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Zelensky scolded at the White House – “You’re gambling with World War III”

The war in Ukraine

Published 28 February 2025
– By Editorial Staff
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During an explosive meeting at the White House on Friday, a heated confrontation unfolded between US President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The meeting, broadcast on rolling TV cameras, culminated in Trump and Vance demanding that Ukraine immediately start peace talks with Russia – with the threat of withdrawing all military aid.

– You’re not in a good position. You don’t have the cards right now, Trump told Zelensky.

– Do you think it’s respectful to come to the Oval Office and attack the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country? added Vance.

When Zelensky responded by pointing out “we’ve been alone”, Trump countered that the US has contributed $350 billion in military aid since the conflict escalated.

Trump also vehemently denied accusations by media on the ground of allying himself with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

– I’m not aligned with anybody. I’m aligned with the United States and for the good of the world, Trump said.

In one of the sharpest statements to Zelensky, Trump warned of disastrous consequences if the war does not end.

– You’re gambling with the lives of millions of people, you’re gambling with World War III, he stressed.

Finally, Trump gave an ultimatum:

– You’re either going to make a deal, or we’re out.

Zelensky kicked out of the Oval Office – press conference canceled

After the meeting, which according to Reuters ended prematurely, the subsequent planned press conference was canceled.

“He can come back when he is ready for peace”, Trump commented at the Truth Social after Zelensky was “kicked out” of the Oval Office, according to Fox News.

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev mocked the incident on Telegram:

“Trump told the cocaine clown the truth to his face: the Kiev regime is gambling with World War III”.

Elon Musk, an adviser and efficiency minister in the Trump administration, said on X that Zelensky had made a fool of himself with his appearance.

“Zelensky has destroyed himself in the eyes of the American people”.

Mineral deal signed – but peace path uncertain

Meanwhile, Trump claims a ceasefire is “pretty close” – but that the terms remain unclear.

Despite the bitter tone, an agreement on US access to Ukraine’s mineral resources was confirmed to be signed. According to reports, 50% of the proceeds from resource extraction will be put into a joint fund for reinvestment in Ukraine. The deal, which the Ukrainian government approved on Wednesday, is valued by the White House at a whopping $20 billion.

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https://nordictimes.com/europe/hungary-wants-eu-sanctions-on-ukrainian-forced-conscription-officers/

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Hungary wants EU sanctions on Ukrainian forced conscription officers

The war in Ukraine

Published 16 July 2025
– By Editorial Staff
Hungarian Foreign Minister demands that those responsible must be held accountable for the murder and brutal assault of people who refused to go to war.
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Following the Council of Europe report, the brutality surrounding forced recruitment patrols in Ukraine must be covered by EU human rights sanctions. This is the view of Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó.

Referring to the Council of Europe report titled Memorandum on human rights elements for peace in Ukraine, dated July 8, 2025 and signed by the EU Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O’Flaherty, Szijjártó points out that conscription in Ukraine involves murder, torture, brutal assault and brutal treatment.

— It is a fact that people are dying in Ukraine because of the brutality of the conscription officers, because they don’t want to go to war.

— Where are the NGOs, where are the Soros organizations, where are the so-called independent journalists, where are the human rights organizations, why do they not speak out and say that this manhunt on the streets of Ukraine is unacceptable? asks Péter Szijjártó.

Szijjártó emphasizes that they view it as unacceptable and “shocking” that European politicians remain indifferent to the brutality and stresses that they demand the responsible recruiters be placed on the EU’s human rights sanctions list.

— This is a bare minimum that the EU must do in this issue, he emphasizes.

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World

Trump urges Zelensky to attack Moscow

The war in Ukraine

Published 16 July 2025
– By Editorial Staff
2 minute read
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Donald Trump has secretly urged Ukraine to carry out attacks against the Russian major cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg – as a strategy to force Russia to the negotiating table, according to the Financial Times.

The conversation reportedly took place on July 4 between American and Ukrainian representatives, where Trump posed direct questions to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky:

– Volodymyr, can you hit Moscow? . . . Can you hit St Petersburg too?

