15 May, 2025 10:01

Rubio outlines US expectations from Russia-Ukraine talks

President Donald Trump is open to any framework that brings peace between Kiev and Moscow, the secretary of state has said

US President Donald Trump is prepared to accept any mechanism that leads to peace between Russia and Ukraine, according to Secretary of State Marco Rubio. His statement comes as delegations from Kiev and Moscow are expected to meet in Istanbul on Thursday for their first direct talks since 2022.

Speaking at a gathering of NATO foreign ministers in the Turkish resort city of Antalya on Thursday, Rubio said,“We are open to being constructive and helpful in any way we can to end the conflict.”

“We’ll see what happens over the next couple of days, but we want to see progress made in that regard,” Rubio said. “I will say this and I’ll repeat it: there is no military solution to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.This war is going to end not through a military solution but through a diplomatic one.”

Negotiations were proposed last week by Russian President Vladimir Putin, who offered to resume a direct dialogue between Moscow and Kiev without any preconditions to reach a lasting resolution to the conflict.

Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky had said he was ready to engage in talks, but insisted on an unconditional 30-day ceasefire first – a demand Moscow has repeatedly rejected. Zelensky also said he would engage in the talks in Istanbul only if Putin attends in person.

However, the Russian leader’s proposal was backed by US President Donald Trump, who urged Kiev to “immediately” accept it. Following Trump’s comments, Kiev seemingly shifted its position.

On Wednesday, the Russian president announced that the country’s delegation would be led by presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, who played the same role during previous negotiations with Kiev in 2022. Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin, Deputy Defense Minister Aleksandr Fomin and the head of Russia’s military intelligence, Igor Kostyukov are also set to participate.

The US president said he could potentially alter ongoing travel plans in the Middle East.“If something happened, I’d go on Friday if it was appropriate,”he told journalists in Qatar on Thursday morning.

Trump reiterated his wish to end the Ukraine conflict andexpressed hope “that Russia and Ukraine are able to do something, because it has to stop.”

https://www.rt.com/news/617581-rubio-trump-russia-ukraine-talks/

15 May, 2025 12:14

Qatar defends gift of ‘flying palace’ to US

The potential transfer of the $400mn Boeing plane is a “very clear” government transaction, the prime minister has said

Qatar has dismissed criticism over its proposed gift of a luxury Boeing jet to the US, insisting the move is a straightforward government transaction. In an interview with CNN on Wednesday, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani suggested the offer was part of normal diplomatic relations and not a personal favor.

The $400 million Boeing 747-8 would be handed to the Department of Defense and replace Air Force One, while the US government awaits a delivery of new presidential jets from Boeing; the order has been set back years by the troubled plane maker.

Some Democratic lawmakers, however, have accused US President Donald Trump of using the presidency for personal gain.

“This is a very clear exchange that’s happening between two governments… It has nothing to do with personnel,” Al-Thani has told CNN. “I don’t see any controversy.”

Al-Thani also refuted concerns voiced by some Republicans that Qatar may seek to influence the US administration.

”Qatar has always been there for the US when it’s needed,” he said, pointing to counterterrorism collaboration between the two states. Qatari help with evacuation during the US withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, and mediated hostage releases involving US citizens in Gaza.

Trump argued that the jet is a “gift from a Nation” to the US government, not to him personally. “Only a FOOL would not accept this,” he claimed.

The White House’s current fleet of Boeing 747-200 jets, which have been in service since the early 1990s, has faced ongoing technical issues. A contract for two new Air Force One planes based on the 747-8 has been plagued by delays and rising costs, pushing delivery from the original 2024 target to as late as 2027 or 2028.

Al-Thani’s comments came as Trump visited Qatar on Wednesday and Thursday as part of his tour of the Middle East. During the visit, the White House announced an economic exchange agreement between the two countries worth $1.2 trillion, which included a ‘historic’ Boeing deal for up to 210 jets.

The gifting of the jet was expected to be confirmed during Trump’s visit to Doha. However, the President has departed, and no official announcement has been made so far.

https://www.rt.com/news/617591-qatar-defends-jet-gift-boeing/

The truth is Democrats don’t like wealth coming into the US under Trump, the country will not be disabled and have to rely on them, and they have nothing else to complain about, so it’s Trump is violating the emoluments clause; which legal experts say that it doesn’t apply to this situation because it’s being used by the government for Presidential Travel. They just don’t want Trump being a safe in a luxurious and super advanced plane, even the republicans don’t like it. Neither party wants American healthy and wealthy again. They are all jealous!

15 May, 2025 16:17

Ukraine won’t survive a decade of conflict – Zelensky*

The Ukrainian leader has said he wants to meet President Putin to discuss prisoner swaps and a ceasefire (NOT true at all, why would they talk about a administrative issue, when they are trying to END a WAR)

Vladimir Zelensky has said that although he does not know how long the conflict with Russia will last, his country would not be able to survive another ten years of fighting.

