Putin congratulates Trump before inauguration

Well yes, Putin is glad he has his asset back in power, even if the latter has outlived its usefulness.

"As for the resolution of the situation (in Ukraine) itself, I would like to emphasize that the goal should not be a brief ceasefire, not some kind of period of respite that would allow a regrouping and rearmament of forces, but a long-term peace based on respect for the legitimate interests of all people and all peoples who live in the region," Putin said on Monday.

The legitimate interests of the people in Kyiv are for russia to stop assaulting them. Full stop.

Well yes, Putin is glad he has his asset back in power, even if the latter has outlived its usefulness.

Yeah, whatever, liberals are allowed to believe every and anything they want if it helps them emotionally.

Putin is considered a statesman in Russia and in many countries on earth. Despite the loaded western media portrayals, he is quite popular out there.

And he has a fair point: the rights of various peoples in a country once known as Ukraine need to be taken into consideration, whether that means autonomy, independence, and now succession.

Also, the legitimate interests of areas which haven't decided their future status yet must be observed - this means regions besides Crimea and Novorossiya (the current union of Donbass states) which have ceded long before the limited ground operation phase of this provoked conflict started.

The legitimate interests of the people in Kyiv are for russia to stop assaulting them. Full stop.

and if that happens under Trump, will you stop crying about him? NOPE

JJEToday 07:25 am JST

Putin is considered a statesman in Russia and in many countries on earth. Despite the loaded western media portrayals, he is quite popular out there.

Among all what, five or six countries of the Dictatorship Cabal? I guess you have the corrupt nations to count as friends but that's only for the time being.

And he has a fair point: the rights of various peoples in a country once known as Ukraine need to be taken into consideration, whether that means autonomy, independence, and now succession.

The rights of the people in Kyiv include NATO membership or else the claim to be respecting rights is disingenuous. I mean to be honest, launching an illegal fascist invasion proved the claim of respecting rights was disingenuous.

Also, the legitimate interests of areas which haven't decided their future status yet must be observed - this means regions besides Crimea and Novorossiya (the current union of Donbass states) which have ceded long before the limited ground operation phase of this provoked conflict started.

And what regions are those? All of Ukraine? Hilarious. Ukraine's borders were defined in 1991. Maybe russia needs to have some self-determination imposed on it with a provoked limited ground operation.

There won't be any NATO in the rump state; you can bank on that.

Regions east of the Dnieper are the obvious candidates to cede. Odessa is another one. Depending on how it unfolds this change of status may apply to considerable Russian founded areas:

https://x.com/MyLordBebo/status/1877426715812602353

Borders change - just ask Serbia - and the 2014 neo-fascist coup really challenged the legal definitions of the borders there and raised questions about whether all proper legal procedures were followed in 1954.

@JJE,

You rely on Twitter for your news..........from a source called "MyLordBebo"?

Comedy gold comrade.

Yeah, whatever, liberals are allowed to believe every and anything they want if it helps them emotionally.

Thats funny coming from the guy who gets "facts" from Twitter

JJEToday 07:44 am JST

There won't be any NATO in the rump state; you can bank on that.

Regions east of the Dnieper are the obvious candidates to cede. Odessa is another one. Depending on how it unfolds this change of status may apply to considerable Russian founded areas:

https://x.com/MyLordBebo/status/1877426715812602353

Borders change - just ask Serbia - and the 2014 neo-fascist coup really challenged the legal definitions of the borders there and raised questions about whether all proper legal procedures were followed in 1954.

Russia hasn't yet proven it has set aside the bodies to completely take over Ukraine but it is good some internet commentators have the optimism to send their compatriots into the meat grinder. Also nothing fascist about removing the russian from influencing Ukraine when the people don't want it. The russian lives based on flaunting legalities.

Thats funny coming from the guy who gets "facts" from Twitter

You mean, reposts from other major news sources, yes.

Article on JJE's twitter source "MyLordBebo":

https://www.voanews.com/a/pro-kremlin-x-users-spread-misinformation-about-ukraine-misuse-of-western-aid/7284406.html

You mean, reposts from other major news sources, yes.

Twitter, Fox and Truth Social. You basically use the same sh but 3 different versions of it because they all showcase the same Maga fed lies

Putin congratulates Trump before inauguration

"Congratulations my little puppet...I'm glad you are back in power so I can pull your strings and Make America Irrelevant Again... Let's get to work undermining democracy and fomenting terror throughout the world"...

On JJE's Twitter source "MyLordBebo":

....the account focuses primarily on two things.

> The first is promoting Russian President Vladimir Putin.....The second is spreading misinformation and disinformation about Ukraine, the United States and its allies. The account frequently uses deep fakes and fake videos to discredit Ukraine and its president.

> MyLordBebo's posts include videos dehumanizing the LGBTQ+ community, while others praise Russia’s allies like Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Syrian President Bashar Assad.

https://www.voanews.com/a/pro-kremlin-x-users-spread-misinformation-about-ukraine-misuse-of-western-aid/7284406.html

OK. Voice of America - literally funded by the US Govt - is your 'independent' source... right.

There was no reason for the US to pick fights with the other major powers; China, Russia and India without working with them to avoid conflicts and wars.

Blinken and Biden had put the world on a very dangerous course.

"Congratulations my little puppet...I'm glad you are back in power so I can pull your strings and Make America Irrelevant Again... Let's get to work undermining democracy and fomenting terror throughout the world"...

Lol accurate, I can see Trump saying "I got your back master, everything I do is for you. I will always look after my bretheren!"

The most powerful man in the world gives a lollipop to his loyal pet clown..

As we all know the United States previous administrations played a key role in generating and perpetuating this terrible conflict in Ukraine since the Bucharest Nato meeting in 2008.

