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'They're Taking Everyone.' In Russian Regions, Recruiting For Ukraine Invasion Soars (more) http://www.rferl.org/a/33383051.html #Ukraine #Mastodon #NukesForUkraine #SouthKorea #Japan #Press #Taiwan #Media #NukesOrNATO #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #News #UnitedStates #EuropeanUnion #UnitedKingdom #russiaUkraineWar #Russia #11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
Two Chinese citizens captured fighting against Ukraine said they were “fed lies” by Russia and that Vladimir Putin’s forces were not as strong as they claimed.
Ukraine is designing its own strategic-level air defense system, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha announced on April 14 during a speech at the EU Foreign Ministers Council meeting.
Russian state television portrayed Sunday’s deadly missile strike on the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy as a “staged provocation” aimed at “undermining” the ongoing Ukraine ceasefire talks between Moscow and Washington.
Trump Administration Memo Proposes Cutting State Department Funding by Nearly Half.
It would eliminate almost all funding for international organizations that include the United Nations and NATO.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/us/politics/trump-state-department-budget-cuts.html
President Donald Trump bitterly attacked “60 Minutes” shortly after the CBS newsmagazine broadcast stories on Ukraine and Greenland on Sunday, saying the network was out of control and should “pay a big price” for going after him.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-cbs-60-minutes-2c8a32df63f3ec50cfffe94a26436fda
The European Union’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas warned European leaders on Monday against participating in Moscow’s military celebrations on May 9, inviting them to show solidarity with Ukraine instead. At least Slovakia has been invited.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused U.S. Vice President JD Vance of “somehow justifying” Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, his most critical comments about the top American politician since their heated Oval Office exchange in February.
https://www.politico.eu/article/volodymyr-zelenskyy-jab-jd-vance-justify-russia-war-ukraine/
Speaking to American news program “60 Minutes” on Sunday night, Zelenskyy was asked whether he wanted to invite the American president to Ukraine and responded: “With pleasure.”
“We want you to come,” he said, addressing Trump directly, “to come and to see.”
The European Commission is issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage, a measure traditionally reserved for trips to China.
https://www.ft.com/content/20d0678a-41b2-468d-ac10-14ce1eae357b
President Donald Trump continued to blame Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for the war in Ukraine amid questions about which side is responsible for the failure to achieve the ceasefire Trump has promised to deliver.
An apartment building is burning in Kursk Russia after a drone hit it.
Representative Greg Meeks, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced the Ukraine Support Act, which would provide security and reconstruction funding for Ukraine and impose steep sanctions on Russia. The bill is not yet public.
President Donald Trump has rocked relationships with Europe established after World War Two, and turned to energy as a bargaining chip in trade negotiations, businesses are wary that reliance on the United States has become another vulnerability.
European Union officials are working on a 17th package of sanctions against Russia for an EU foreign ministers meeting in May, the bloc's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Monday.
@todayilearned "On the basis of testimony from several eyewitnesses," an investigative commission, "concluded that Dmitrii had accidentally slit his own throat during an epileptic seizure that came on while he was playing with a knife."
Is this an example of the Russian "he fell out of a window" routine?
According to the complaint, detectives found messages indicating one or more people from Ukraine were involved in a plot to assassinate the president of the United States. So are all the media ignoring this connection?
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/04/14/downplaying-ukraine-connection-in-latest-trump-plot/
Russian cluster bomb attack on Ukraine kills dozens, including children https://www.byteseu.com/922319/ #Conflicts #Russia #RussiaUkraineWar #RussiaUkraine #RussianInvasionOfUkraine #RussoUkrainianWar #Ukraine
A number of energy companies in France and Germany are considering resuming gas supplies from #Russia, Reuters reported on April 14.
