EXCLUSIVE: Pete Hegseth opens up about goals under Trump
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth opens up about the department's goals under President Donald Trump and the future of warfare on 'The Will Cain Show.
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https://youtu.be/FHP85TY7tsM
‘The Five’ on the timing of Biden’s cancer diagnosis
Timing is everything
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https://youtu.be/CMB1YtO8eeQ
JARRING audio reveals more Biden cover-up concerns
Former Michigan gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon and former Arkansas Sen. Mark Pryor join 'The Faulkner Focus' to discuss the shocking tapes as critics continue to question a possible cover-up.
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https://youtu.be/0S6-lq-bnCM
Trump tells Zelensky FAFO
19 May, 2025 20:06
Zelensky creates permanent negotiating team for talks with Russia
US President Donald Trump later claimed that Moscow and Kiev “will immediately start” negotiations
Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky ordered the creation of a “permanent expanded national negotiating group” following recent Russia-Ukraine talks in Istanbul, Türkiye.
Last Friday’s meeting between the representatives of Kiev and Moscow was the two sides’ first direct engagement since 2022. It was preceded by a proposal from Russian President Vladimir Putin to resume peace talks without any preconditions.
During the two-hour negotiations, Russia and Ukraine agreed to conduct a large-scale prisoner swap,as well as to exchange preliminary terms for a potential ceasefire and discuss a follow-up round of talks.
Zelensky announced the creation of the “permanent expanded national negotiating group” in a post on his Telegram channel on Monday.
“We are also ready for a meeting at the leadership level to resolve key issues. Ukraine is not afraid of direct negotiations with Russia,”Zelensky stated.
The Kremlin has made it clear that it has not ruled out direct talks between Putin and Zelensky, provided that the ongoing peace efforts yield progress and firm agreements.
Later on Monday, US President Donald Trump had a phone conversation with his Russian counterpart, after which he claimed in a post on the Truth Social platform that “Russia and Ukraine will immediately start negotiations toward a Ceasefire and, more importantly, an END to the War.”
Putin, in turn, thanked Washingtonfor helping facilitate the resumption of direct dialogue between the two neighboring countries, noting that “both Moscow and Kiev must demonstrate maximum desire for peace and find compromises that will satisfy all parties.”
The Russian president also expressed readiness to “work with the Ukrainian side on a memorandum on a potential future peace agreement… including [the announcement of] a possible ceasefire for a certain period of time.”
Putin emphasized that Russia’s main objective is to “eliminate the root causes of this crisis.”
https://www.rt.com/russia/617872-zelensky-creates-permanent-negotiating-team-russia/
Trump somehow got the EU to back down, maybe it was him withdrawing NATO troops from Europe
19 May, 2025 13:16
Peaceful solutions preferred for Ukraine conflict goals – Kremlin
Moscow values Washington’s mediation efforts in the settlement of the conflict, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said
Russia remains open to achieving its goals in the Ukraine conflict through peaceful means, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday.
Peskov, speaking before President Vladimir Putin’s scheduled phone call with his US counterpart, Donald Trump,expressed appreciation for Washington’s mediation efforts, noting that “if it really helps us achieve our goals by peaceful means, that would certainly be preferable.”
He also recalled that Putin’s 2021 proposal to address Russian security concerns over NATO expansion was rejected by the US-led alliance and then-President Joe Biden’s administration.
Moscow’s stated objectives include keeping Ukraine out of NATO, ending Kiev’s policies that it considers discriminatory against ethnic Russians, and curbing the influence of extreme Ukrainian nationalist groups.
In a recent interview, Putin said Moscow wants to “eliminate the causes of this crisis, create conditions for long-term sustainable peace and ensure the security of the Russian state and the interests of our people” in former Ukrainian territories where people voted to join Russia following the 2014 Western-backed coup in Kiev.
Last week, Russian and Ukrainian representatives held their first direct talks since 2022, when Kiev backed out of a proposed peace deal that had been agreed in principle by both sides in Istanbul. The U-turn was influenced by the then-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, according to Ukraine’s lead negotiator David Arakhamia.
The latest round of Istanbul negotiations has led to a proposal for the largest prisoner exchange between the two countries and a pledge to continue dialogue.
Trump has claimed that he alone can broker peacebetween Russia and Ukraine andsuggested that a breakthrough could come as early as this week, following his conversation with Putin.(He’s right, Trump is the objective party in this chaos. He knows what both sides did, the EU wanted “down to the last Ukrainian dead, so they used Zelensky to go along with their plan.)
https://www.rt.com/russia/617832-kremlin-trump-call-peaceful/
19 May, 2025 20:09
China to launch world’s first drone ‘mother ship’ (VIDEO)
The Jiu Tian has been designed to deploy up to 100 AI-guided UAVs during high-altitude missions
China is preparing to launch what it says is the world’s first “drone carrier” aircraft, capable of releasing swarms of AI-guided kamikaze drones during high-altitude missions.
The Jiu Tian, or ‘High Sky’ UAV, is scheduled to complete its first test mission by the end of June, according to the state broadcaster CCTV.
The aircraft is said to have a maximum takeoff weight of 16 tonnes and a wingspan of 25 meters. It can reportedly cruise at altitudes up to 15,000 meters (50,000 feet) – higher than most common medium-range air defense systems – and has a range of approximately 7,000 kilometers (4,350 miles).
The jet-powered Jiu Tian is reportedly capable of carrying up to 6 tonnes of ammunition with the ability to release up to 100 units of loitering munitions or small drones, including kamikaze UAVs, from two launch bays located on either side of the fuselage.
After the aircraft completes a series of test missions, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) plans to deploy it as a “drone mother ship” UAV, which will make it possible to extend the operational radius of attack drones and boost their swarming capabilities. It will also be possible to use it in intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance assignments, as well as electronic warfare.
Outside of military applications, the drone carrier could be employed for emergency logistics, border patrol, search and rescue missions, and natural disaster response.
The plane, which was first unveiled at China’s Zhuhai air show in November, has been designed by the state-owned aerospace giant Aviation Industry Corporation of China and built by Xian Chida Aircraft Parts Manufacturing.
As noted by the Economic Times, the Jiu Tian largely mirrors the capabilities of Western UAV systems like the MQ-9 Reaper and the RQ-4 Global Hawk, while adding swarm-launch functionality, which has yet to be introduced in the US arsenal.
(Russia seems to know the plans of China before anyone else, Russia seems like an ally.)
https://www.rt.com/news/617878-china-drone-mother-ship/
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Li Zexin
@XH_Lee23
China’s first aerial mothership, Jiutian SS-UAV, is scheduled for its maiden flight in June.
It can cruise at 15,000m high carrying over 100 small drones or 1,000 kg of missiles, with a range of 7,000km.
Don’t worry, China’s military is peace-oriented from the start. We grow stronger to deter aggression, unlike the US, always attacking other nations.
https://x.com/XH_Lee23/status/1924092133226733796