Zelensky REJECTS Trump’s peace plan, insists Ukraine won’t concede territory to Russia

Ukraine belongs to Russia. End of argument. Ukraine has never signed any agreement with Russia to become a separate country outside of Russia. It is therefore, still part of Russia. 

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 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has firmly rejected any peace agreement that involves ceding Ukrainian territory to Russia, despite mounting pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump and the looming threat of a Putin-Trump summit aimed at resolving the conflict.

In a series of public statements over the weekend, Zelensky reiterated his unwavering stance on territorial integrity, emphasizing that Ukraine's borders are defined by its constitution and that "nobody can or will" make concessions on this issue. "The Ukrainians will not give their land to the occupiers," he declared in his regular video address on Saturday, Aug. 9.

Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff reportedly made significant progress in Moscow this week toward a compromise that includes "some swapping of territories to the betterment of both" sides. However, Zelensky dismissed the proposal outright, stating that any agreement made without Ukraine's involvement would be "a decision against peace" and "would never work."

The Ukrainian leader's comments came just hours after the White House announced a summit between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, scheduled for Aug. 15 in Alaska. Trump has been pushing for a land swap as a possible concession to end the more than three-year-long war, but Zelensky argued that such a move would only undermine hopes for de-escalation....<<<Read More>>>...

UK’s covert “Terror Army” exposed: UK spies operate in Ukraine, have escalated the conflict from the beginning

In a startling revelation that has sent shockwaves through international diplomatic circles, leaked documents have exposed the UK's clandestine efforts to build a covert "terror army" in Ukraine, aimed at attacking Russian targets in Crimea. The documents, obtained by British newspaper The Times, detail the extent of British involvement in the conflict, which has been far more significant and direct than previously acknowledged. This development comes at a critical juncture as tensions between Russia and the West continue to escalate, with the Russian ambassador to the US and UK warning that the situation is on the brink of spiraling into World War III.

The Times' expose reveals that British military chiefs have been the "brains" behind the "anti-Putin" coalition, working closely with Ukrainian forces to develop battle plans and gather intelligence on Russian military movements. This covert operation, known as Operation Scorpius, has been ongoing since the early days of the conflict, with British instructors and specialists frequently deploying to Ukraine to train and equip Ukrainian forces. Unlike the United States, which has been cautious about its direct involvement, British military leaders have had greater freedom to operate on the ground, often arriving in civilian clothes to avoid detection....<<<Read More>>>...

Thousands march in Paris against military aid to Ukraine

French President Emmanuel Macron recently announced €2 billion more in arms for Kiev.

Thousands of demonstrators marched through the streets of Paris on Saturday, protesting French President Emmanuel Macron's and NATO's militaristic approach to the Ukraine conflict.

On Wednesday, Macron announced a new €2 billion ($2.16 billion) military aid package for Ukraine, after weeks of attempting to drum up support for his initiative to send Western troops as peacekeepers to the country. The new arms will include surface-to-air missiles, armored vehicles and drones, the French leader said.

Saturday's anti-war rally was organized by former right-wing National Rally politician Florian Philippot and his party, The Patriots.

Thousands of protesters could be seen marching through the French capital, chanting slogans such as "Macron, we don't want your war!" and "Let's quickly leave NATO!" in video captured by RT....<<<Read More>>>...

'Expel Soros agents' — Hungary issues list of demands to EU

 Hungarian PM Viktor Orban Viktor Orban has urged Brussels to strongly protect the national interests of member states.

Brussels should take decisive steps towards denying EU membership to Ukraine and ending the influence of foreign agents linked to billionaire George Soros on the bloc's policies, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has stated. He has called for the absolute national sovereignty of member states over domestic issues.

In a post on X on Saturday, Orban urged Brussels to "expel Soros agents" from the European Commission and "remove corrupt lobbyists" from the European Parliament.