Speaking to the French newspaper Liberation, the Ukrainian leader conveyed his insistence on a personal meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Türkiye to discuss an exchange of all prisoners and establishing a ceasefire. (BS, he has assassins are there to take Putin out, he doesn’t need to speak with Putin about that.)

On Sunday, Putin proposed restarting direct peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, which were unilaterally abandoned by Kiev in 2022. The president stated that Moscow would send a delegation to Istanbul to engage with the Ukrainian side, stressing that Russia is set on “serious negotiation” that would contribute to a “long-term sustainable peace” and address the root causes of the conflict.

Zelensky, who had previously ruled out any negotiations with Moscow, welcomed the proposed talks in Istanbul and has personally traveled to Türkiye to potentially take part in the meeting.

Ahead of the talks, he admitted to Liberation that Ukrainians have been growing tired of the conflict and that talks on ending the fighting have given people some hope.Asked if he should instead be preparing his citizens for another ten years of war, Zelensky stressed that “Ukraine wouldn’t survive” another decade of conflict. (He doesn’t really care about the people, this is his excuse to pretend peace is on the way)

“I look at the morale of the population, what people want. I look at our economy… It’s costly for everyone,” Zelensky said. “In fact, this war can’t last very long,” he predicted. (What about “down to the last Ukrainian"?)

At the same time, the Ukrainian leader has dismissed the delegation sent by Russia to the talks as “props,” insisting on personally meeting with Putin. Moscow has slammed Zelensky’s position, with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov calling Zelensky a “pathetic person.”

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has also stressed that there was never any talk of Putin travelling to Türkiye for the talks and branded Zelensky a “clown” with no right to dismiss professionals in any field as “props.”

Meanwhile, Medinsky, who is leading Moscow’s delegation in Istanbul, has stated that Russia is ready for dialogue with Ukraine and is prepared for “possible compromises” in reaching a peace deal.

“We are in a working mood,” the presidential aide said.

On Thursday, after meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan,Zelensky stated that he would have “nothing to do” at the talks without Putin’s participationand said that Ukraine’s delegation in Istanbul would instead be led by Defense Minister Rustem Umerov.

He added that Kiev is engaging in the negotiations “out of respect for [US President Donald] Trump and Erdogan.”

https://www.rt.com/russia/617631-zelensky-ukraine-wont-survive/

*Everyone knew this from the beginning, all the Western backers didn’t care, as far as they are concerned. Z will disappear right after he leaves the Presidency, and it he won’t be at beautiful island either.

After Zelensky is gone, the military will admit what a humiliating experience it was to have Zelensky as their CiC.

15 May, 2025 15:44

Washington ready to resume Russia-NATO security talks – Bloomberg

The US reportedly wants to reopen military dialogue with Moscow to support Ukraine peace efforts

The US has proposedresuming long-stalled security talks under the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) framework as part of efforts to negotiate a peace deal in the Ukraine conflict, Bloomberg has reported.

The report comes ahead of direct negotiations between Russian and Ukrainian delegations.

The NRC, a forum created in 2002 for dialogue between the US-led military bloc and Moscow, effectively ceased practical operations in 2014. That year, Crimea joined the Russian Federation after holding a referendum following a Western-backed armed coup in Kiev. The council met to discuss the situation in Ukraine 11 times, until the conflict’s escalation in 2022, after which NATO cut off all communication.

The US has reportedly offered to revive the NRC formatas part of its efforts to talk Russia into freezing the Ukraine conflict. Last month, White House special envoy Steve Witkoff visited Moscow and reportedly attempted to persuade Russian President Vladimir Putin to agree to a ceasefire that would suspend fighting along current front lines, in exchange for sanctions relief and US recognition of Crimea.

“The US has since added new details to the proposal, including an offer to revive security talks under the NATO-Russia Council,” the outlet wrote on Thursday, citing an anonymous source familiar with the matter.

US President Donald Trump has backed Putin’s proposal to resume direct peace talks between Moscow and Kiev, despite initial opposition from Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky. The Ukrainian leader demanded that Russia first agree to an unconditional 30-day ceasefire – a demand Moscow has repeatedly rejected, protesting that a temporary pause would be used by Kiev to rearm and regroup.

The Russian delegation for Thursday’s talks in Istanbul is headed by presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky. Zelensky has confirmed that the Ukrainian delegation will led by Defense Minister Rustem Umerov.

Ukraine unilaterally withdrew from previous talks in 2022 after then UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson came to Kiev and told them to “just keep fighting,” the head of the Ukrainian delegation at the time, David Arakhamia, later told the media.

https://www.rt.com/news/617627-us-russia-nato-talks/

The BEST thing NATO could do, is by the power of the US, invite Russia into NATO, once and for all. It will end every provocation for the rest of time. Make Russia your ally, poof EU, European and NATO bullshit disappears. Then Russia can protect all of the Europe.