16 Feb, 2025 15:27

EU nation rejects Zelensky’s call for bloc-wide army

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski has reiterated his country’s opposition to a possible unified military

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski has dismissed Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky’s proposal to create an “army of Europe.” Poland has consistently rejected the idea of a unified EU military, and has strongly advocated that the US maintains its dominant role in security on the continent.

“I think we should be careful with this term because different people understand different things. If you understand by it the unification of national armies, it will not happen,” Sikorski told state news channel TVP World on Saturday. He added that strengthening the bloc’s defense component should complement US-led NATO efforts, not replace them.

Zelensky called for the creation of a unified EU force at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, a day after US Vice President J.D. Vance levelled heavy criticism at European nations. Vance showed that “decades of the old relationship between Europe and America are ending,” Zelensky said. (Ukraine is not in EU nor NATO and he certainly won’t get it now or ever. Ukraine has always been used by Europe and EU as the Mafia, money laundering and CIA purposes. Zelensky fucked himself forever.)

Some 22 EU states are currently members of NATO, with the US-led pact effectively determining security policy on the continent since the start of the Cold War. However, several EU leaders have in the past floated the idea of pooling their militaries into a common force independent of the US.

Then Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said in November 2023 that “any competition between [NATO] and the EU when it comes to security is a very bad thing,” and that Warsaw had chosen a close partnership with the US over “some imaginary European army.” The country has significantly bolstered its military collaboration with Washington in recent years. Warsaw purchased $10 billion worth of HIMARS rocket artillery systems, secured a $2 billion loan from the US for military modernization, and now hosts its first permanent US base in Poznan.

Before the Ukraine conflict, French President Emmanuel Macron and former German Chancellor Angela Merkel were among the most vocal advocates of establishing an EU army. In 2019, Macron described NATO as “brain dead”and urged European leaders to pursue a policy of “strategic autonomy” from Washington.

Italy voiced the idea of a joint military last January. Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has argued that the bloc cannot have a credible foreign policy without a joint military.

The conflict in Ukraine has apparently put a damper on such discussion. Macron has shifted his rhetoric on NATO and now supports the expansion of the US-led alliance. Merkel’s replacement, Olaf Scholz, still speaks of the need for “a more sovereign… European Union,”but has remained silent on the idea of building what Merkel called “a real, true European army.”

When talk of an independent European force first surfaced two decades ago, then US Secretary of Defense William Cohen called the idea “a threat to the very existence of NATO.”

(IMO Macron, Boris and Scholz are in a shit ton of trouble by starting this war with Bidan. Can’t wait for that to happen.)

https://www.rt.com/news/612816-poland-rejects-zelensky-army-proposal/

16 Feb, 2025 15:39

Trump’s envoy signals possible Ukraine concessions

President Vladimir Putin has previously indicated that Moscow would be open to talks if Kiev withdrew its troops from Russian regions

Territorial concessions may be part of future peace talks between Moscow and Kiev, US President Donald Trump’s special envoy on Russia and Ukraine has suggested. Speaking on Saturday at the Munich Security Conference, Keith Kelloggemphasized that while some things are off the table, compromise could play a role in the negotiations.

“Some of [the concessions] are unrealistic to expect where you’d want to go to, but it’s territorial. It could be the engagement of refusing to use force, renouncement of the use of force into the future,” Kellogg said.

He added that both Russia and Ukraine might have to make concessions during talks.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has previously indicated that Moscow would be open to an immediate ceasefire and peace talks if Ukraine withdrew its troops from the Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson, and Zaporozhye regions, which formally joined Russia following referendums in 2022. However, in August 2024, Putin dismissed negotiations, citing the Ukrainian military presence in Russia’s Kursk Region.

Kellogg also mentioned the necessity of “breaking alliances” between Russia and North Korea, Iran, and China, which he claims have strengthened over the past four years.

Earlier this week, Putin spoke by phone with Trump, marking the first known high-level direct contact between Moscow and Washington since the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in February 2022.

According to the Kremlin, Trump expressed support for the swift cessation of hostilities and a peaceful resolution, while Putin mentioned a need to address the root causes of the conflict, agreeing that a long-term settlement could be achieved through negotiations. Following the conversation, the US President wrote on his platform Truth Social that Washington and Moscow were immediately beginning discussions to end the fighting.

Russia has yet to confirm any details, but according to multiple media reports, a US delegation – likely composed of national security officials – will travel to Saudi Arabia in the coming days for talks with their counterparts from Moscow.