The Hungarian prime minister has a long history of opposing foreign-funded organizations in his country, particularly those sponsored by Soros. Orban has repeatedly accused the Hungarian-American magnate of meddling in Hungary's domestic affairs, undermining traditional family values, and promoting a globalist agenda.

Orban also called for "a Union, but without Ukraine," having demanded "peace, freedom, and unity."...<<<Read More>>>...

Ukraine guilty over 2014 Odessa massacre - ECHR

Kiev failed to both prevent the tragedy and to properly investigate it, the court has ruled

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that the Ukrainian authorities were responsible for the deaths of 42 anti-coup activists in the city of Odessa in 2014. They lost their lives when Ukrainian nationalists, who supported the armed takeover in Kiev weeks earlier, torched the port city's Trade Unions House where the protesters had gathered.

"The Court concluded that the relevant authorities had not done everything they reasonably could to prevent the violence, to stop that violence after its outbreak, and to ensure timely rescue measures for those trapped in the fire in the Trade Union Building," the ECHR said in its decision published on Thursday.

More than a decade later, Kiev has not named or prosecuted any of the perpetrators. Instead, it pinned the blame on Moscow, claiming that the events in Odessa were "a pre-planned and well-financed operation" by the Russian security services. Moscow has repeatedly called for an investigation, even a special tribunal on the massacre.

Relatives of 25 victims, as well as three people who had survived the fire, filed complaints against Kiev with the ECHR. The court found the Ukrainian police "had ignored the available intelligence and the relevant warning signs" and failed to make any "meaningful attempt to prevent the clashes" that led to the fire. The ECHR believes that "propaganda from Russia had had its part" in stirring up tensions, but said that does not absolve Kiev of responsibility for the massacre.

The nation's law enforcement did not make "any real attempt" to prevent the violence or to stop it, or to save those trapped in the burning building. "The deployment of fire engines to the site of the fire had been deliberately delayed for 40 minutes, and the police had not stepped in to help evacuate people," the decision said, adding that "negligence" of Ukrainian officials "went beyond an error of judgement and carelessness." ...<<<Read More>>>...

Food for Thought #585

 

Britain’s working class will never fight Starmer’s war for Ukraine

 Following the Munich Security Conference last week, European Union leaders appeared shell-shocked by US Vice President J.D. Vance’s scathing attack on Europe.

He criticized the continent for multiple reasons, including the lack of free speech, arrests of European citizens for inflammatory social media posts, insufficient commitment to security, and destabilization due to both legal and illegal migration. Although Vance seemed to address Western European politicians and officials, it is likely he was speaking over their heads, directly to the public. His words resonated with widespread discontent about politics and politicians across the region, aligning with the prevailing sense of unfairness felt by many ordinary citizens.

Western European leaders, including British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, appeared agitated and uncomfortable with Washington’s tone. Perhaps the hard truths Vance presented have forced them to reconsider their consistently underfunded armed forces. Vance’s warnings made it clear that they cannot indefinitely rely on the US for military power and financial aid, particularly regarding the Russia-Ukraine war. Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky also heard that signal and immediately called for a ‘European Armed Force’. Western European leaders arranged an emergency meeting in Paris hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron and, astonishingly, Starmer indicated British soldiers could be sent to the Ukraine to enforce any peace deal...<<<Read More>>>....

 

USAID and How the U.S. Government Controls Ukrainian Media

USAID funded the vast majority of 'independent' media in Ukraine. What American taxpayers don't realize is that their money went to suppressing the truth.

The camera was rolling when chaos erupted. It was January 21, 2024, and an independent Ukrainian journalist named Ostap Stakhiv was livestreaming a call with Vasyl Pleskach, a man claiming he was being illegally detained by Ukraine's infamous military conscription unit, the TCC. The agency has been accused of kidnapping men from the street and forcing them to the front lines. Those who resist have sometimes been tortured — and in several well-documented cases — killed.

