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Donkey gets revenge

🔵 Ismail Haniyeh was no Mandela.
- On CNN in NY responding to questions about the killing of the so-called “moderate” negotiator.

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Good morning Resisters everywhere. Discovered this morning they actually turn up the cell signal about 6:55AM.

Goodnight Resisters everywhere

🕯️Ukraine has returned the bodies of 250 fallen soldiers, according to the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War.

These are the fallen defenders from the Luhansk, Bakhmut, Maryinka, Avdiivka, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia directions, as well as from Mariupol, Horlivka, and morgues in Russia.

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I hope I got the right one this time

Just a short video

This is the Bubba cup. When an ordinary cup isn't big enough. My Rose of Sharon in the background

Using my 30 ounce Bubba cup this morning.

Goodnight Resisters everywhere

I am late starting dinner. 8:25 PM here

💭🇺🇸🇺🇦 Kamala Harris and Zelenskyy had a difficult and tense relationship, she denied him weapons and sanctions before the war began, — Time

🟠 Harris provided intelligence on Russia's preparations for the operation, but rejected Zelenskyy's requests to accept preventive sanctions and immediately supply weapons. In response, Harris and the United States tried to force Zelenskyy to publicly announce the impending invasion;
🟠 All this increased Zelenskyy’s disappointment in his allies and worsened relations with Harris.
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Zelenskyy: Full Sanctions and Solutions Could Have Stopped Putin

In an interview with French journalists, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy emphasized that if there were no "half-sanctions" and "half-solutions," the international community could have already stopped Putin.

"Ukraine is fighting for itself, for survival. And if the whole world thought like us, I am sure that we would have stopped the Russians already. If we did not have half-sanctions and half-solutions, we would have stopped Putin already. Of course, we would have stopped him. The world is much stronger, the world is much bigger, much more powerful, more principled, economically stronger. But half-sanctions. Everything is 'half,'" Zelenskyy stated.

Interception of the Russian reconnaissance UAV "Tachion" by a Ukrainian FPV drone

Donald Trump, if re-elected as US president, might insist on Ukraine's refusal to join NATO, according to the Financial Times. JD Vance, the Republican vice-presidential candidate, has supported the idea of a neutral Ukraine, suggesting this approach could guarantee both Kyiv's independence and its neutrality. Vance mentioned in an interview with the New York Times in June that neutrality is a significant concern for Russia.

Ukraine, on the other hand, is adamant about restoring its full territorial integrity, including Crimea. The US and its European allies have pledged to support Ukraine for as long as necessary and have stated they will not impose peace terms on the Ukrainians. Gideon Rahman, chief international affairs columnist at the Financial Times, highlighted that the primary obstacle to peace is not just Ukraine's reluctance to make territorial concessions but also Russia's demand for a settlement involving the control of 80% of Ukraine's territory, which it currently does not possess. Ukrainians require guarantees that Russia will not use a peace settlement to rearm and launch further offensives.

Kyiv's stance is that Ukraine should join NATO to be covered by the Alliance's collective security guarantees. The recent NATO summit declared that "the future of Ukraine is in NATO," but specified this would occur "when the Allies agree and the conditions are met."

An alternative proposal in Washington is the "Israeli option," which would avoid a formal treaty obligation to defend Ukraine. Instead, it would involve providing advanced Western military aid to Ukraine, enabling it to independently deter future Russian aggression.