Trump also said that American and Russian officials might meet during the conference in Munich, adding that Ukraine was also invited to participate. However, no such meeting was reported by the conference organizers or news outlets.

(I think Kellogg who is not smart, just stuck his foot in his mouth again, he has now made Russia doubt on negotiations)

https://www.rt.com/news/612818-trumps-envoy-signals-possible-ukraine-concessions/

16 Feb, 2025 12:40

Vance meets leader of ‘firewalled’ German party backed by Musk

The US vice president has slammed mainstream European politicians for “fearing” their own voters

US Vice President J.D. Vance met with Alice Weidel, the leader of Germany’s ‘firewalled’ Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, on Friday. Vance was in the country to attend the annual Munich Security Conference.

Their meeting reportedly lasted about half an hour and focused on the Ukraine conflict, German domestic policies, and freedom of speech, including theso-called ‘Brandmauer’, or “firewall against the right.” The term refers to a stance embraced by mainstream German parties that aims to prevent the right-wing powers from joining ruling coalitions in the country.

News of the meeting came after Vance slammed European politicians for “fearing” their own voters by refusing to engage with right-wing parties in a speech on Friday. While he did not mention the AfD directly, he saidEuropean governments should drop “firewalls” and “embrace” public opinion or lose the right to be called democratic.(Next country to get a comeuppance is the UK, they are the worst. They burned the Magna Carta 4+ years ago.)

Vance referred to the recent endorsement of Weidel for German chancellor by Elon Musk, a close ally to US President Donald Trump, whose online presence at an AfD rally in Halle last month resulted in accusations of election interference from the German government. The vice president dismissed the allegations, painting Musk’s endorsement as an example of free speech, a core democratic value. He chided the European establishment for criticizing Musk, and said he feared free speech was “in retreat”across the continent.

The AfD denies being far-right, insisting that it promotes the interests of the German people with its anti-immigration stance. It has, however, been put under surveillance for suspected extremism by German intelligence. Despite the allegations, public support for the party has been growing, and it is currently polling in second place ahead of the German parliamentary election on February 23, with 21% of the public saying they support it.

Weidel did not comment on her meeting with Vance, but praised his remarks in Munich in a post on X, saying they were “excellent” and applauding his comment regarding firewalls.

According to Reuters, citing Vance’s office, he met with leaders of all of Germany’s major political parties while in Munich, including Friedrich Merz, the head of the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), which is currently leading in the polls. After meeting with Vance, Merz said in a post on X that he and the vice president “reaffirmed the special importance of transatlantic relations.” However, he later described Vance’s speech in Munich as “little short of interference.”

Other German politicians have also criticized Vance for his remarks targeting their policies, with incumbent Chancellor Olaf Scholz posting on X that “the extreme right should be out of political decision-making processes” in Germany and stating that Vance had no right to give the country advice on the issue.

(All these EU dictators are freaking to fuck out, the reason is the corruption of the governments will be exposed. Plus it will come out their working with Bidan on international crimes, ie Nord Stream 2 is just one example, what was their collusion with Bidan to get rid of Trump forever? They are all responsible for the Islam invasion and the killing of citizens by them. Vance seems to be Trump’s sword and word on the things Trump would but cannot say. God Bless VP JDVance.This is fun to watch)

https://www.rt.com/news/612806-vance-germany-right-wing-meeting/

16 Feb, 2025 15:2

Germany’s AFD seeks ‘very good relations’ with Russia – co-leader

Berlin needs to shelve its “harmful” sanctions policy, according to Alternative for Germany co-chair Alice Weidel.

(It’s amazing this party has won or even survived, Germany has tried for 4+ years to ban them, put them in jail and almost killed three of them)

Germany needs to restore relations with Russia for the sake of the nation’s economic well-being, Alice Weidel, co-leader of the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, has said. Antagonizing Moscow has brought the country nothing but trouble, she told Bild tabloid in an interview published on Sunday.

The AfD wants Germany to have “very good relations with our European neighbors” and with great powers as well, the politician said, addingthat “it includes Russia.”

“Until two years ago, we sourced cheap natural gas from Russia through the Nord Stream,”Weidel said, referring to the Russian undersea pipelines delivering natural gas to Germany that were sabotaged via a series of explosions in autumn 2022.

Berlin has since taken steps to put an end to Russian energy imports as part of its EU sanctions policy, which is linked to the Ukraine conflict.