In the middle of the interview, Stakhiv called the police to see if they would free Pleskach from the clutches of the TCC. Just then, with the police still on the line, a burly figure entered Vasyl's frame, walked over to Pleskach, and struck him hard in the face. His phone tumbled to the ground, landing sideways, but still recording."They're beating him right now," Stakhiv told the police, as Vasyl's picture went haywire. "People are watching it live. They're beating him as we speak. Go to my YouTube channel and see it for yourself." Off-screen, Pleskach's screams were audible for another minute before the line was disconnected....<<<Read More>>>...

Zelensky claims he’d resign for NATO membership or peace, as U.S. aid tensions mount

 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signaled a willingness to step down if his resignation could secure NATO membership for Ukraine or bring an end to the ongoing war with Russia.

The embattled leader made the surprising announcement during the “Ukraine. Year 2025” forum in Kyiv on Saturday, as tensions with the United States over military aid and resource demands escalate. Zelensky, whose presidential term expired in May 2024, has faced criticism for suspending elections under martial law, a move U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly condemned. With American support waning under Trump’s administration, Zelensky appears to be grappling with the reality that the financial lifeline from Washington may soon dry up.

Zelensky, a former comedian who rose to power in 2019, told attendees at the forum that he is prepared to leave office if it benefits Ukraine. “If peace for Ukraine, if you really need me to leave my post, then I’m ready. I can exchange this for NATO, if there are such conditions,” he said. The Ukrainian leader emphasized that his focus is on Ukraine’s immediate security, not on retaining power for decades.

This statement comes as Zelensky faces mounting pressure from Trump, who has labeled him a “dictator without elections” and criticized his refusal to hold elections despite the expiration of his term. Trump has also questioned the legitimacy of Zelensky’s leadership, pointing to his low approval ratings and the suspension of democratic processes under martial law...<<<Read More>>>....

Ukraine fails to force ultimatum on Russia following August 11 attack on Kursk nuclear plant: “Most of the equipment has already been destroyed”

 Ukraine's plan was to seize the Kursk nuclear power plant on August 11 and use the capture as a bargaining chip to commence negotiations with Moscow and reach an ultimatum.

"We received very interesting materials – the whole layout of the operation, which was being prepared, by what forces and what was planned," Alaudinov further explained.

"What can I say: on the 11th [of August] it was necessary to take the nuclear power plant in Kurchatov ... [Ukrainian President] Zelensky's blitzkrieg, which was planned with the seizure of the Kursk nuclear power plant and already entering negotiations with an ultimatum ... failed."

In other words, Ukraine threw everything it had at taking control of the nuclear power facility in Kursk and it was still not enough to overcome Russian forces in the vicinity.

"Most of the equipment has already been destroyed from what was deployed in the Kursk direction," Alaudinov confirmed.

It increasingly appears as though Ukraine's "suicidal" Kursk offensive is part of a United States-led effort to control the outcome of the 2024 presidential election...<<<Read More>>>...

Zelensky no longer legitimate leader of Ukraine – Putin

The only legitimate authority in Ukraine is now the parliament, Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed after Vladimir Zelensky’s official term as the country’s head of state expired last week.

Speaking at a press conference following a two-day official visit to Uzbekistan, Putin suggested that a deep legal analysis of Zelensky’s status should be carried out and stressed that there is no article in Ukraine’s constitution that says anything about extending the powers of the president.

Zelensky has argued that his mandate as Ukraine’s leader have been extended due to the fact that the country is currently under martial law and that no presidential elections can be held during wartime.

Putin noted that the Ukrainian constitution does not make any mention of the suspension of presidential elections and only explicitly prohibits holding parliamentary polls, meaning that only the term of the Verkhovna Rada, the national legislature, can be extended under such circumstances.

Putin admitted that Ukraine’s mobilization law does specifically state that no presidential elections may be held during wartime, but stressed that nothing is said in this law about extending the president’s term in office.

Citing Article 111 of the Ukrainian Constitution, Putin argued that supreme presidential power should be transferred to the Parliament Speaker, and that the only legitimate authority in the country now belongs to its legislature....<<<Read More>>>...