According to the newspaper’s sources, the plan is to make Russia “feel pain” in order to pressure a settlement. Trump has previously expressed frustration over the war’s duration and said:

– I’m disappointed in President Putin because I thought we would have had a deal two months ago.

At the same time, it is reported that Zelensky has received a list of long-range weapons that Trump wants to deliver through intermediaries – to circumvent Congress’s ban on direct military aid.

Escalation in the war

The revelations come at a sensitive time. The Kremlin has repeatedly warned that Russia could strike against the West if its weapons are used against Russian territory.

President Vladimir Putin has claimed that Russia has the right to “use our weapons against military facilities in countries that allow their weapons to be used against our facilities”.

In November 2024, Russia tightened its nuclear doctrine, which now allows nuclear response if Russia is attacked with conventional weapons by “non-nuclear states supported by nuclear powers”.

So far, Ukraine has primarily used domestically produced long-range drones in its attacks inside Russia. Neither the White House nor the Ukrainian government has commented on the revelation.

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https://nordictimes.com/world/north-korea-declares-full-support-for-russia/

World

North Korea declares “full support” for Russia

The war in Ukraine

Published 14 July 2025
– By Editorial Staff
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during their meeting in Wonsan, North Korea.
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North Korea is providing its “unconditional support” to Russia in the war against Ukraine. This was declared during a meeting between Kim Jong-Un and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Wonsan on Saturday, according to North Korean state media.

Kim Jong-Un informed Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that the country stands ready to provide strong assistance in the conflict against Ukraine during a meeting that took place on Saturday in the coastal town of Wonsan on North Korea’s east coast, a location that the country has recently attempted to market as a tourist destination.

According to the North Korean news agency KCNA, Kim Jong-Un told Lavrov that North Koreans have “expressed full sympathy and support for all the measures taken by the Russian government to remove the root cause of the Ukrainian conflict”.

The North Korean leader is also said to have expressed his “firm conviction that the Russian army and people” will triumph and “achieve the sacred cause of defending the country’s dignity and fundamental interests”, KCNA reports.

Before the meeting with Kim Jong-Un, Lavrov met with his North Korean counterpart, Foreign Minister Choe Son-Hui, earlier in the day.

Deepened military cooperation

Lavrov’s visit to North Korea marks increasingly extensive military and political ties between the two countries, which have accelerated in connection with the war in Ukraine.

Pyongyang has previously sent thousands of soldiers to the Russian border region of Kursk to participate in fighting against Ukrainian forces that occupied parts of the area.

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https://nordictimes.com/world/war-hawk-trump-will-send-record-amounts-of-weapons-to-ukraine/

World

War hawk: Trump will send “record amounts of weapons” to Ukraine

The war in Ukraine

Published 14 July 2025
– By Editorial Staff
War hawk Lindsey Graham with Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo to the right in a meeting in Helsinki, Finland in August last year.
2 minute read
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The US will send more weapons than ever to Ukraine. These are the tones being heard around the Trump administration as NATO chief Mark Rutte now visits Washington.

A large part of Trump’s voter base is generally considered to be voters who voted for him in hopes that he would reduce US involvement in foreign wars, partly because he promised during the campaign that he would end the war in 24 hours. However, these promises seem to be becoming increasingly distant for the American president.

On Monday, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is scheduled to meet Trump in Washington, and Rutte can be pleased that more weapons than ever are now heading to the war in Ukraine. This according to information from, among others, the neoconservative war hawk Lindsey Graham, Republican senator and close ally of the Trump administration.

– In the coming days, you’ll see weapons flowing at a record level to help Ukraine defend themselves, says Graham on CBS’s program “Face the Nation”.

European countries foot the bill

A central part of the escalation is that NATO countries, including Sweden, have pledged to increase their weapons purchases, which in practice are largely procured from the American military-industrial complex.

Graham believes that the US escalation of weapons deliveries to the war in Ukraine is part of a “massive effort” to force Russian President Vladimir Putin into peace negotiations. It should be added that Russia has in many different contexts over a long time emphasized that they have been open to negotiations as well as being open about their peace conditions, which primarily revolve around guarantees of Ukraine’s neutrality.

Trump has signaled that he will make a “major statement” about Russia during the day.

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