According to Weidel, the introduction of restrictions was a mistake since it primarily damaged the German economy. “What we want is to put an end to the sanctions policy,” the politician said, claimingher country currently has “the highest energy prices in the world,” which make the nation “no longer competitive.”

According to the Statista online data aggregator,Germany had the fifth highest electricity prices for households in the worldas of March 2024, behind Italy, Ireland, Denmark and Belgium.

When repeatedly pressed by Bild on whether her party wants to restore “good relations” with a nation that supposedly threatens Germany, Weidel replied that Berlin has also been aggressive towards Moscow in its rhetoric over the past years.

The German government was climbing up “the escalation spiral,” the politician said, adding that Berlin’s politicians used belligerent rhetoric and provided weapons to Kiev during its conflict against Moscow.

“German tanks have been rolling against Russia again” for the first time since World War II, she said, referring to the heavy armor supplied to Ukraine as part of the country’s military assistance.

When asked about why she refrains from criticizing Russia’s role in the conflict, Weidel said that Berlin and Moscow should “sit down at the negotiating table” instead. “You have to talk to each other,” she stated, adding thather party was calling on Germany to join the peace negotiations to end the Ukraine conflict. That would be the “only serious policy,” she added.

The AfD has been gaining popular support over the past months despite being ostracizedby the other major German political forces, which accuse it of being “far-right.” The party enjoys the backing of between 20% and 21% of the population a week ahead of the snap parliamentary elections, and is projected to come in second behind only the conservative Christian Democratic Union, this week’s polls suggest.

(Meeting with Trump and Vance may drive up their numbers is this snap elections. I haven’t seen Scholz name mentioned by Trump or Vance)

(https://www.rt.com/news/612817-german-afd-good-relations-russia/

16 Feb, 2025 11:25

Trump envoy sets timeline for Ukraine peace plan

“I’m not talking six months,” Keith Kellogg has stressed

A US peace plan for Moscow and Kiev could come within days or weeks, President Donald Trump’s special envoy on Russia and Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, said Saturday on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.

In January, the WSJ reported that Trump had tasked Kellogg with outlining a settlement to the Ukraine conflict within 100 days. At the same time, the US president warned of new sanctions if Moscow refused an unspecified plan, but emphasized that he was “not looking to hurt Russia.”

“You got to give us a bit of breathing space and time, but when I say that, I’m not talking six months, I’m talking days and weeks,” Kellogg projected as cited by CNBC, adding that he was “on Trump time.”

“He’ll ask you to do this job today and he’ll want to know tomorrow why it isn’t solved,” Kellogg emphasized.KEK

Earlier this week, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone with his US counterpart, marking their first known high-level direct contact between Moscow and Washington since the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in February 2022.

According to the Kremlin, the US leader expressed support for the swift cessation of hostilities and a peaceful resolution, while Putin mentioned the necessity of addressing the root causes of the conflict, but that a long-term settlement could be achieved through negotiations. Following the conversation, Trump wrote on his platform Truth Social that Washington and Moscow were immediately beginning discussions to resolve the conflict.

Trump also said that American and Russian officials might meet during the conference in Munich, adding that Ukraine was also invited to participate. However, no such meeting was reported by the conference organizers or news outlets.

https://www.rt.com/news/612809-trump-kellogg-ukraine-peace-plan/

Anons, wasn’t “Trump Time” mentioned by Q?

16 Feb, 202519:36

Trump envoy confirms Saudi Arabia talks with Russia

Negotiations to end the Ukraine conflict will start in the coming days, according to the Washington Post

White House Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff has confirmed there will be talks on ending the Ukraine conflict in Saudi Arabia.He will be heading to the kingdom on Sunday alongside US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz. (That’s today)

“I’m leaving tonight,” Witkoff stated in an interview with Fox News. “We’re hopeful that we’ll achieve significant progress,” he added. Witkoff did not disclose whom they would be meeting with or the topics of discussion.

Senior US officials are scheduled to meet with their Russian counterparts in the Saudi capital, Riyadh,next week to initiate discussions on ending the Ukraine conflict, the Washington Post reported on Sunday, citing an unnamed US official.

The upcoming talks in Saudi Arabia will be among the first high-level, in-person discussions between Russian and US officials in years, serving as a precursor to a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart Donald Trump.

The two presidents spoke by phone on Wednesday, marking their first known direct conversation since the escalation of the Ukraine conflict inFebruary 2022. (They will be stopping the war almost exactly three years after it started).

