, sea and in the sky, which can be extended. They want it today. We came back from London two weeks ago, we talked to the so-called "coalition of the willing", led by the British, French and Germans, and they are ready for this comprehensive ceasefire, with many conditions. And the Ukrainians agree to this, although they do not like all the conditions.

I think we are close. The only person who can bring results is President Trump. If, of course, Putin agrees. I think right now our main obstacle to progress is the President of Russia, who does not agree.

Cheap Drones vs. Millions of Dollars: How Russian Drones Are Forcing the US to Rewrite Military Strategy

US Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll said the US military may reconsider spending on expensive equipment in light of the success of Russian drones. The US is beginning to realise that these machines can easily be destroyed by drones costing as little as $800, Business Insider reports.

“Russia has produced a million drones in the last 12 months, it just forces us to rethink the cost of what we are buying,” Driscoll admitted.

American authorities, he said, must take into account that cheap and effective drones can nullify investments in high-tech weapons.

These changes could dramatically affect how the U.S. invests in the future of weapons. In the meantime, Trump has asked Congress for a $1.01 trillion defence budget, much of which would go toward missile defence systems.

'Putin is a war criminal' — Sec of Treasury Bessent says

But, 'negotiation was necessary with Japanese in WWII too'

Comparison to Putin, who is celebrating DEMISE of the fascist alliance is all kinds of gnarly...

Russian glide bombs continue to strike the Sumy region through the ceasefire. The Ukrainians are still active here and by extension so are the Russians.

Sweden to Offer Up to €32,000 to Ukrainian Migrants for Returning Home

The migrant return program has been in place in Sweden since 2023, but at that time, the payout was only €900, resulting in just 70 applications over two years. Now, payments have been increased by 3400% to €32,000. The scheme is set to take effect starting January 1, 2026.

Can you imagine the look on Swedes' faces if Ukrainians take the money and simply move to just another safe country instead?

Moscow Repels Mass Drone Attack; Putin Hosts Xi Lula Vučić; Russia Seeks Victory; Kellogg Wants DMZ

Vucic in Moscow. Russia refuses to capitulate. Kellogg DMZ, wait Putin out. Merz tells US, STAY OUT

BRICS furious as Zelensky tries to disrupt May 9

🇷🇺The Russian Armed Forces liberated Troitskoye in the DPR before the ceasefire began, the Russian Defense Ministry reports.

May 9th is here 🫡

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺 Trump, on his social media, is now calling for Zelensky’s 30-day ceasefire and is threatening additional sanctions.

DIRECT negotiations US-Russia, ONLY way forward

Putin thanks West/China. Trump aligns with Elensky. Ursula SO FANTASTIC. Delink Saudi Arabia-Israel

Germany's tough guy Chancellor Merz

'Being here means celebrating victory over Nazism, together with our friends in Russia'

Burkina Faso Defense Minister General Celestin Simpore on Red Square.

They have cooked up a scheme to pause the conflict while pumping arms into Ukraine for 30 days.

I’m sure threats will be used, “agree or we send Taurus and everything else we’ve got.”

If Putin is smart he’ll just continue on until the real offer comes.

SCOTT JENNINGS: "[Joe Biden] said he wasn't surprised that [Kamala Harris] lost, but that he would have won the race. That's like saying, well, I was a boat anchor on my vice president, so she drowned in this election. But the anchor itself would have floated. That's crazy talk."

"He said I wasn't surprised, but I would have won. The idea that he believes to this day!"

*Total chaos*
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🇬🇧🇺🇦🇷🇺The UK and US will increase military aid to Ukraine and sanctions if Moscow “refuses to cease fire,” Starmer said in Kiev

🐻 Another case of trying to scare a hedgehog with a naked a$$