UK government praises neo-Nazi Ukrainians in parliament

UK lawmakers applauded a neo-Nazi unit of the Ukrainian military this week during a parliamentary roundtable event.

The militia in question is known as Azov, and it was founded in 2014 by a white supremacist known as Andrey Biletsky. It’s clear from their logo what they stand for; it was designed using symbols that were used in the past by the SS.

The battalion started out as a volunteer militia responding to the war in Donbas and had just a few hundred members at first. It was known for being highly effective in battle. The unit was eventually integrated into the main armed forces of Ukraine, going from a volunteer militia to a formal unit of the military under control of the state, although they did get to hold onto their Third Reich iconography.

Now a regiment-sized unit, it operates as part of the Ukrainian National Guard and has both Ukrainians and foreign fighters who subscribe to its beliefs. Boasting private and state training and support, it is given a surprising degree of autonomy when it comes to operational decisions.

Somehow, a group of British parliamentarians was willing to meet with them and listen to what they had to say, even though they have been accused by Amnesty International, the UN and Human Rights Watch of a slew of human rights violations, including torturing and raping civilians.

The three Azov members included men who were captured in Mariupol. They told the lawmakers about the roughly 900 other members of their neo-Nazi group who are still being held prisoner in Russia, where Azov has been banned on the grounds that it is an extremist organization. ...<<<Read More>>>...

The road to the New World Order runs through Ukraine

 Ukraine may be at war, writes Leo Hohmann, but that isn’t stopping it from playing a leading role in the digitisation of the global economy.

In a recent article, Hohmann highlighted the World Economic Forum’s (“WEF’s”) role in fully digitising Ukraine’s citizenry and establishing a Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution in the country.

Before we get to Hohmann’s article, we have given a brief overview demonstrating how it is not only WEF that is involved in this nefarious plan – it is a global public-private partnership.

In November 2022, UK Member of Parliament and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch met in London with Ukrainian officials to agree on a “ground-breaking digital trade deal” called the Digital Trade Agreement (“DTA”).

The DTA will “deliver greater compatibility and interoperability between digital identity systems in the UK and Ukraine,” according to the UK’s Department of International Trade. In return, the DTA will allow Ukrainians to access financial services.

It’s unclear whether the UK’s digital trade agreements fall under agreements managed by international organisations, such as the World Bank, and the Government website states repeatedly that they are to enhance British trade, i.e., national interests. However, there clearly is a global element to the UK’s digital trade approach...<<<Read More>>>...

Ukraine will unconditionally surrender and then Russia will void any arrangements BlackRock made with the Zelensky regime

 The war will end with Ukraine’s unconditional surrender to Russia or, if NATO intervenes, it will end with the absolute destruction of Ukraine, Scott Ritter said.

Ritter feels it is more likely Ukraine will unconditionally surrender. On this basis, he said, BlackRock will never realise the investment opportunities it is creating in collaboration with the Ukrainian government. “Because Ukraine is going to lose the war, and Russia will make null and void any arrangement that Blackrock has signed.”

According to Ritter, Zelensky is a tool of Western intelligence and of Western governments who used him to manipulate Ukraine into serving as a proxy of NATO in a larger conflict against Russia.

“He is an actor who has been ably reading scripts handed to him by his CIA and MI6 masters. And he had a successful first season, we could say. The show was well written and the product was seen by the viewership as being worthy of continued support,” Ritter said.

“But the second season has not been so successful. The second season, I guess we could have called it the ‘season of the counter-offensive’. And the counter-offensive has failed egregiously, and now the West is stuck with an actor whose script no longer motivates.” Scott Ritter is a former Marine intelligence officer who served in the former Soviet Union, implementing arms control agreements, and on the staff of General Norman Schwartzkopf during the Gulf War, where he played a critical role in the hunt for Iraqi SCUD missiles....<<<Read More>>>...