On Saturday, the countries’ top diplomats followed up with a call to discuss “preparations for a potential high-level Russian-American summit.” In its article on Saturday, Bloomberg, citing anonymous sources, said that theUS delegation has presumably been tasked with securing a date for the meeting before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which starts this year on February 28.

Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky stated earlier that Kiev had not been invited to the negotiations in Saudi Arabia. However, Economy Minister Yulia Svirydenko announced on Sunday in a Facebook post that aUkrainian government delegation had arrived in the kingdom. “There will be dozens of meetingsin the coming days to prepare Vladimir Zelensky’s visit to Saudi Arabia,” she stated. Svirydenko added that the delegation aims to strengthen economic ties and lay the groundwork “to sign important economic agreements with countries in the region.” (They only have 12 days to achieve this, “Trump Time”)

Addressing concerns that Ukraine was being sidelined, Witkoff dismissed the notion, emphasizing that Ukrainian officials had engaged with several senior US officials during the Munich Security Conference over the weekend.

According to Politico, there are “no plans for representatives from other major European powers to join the talks,” while Bloomberg reported that European officials had not even been notified.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in an interview with CBS on Sunday, mentioned thatwhen “real negotiations” for peace commence, Ukraine and the EU will be included in the dialogue.(Kek the deal is done)

According to the Washington Post, key US officials expected to be in Riyadh include Rubio, Waltz, and Witkoff.

Politico quoted US Congressman Michael McCaul as confirming the makeup of the US team. According to the outlet, “there are no plans for representatives from other major European powers to join the talks.”

https://www.rt.com/news/612822-russia-us-saudi-arabia/

The Communist and Fraudsters are trying to take Milei out, over a scam they probably were involved inThey are trying the Trump destruction plan on him.

16 Feb, 2025 09:22

Argentina’s Milei faces impeachment threat – media

The president touted a cryptocurrency token purporting to help small business, but disavowed the project after the LIBRA coin crashed

Argentina’s opposition lawmakers have threatened to initiate impeachmentproceedings against President Javier Milei after he promoted a controversial cryptocurrency, Reuters reported on Sunday. The head of state had touted the token, which crashed soon after.

On Friday, the libertarian president recommended the LIBRA crypto coin in a post on X (formerly Twitter). The token’s price shot up to nearly $5 soon after the endorsement, but plummeted to under $1 only hours later. Milei deleted his initial post five hours later and wrote a new one, saying he was “not aware of the details of the project.”

The controversy has fueled accusations of misconduct from the country’s opposition lawmakers.Leandro Santoro(dig needed), a member of the opposition coalition, blasted Milei’s involvement, saying that his endorsement of the crypto, which has been linked to possible scams, was an abuse of public trust.

“This scandal, whichembarrasses uson an international scale, requires us to launch an impeachment request against the president,”Santoro said, as cited by Reuters.

The newsagency noted that Argentina’s fintech chamber acknowledged the possibility of a so-called rug pull, a kind of foul play, in which the developers of a crypto currency draw legitimate investments, boosting the value of the token, only to later dump their stake.

On Saturday, Milei said, as cited by Bloomberg, that he hadmet with KIP Protocol, the company behind the controversial coin, months ago, as part of his government’s broader push to revive the country’s economy by attracting investments. The firm’s website features a photo of its co-founder and the Argentine president giving a thumbs-up dated October 30, 2024. The news agency noted that the token’s name could apparently refer to Milei’s political party, La Libertad Avanza, or his libertarian roots as an economist.

Meanwhile, the company disavowed the launchof the LIBRA token as well, saying in a post on X that “market making was fully handled by KelsierVentures” and emphasizing that KIP Protocol “did not profit a single cent from today’s activity.”

Shortly after assuming office in 2023 Milei applied his shock therapy measures in an effort to stabilize the country’s economy. Among the drastic steps taken by his government have been devaluation of the national currency by 52%,layoffs of over 33,000 public sector workers, and deep cuts to state transport, fuel and energy subsidies, among other measures.Earlier this year, the president stated that he’d met his pledge to reach zero budget deficit after the country’s economy ministry reported an annual budget surplus of 1.76 trillion pesos (some $4.5 billion), the first in more than a decade.Victory!

(Definitely sounds like a set up, and Milei supposedly does one mistake, if he did and they want to impeach him? Fishy He’s got to be careful and investigate all of them involved.)

https://www.rt.com/news/612805-argentina-milei-impeachment-crypto-scam/