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Ukraine conflict was ‘provoked’ – Trump adviser
The US promise of NATO membership for Kiev triggered the hostilities, Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, has said
The Ukraine conflict was “provoked” and it is wrong to solely blame Russia, Steve Witkoff, a senior adviser to US President Donald Trump, has said. Moscow had to respond to a security threat created by the West’s promises to accept Ukraine into NATO, he stated.
Witkoff made the remarks in an interview published by CNN on Tuesday, in which he was asked whether Washington was choosing the right side by holding talks with Moscow instead of continuing to funnel aid to Kiev.
The situation is not black-and-white, with Russians being “the bad guys,” Witkoff told CNN’s Jake Tapper.
https://www.rt.com/news/613244-ukraine-conflict-provoked-trump-adviser/
DHS tells staff not to reply to Musk memo, will send agency response
The Department of Homeland Secretary ordered staff to "pause" any responses to Elon Musk's recently inquiry demanding that federal employees provide a short description of their work in the week prior.
The DHS will instead send an agency response, according to a memo from Deputy Under Secretary for Management R.D. Alles shared with Just the News.
"You may have received a message this weekend from OPM [Office of Personnel Management] requesting information," the memo reads. "DHS Management will respond on behalf of the Department and all of its component offices."
"No reporting action from you is needed at this time. For now, please pause any responses outside of your DHS chain of command," it concluded.
https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/dhs-tells-staff-not-reply-musk-memo-will-send-agency-response