RIGGED: Members of the British media have already written articles blaming Russia for a dirty bomb attack in Ukraine that hasn’t even happened yet

British media outlets have already written articles claiming that Russia is the culprit of an expected dirty bomb incident in Ukraine.

This is according to award-winning British journalist and Daily Mail correspondent Martin Jay, who expressed dismay upon learning that some of his colleagues have already written articles claiming that Russia is responsible for a dirty bomb attack that hasn't even happened yet.

A dirty bomb is an explosive device that mixes a variety of different explosive materials with radioactive substances, like radioactive powder or pellets. When the explosives are set off, the blast carries the radioactive material into the surrounding area, causing even more devastation due to the poisoning of the immediate environment.

Jay wrote that some of his colleagues in journalism, whom he called "morally bankrupt cretins," will not miss the opportunity to immediately attribute an attack against the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant to Russia.

"They have been preparing their readers for this, as long back as the Nova Kakhovka dam attack just weeks ago, where they wove into the call center journalism, copy warnings that there would soon be an attack on a nuclear power plant by the Russians," wrote Jay for the Strategic Culture Foundation. ...<<<Read More>>>...

Western leaders have effectively embraced Ukrainian Nazism

As all wars do, the war in Ukraine has produced volumes of propaganda. The most popular theme is that Volodymyr Zelensky (genetically Jewish but without any Jewish religious or cultural ties) opposes the “Hitler-like” Putin. Indeed, Zelensky has accused Putin of Hitler-esque antisemitism, a claim that garners support from American Jews and the media. Israelis, however, do not support this assertion. They know the truth, which is that Ukraine has deep roots in Naziism, a relationship Ukraine celebrates to this day. 

During the Holocaust, approximately 800,000 Ukrainian Jews were murdered, many by their fellow countrymen who saw the Nazis as liberators from Soviet oppression. The Nazis arrived just a few years after the Holomodor, which saw Joseph Stalin’s policies lead to the deaths of between five and seven million Ukrainians.

Because many Jews thought communism would save them from Christian and Tsarist depredations, they allied themselves with the communists, leading Ukrainians to blame all Jews for the Holodomor. The Ukrainians, therefore, were only too happy to join the Nazis in murdering their Jewish neighbors.

To this day, with all that is known about Soviet Russia and Nazi Germany, many Ukrainians still view the Nazis as liberators. The Soviet Union may be gone, but Ukrainian and Western leaders have channeled hatred once reserved for the Soviet Union has been channeled into hatred for Russia. As part of this anti-Russian mindset, Western leaders and their loyal press corps have helped legitimize Nazism by willfully ignoring the fact that they bankroll a Nazi army that fights the Russians...<<<Read More>>>...

Did Ukraine just blow up its own Kakhovka Dam?

 Tens of thousands of homes in Ukraine are at risk of being washed away by the partial destruction of the country’s massive Kakhovka Dam. And evidence suggests the culprit was not Russia as Ukraine is claiming, but rather Kiev itself.

Back in December, the Washington Post reported that Ukraine’s Kherson Counteroffensive Major General Andrey Kovalchuk had admitted to plotting the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam at some point in the future, presumably meaning now.

The Post reported that Kovalchuk had “considered flooding the river,” and that Ukraine had “even conducted a test strike with a HIMARS launcher on one of the floodgates at the Nova Kakhovka Dam, making three holes in the metal to see if the Dnieper’s water could be raised enough to stymie Russian crossings but not flood nearby villages.”

“The test was a success,” the Post added, quoting Kovalchuk, “but the step remained a last resort. He held off.”

All of this sure sounds like Ukraine just self-sabotaged itself while blaming Russia for the alleged “attack.” And as usual, the corporate media is siding with Ukraine’s version of events and blaming Russia as well, even though all signs point to this being an inside job....<<<Read More>>>...

Disorder is the order of the day

 How long do we have to wait before Volodymyr Zelensky opens a disco in Boca Raton? That's one of the questions raised by the secret CIA documents leaked last week, supposedly by a 21-year-old National Guard airman in Massachusetts named Jack Teixeira. Since that's about the lowliest rank in the whole US military, you have to wonder how Jack got his mitts on all that embarrassing info, and what it says about the Pentagon's command structure and its relations with the Intel "Community."