Russia has single-handedly stopped American plans. And any negotiations will have to start with the military situation on the ground dictated by Russia

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There was no reason for the US to pick fights with the other major powers; China, Russia and India without working with them to avoid conflicts and wars.

They didn’t.

FosToday 10:56 am JST

As we all know the United States previous administrations played a key role in generating and perpetuating this terrible conflict in Ukraine since the Bucharest Nato meeting in 2008.

Biden wasn't in office in 2008 and NATO declarations don't result in wars between non-NATO countries unless there is a disgusting war of aggression going on.

Russia has single-handedly stopped American plans.

And lost its only ME ally and expanded NATO.

If there had been no call in April 2008 to expand Nato into Ukraine the situation in Europe today and the situation regarding the European Russia relations would look fundamentally different and we would have a peaceful Europe.

The catastrophic decision by George W. Bush and Condolezza Rice to expand Nato was totally ill conceived: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0epyHOz-Pbs

The only reason the US administration intervened in Ukraine was for its sole and exclusive economic interests (see historical records in Wall Street), not out of solidarity with the local people or spirit of generosity. 

And now - with the majority of Ukrainians who want peace negotiations to start, and the likes of Biden and Blinken out, the only hope is that Washington US lobbies are done putting pressure to the Kyiv regime to send its 18 year old kids to the frontlines

Planet Earth is thirsting for peace. World leaders are yet to do justice to their enormous potential in working for peace. Wishing the young and the young at heart strength and stamina in their efforts to serve peace during their brief tenure at the helm.

Putin must be verrrry happy today, his hard work has paid off.

He's managed to convince half of America that he is their friend and ally, when he actually loathes them and their country. Lord knows why they think that handing him swathes of Ukraine will MAGA.

It won't, it will be an eternal stain on their nation.

Maybe Trump has a surprise up his sleeve though? Surely even Trump must realize that his entire legacy will be ruined if he Renders unto Ceasar.

"We also hear his statement about the need to do everything possible to prevent World War Three. We of course welcome this attitude and congratulate the elected president of the United States of America on taking office."

President Putin invasion of Ukraine, created an another war in Europe,

President Putin has been the source of most, if not all recent milltary conflicts in Europe.

If Donald Trump 47th presidency can bring about any hope of a peaceful long term resolution, after Putin insisted his illegal  "special military operation" to defend the Russian-speaking territories in eastern Ukraine now 2 years, 10 months and 4 weeks, war crimes, brutal atrocities committed on the Ukraine people is simply frivolous.

Donald Trump insistence that a peaceful solution is within his grasp is in all honestly wishful thinking electioneering.

The Ukrainian people are a brave courageous resilient nation.

The flawed Minsk II agreement failed through a total lack of trust on every level.

Donald Trump insistence that a peaceful solution is within his grasp is in all honestly wishful thinking electioneering.

Agreed @isabelle. BS MAGA mutterings aren't the same as reality.

Trump must know that handing Ukraine to Putin in the first 24hrs, or first year of his presidency will ruin his entire legacy. It will be his Neville Chamberlain moment. Man gets off the plane with a piece of 'peace' paper in his hand, cue to tanks smashing into Poland, millions fleeing, emaciated Jews in death camps etc

Not sure Trump will want that kind of image associated with him forever.

The flawed Minsk II agreement failed through a total lack of trust on every level.

Especially the level where Putin invaded Ukraine, then invaded it again, then really properly invaded it again.

I'm sure you have a suitable coping method to excuse him invading it several times.

Trump advisers concede Ukraine peace deal is months away

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/trump-advisers-concede-ukraine-peace-deal-is-months-away-2025-01-15/

Two Trump associates, who have discussed the war in Ukraine with the president-elect, told Reuters they were looking at a timeline of months to resolve the conflict, describing the Day One promises as a combination of campaign bluster and a lack of appreciation of the intractability of the conflict and the time it takes to staff up a new administration.

The neighbouring nations, EU member states, Germany in particular will insist that "Ukraine" must involve a through review of sanctions policy.

Europe energy security, the starvation of cheap Russian fossil fuel imports has had a huge detrimental negative economic downside to German industrial output.

Europe energy security, the starvation of cheap Russian fossil fuel imports has had a huge detrimental negative economic downside to German industrial output.

As we have been saying before the energy topic was key for the US administration to incite the conflict in Ukraine, as well as the huge provision of weapons, over $105 billion dollars since the start of the war (the top arms manufacturers are all based in the States, creating many jobs locally, just like the Nato Secretary said). 

The main goal was was to weaken Europe by disrupting the strong trade relations between Moscow and Berlin, and the economic links between Russia and Europe as a whole, in order to start selling LNG from Texas, produced from fracking, and three times the price of Russian gas. And as we see it today the main request of Trump administration is to buy gas to avert more tariffs.

And what I found astounding is that the legacy media is banned from raising the issue that the natural gas from the American market, as opposed to Russian gas, is far from clean. From the time that it is extracted using a destructive drilling method called fracking, liquefied natural gas leaves a greenhouse gas footprint that is 33% worse than coal, when processing and shipping are taken into account, according to a new Cornell study.  

LNG terminals release harmful air pollutants—such as volatile organic compounds, nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, and particulate matter—that can contribute to increased incidences of respiratory disease, heart disease, and cancer.

Indeed, a 2019 study attributed a decade of growth in global atmospheric methane emissions to the fracking boom in the United States.

What's more, LNG — which the U.S. sends in by the ton — is by definition much more expensive than Russian gas. This has hurt the bottom line of the EU's top manufacturing countries, a list headed by Germany, Italy and Eastern European nations.