TheOldGuy @TheOldGuy@qoto.org
I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian fascist invaders.
I am a 73 year old Covid hermit who
lives on 10 acres in a sparsely populated area of the Ozarks. I heat with wood that is leftover by the lumber industry. When cutting oak for lumber only the trunk is used.
The largest town is population 2993. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
Joined Dec 2022
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“This new political landscape is a serious challenge for everyone — especially in the context of a possible end to the Russian-Ukrainian war as a result of an agreement between the president of Russia and the new president of the United States,” Tusk said.
He will meet Starmer in Warsaw or London as early as this week and host Macron and Rutte in Poland in an attempt to secure western support for Ukraine via a European alliance that will include the Nordic and Baltic states.
Tusk, who dealt with Trump as president of the European Council between 2016 and 2019, once told a meeting of EU leaders that the American was “stupid” and “on a mission against what we stand for” in Europe.
His attempt to build an inner alliance on Ukraine is revealing of Europe’s fears that a peace deal with Putin could, through transfers of territory and enforced neutrality for Kyiv, hand a victory to Russia.
“We will very intensively co-ordinate co-operation with countries that have a very similar view on the geopolitical and transatlantic situation and situation in Ukraine,” he said. “Nobody wants the conflict to escalate. At the same time, nobody wants Ukraine to weaken or even capitulate; this would be a fundamental threat to Poland and Polish interests.”
During talks with Zelensky in Budapest on Thursday, Starmer pledged Britain’s “unwavering” support “to step up” in defence of Ukraine. After meetings in Hungary, which leads Europe’s pro-Russia camp, the Ukrainian leader attacked unnamed European countries for “strongly” pushing Ukraine to compromise.
European diplomats regard Britain — alongside Poland and France — as critical to holding the line in Europe because of German hesitation on, for example, allowing the Ukrainians to use missiles supplied by the West to hit targets on Russian territory.
Josep Borrell, the EU’s foreign affairs chief, landed in Kyiv this weekend in the first significant expression of European support for Ukraine since Trump’s victory. “We will back Ukraine as much as we can,” he said.
During the night attack in the Tula region, the Ukrainian Armed Forces struck a chemical plant.
Ukrainian drones have struck the Aleksinsky chemical plant, which produces gunpowder and ammunition for the Russian military, in Russia's Tula Oblast, sources at the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) report.
The SBU sources said at least 13 drones flew at the plant overnight, and orange smoke erupted due to the gunpowder at the site.
The plant itself was shut down, and personnel evacuated, a 110 kV supply was damaged.
It is also reported that in addition to the chemical plant, the Aleksin Thermal Power Plant was confirmed to have been hit, and a power line was damaged.
In 2023, the Aleksinsky Chemical Plant was included in the US sanctions list due to the production of ammunition, as well as polymers, paints and varnishes, and composite materials for the Russian military-industrial complex.
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💩 Russian nazis shoot a Ukrainian fighter after a short interrogation. Before his death, our fighter said that he was from the Sumy region
⚡️ Russian losses in Ukraine reached record high in October, UK defense minister says.
British defense intelligence estimates Russia has likely suffered more than 696,000 losses since the start of the full-scale invasion.
I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian fascist invaders.
I am a 73 year old Covid hermit who
lives on 10 acres in a sparsely populated area of the Ozarks. I heat with wood that is leftover by the lumber industry. When cutting oak for lumber only the trunk is used.
The largest town is population 2993. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
Joined Dec 2022
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