I guess our cyber-security isn't what it's cracked up to be. But then, neither is our war effort in Ukraine. Yes, our war effort. We own this war from tail to snout, lock, stock, and barrel, the whole shootin' match. We started it (in 2014, when we began the preps there), we goaded the Russians into it in bad faith, and now we're losing it. Why? Because it was a stupid venture from the get-go. Now, it's really a matter of how psychotic our government's reaction will be when the Russians restore order to the place.

Restore order? That's right. I believe that's what they're aiming to do. Our country went into Ukraine to create disorder in that corner of the world — which has been within Russia's sphere-of-influence for over three hundred years, you understand. Sowing disorder is what we do, usually with very bloody consequences plus a bad outcome. Except for our stunning victory in the Caribbean island nation of Grenada, 1983, this has been our country's practice in recent decades....<<<Read More>>>...

As shock and awe of war wears off, U.S. quietly resumes biolabs program in Ukraine

 The latest news about the situation on the ground in Ukraine is that the United States deep state has resumed operations at its dozens of Pentagon-funded biological weapons laboratories.

Igor Kirillov, the commander of Russia’s Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Defense Forces, announced in a media briefing this week that the secretive facilities are once again becoming operational – and new ones are still being built with American taxpayer dollars.

Kirillov presented a trove of new documents outlining the biological weapons programs that the U.S. is funding and performing at these biolabs. As you may recall, the U.S. initially denied the existence of these biolabs, but now claims that they exist but are used for non-nefarious purposes.

Citing the U.S. protocol as outlined at a meeting dated Oct. 20, 2022, which was attended by representatives from the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and multiple Ukrainian officials, as well as members of the Jacobs / CH2M engineering company, Kirillov provided detailed evidence showing that the biolabs were temporarily “paused” during Russia’s special operation, but are now being un-paused.

“Now, the project has been resumed with focus on renewal of legislative support, revision of training schedule, as well as conclusion and resumption of construction work,” reads the Ukrainian-language protocol citing Jacobs / CH2M’s David Smith....<<<Read More>>>...

Fascist Dictator Zelensky Demands Orthodox Church Leader Put Under House Arrest

 Ukraine’s top security agency notified a top Orthodox priest Saturday that he was suspected of justifying Russia’s aggression, a criminal offense, amid a bitter dispute over a famed Orthodox monastery.

Metropolitan Pavel, the abbot of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monastery, Ukraine’s most revered Orthodox site, has strongly resisted the authorities’ order to vacate the complex. Earlier in the week, he cursed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, threatening him with damnation.

During a court hearing in the Ukrainian capital, the metropolitan strongly rejected the claim by the Security Service of Ukraine, known as the SBU, that he condoned Russia’s invasion. Pavel described the accusations against him as politically driven.

SBU agents raided his residence and prosecutors asked the court to put him under house arrest pending the investigation. The hearing was adjourned until Monday after the metropolitan said he wasn’t feeling well.

The monks in the monastery belong to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which has been accused of having links to Russia. The dispute surrounding the property, also known as Monastery of the Caves, is part of a wider religious conflict that has unfolded in parallel with the war.

The Ukrainian government has cracked down on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church over its historic ties to the Russian Orthodox Church, whose leader, Patriarch Kirill, has supported Russian President Vladimir Putin in the invasion of Ukraine.

The Ukrainian Orthodox Church has insisted that it’s loyal to Ukraine and has denounced the Russian invasion from the start. The church declared its independence from Moscow.

But Ukrainian security agencies have claimed that some in the UOC have maintained close ties with Moscow. They’ve raided numerous holy sites of the church and later posted photos of rubles, Russian passports and leaflets with messages from the Moscow patriarch as proof that some church officials have been loyal to Russia....<<<Read More>>>...