Yaroslav Trofimov
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Chief Foreign-Affairs Correspondent of The Wall Street Journal. Author of đź“šNo Country for Love đź“š and đź“•Our Enemies Will Vanishđź“• Insta & BlueSky @yarotrof
Joined April 2009
Our latest on Russia’s latest “nyet” to Trump — no security guarantees and no Putin-Zelensky summit anytime soon.
wsj.com
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said any Western security guarantees for Ukraine in an eventual peace deal could only be enacted with Moscow’s cooperation—essentially rendering them useless...
After Trump and Witkoff trumpeted the alleged achievement of Russia agreeing to security guarantees for Ukraine, Lavrov says that Russia only agrees to guarantees in which Russia (and China) have a veto, as per the Russian proposal in Istanbul in 2022. That is, nobody is allowed
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RT @axios: Defense intel boss Jeffrey Kruse ousted
axios.com
Christine Bordine, the deputy director, is taking over in an acting capacity, a DIA spokesperson said.
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Russia is so absolutely crazy insane these days that Putin’s former advisor and current loyal apologist Sergey Markov has been designated a “foreign agent” by the ministry of justice for the sin of communicating with foreign media. Which is actually a huge burden for those living.
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The commander of Ukrainian drone forces that attacked the Druzhba pipeline is an ethnic Hungarian — call sign Magyar — who made today’s announcement using the slogan of the 1956 Hungarian uprising against USSR, Ruszkik haza!, or Russians Go Home.
Russia earns some $400 million a month by shipping oil to Hungary and Slovakia via the Druzhba pipeline, a precious source of foreign currency for its war machine.
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Russia earns some $400 million a month by shipping oil to Hungary and Slovakia via the Druzhba pipeline, a precious source of foreign currency for its war machine.
So let me get this straight — Trump is sanctioning India for buying Russian oil, but tells Orban he is “very angry” at Ukraine for disrupting on Russian territory the Russian pipeline that supplies oil to Hungary and Slovakia? Consistency!
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So let me get this straight — Trump is sanctioning India for buying Russian oil, but tells Orban he is “very angry” at Ukraine for disrupting on Russian territory the Russian pipeline that supplies oil to Hungary and Slovakia? Consistency!
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Looks like North Korea lost more men fighting Ukrainians in a few months than the UK lost fighting the Taliban in 20 years.
North Korea's Kim kneels before portraits of soldiers killed fighting for Russia against Ukraine, decorates survivors.
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RT @yarotrof: @gc22gc @saadmohseni Oh, Bannon now pushes the Kremlin fake about 1.7 million Ukrainian casualties and urges surrender becaus….
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RT @AndyHunder: I am at the site of a truly horrendous Russian missile attack. Overnight, one of the largest American investments in Ukr….
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This is exactly what Putin demanded in Istanbul in March 2022. The only difference is that Russia then controlled about 30% of Ukraine, and only 19% today.
Russian President Putin is demanding that Ukraine give up all of the eastern Donbas region, renounce ambitions to join NATO, remain neutral and keep Western troops out of the country, three sources familiar with top-level Kremlin thinking told Reuters
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RT @panyiszabolcs: 💥🤯 Reaction by Hungary’s pro-Kremlin leadership to Russia’s airstrike on Transcarpathia, home to Ukraine’s Hungarian min….
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My bet is it’s a nothing burger.
Looks like Trump is upset with Putin bombing an American electronics plant in Ukraine — and refusing to meet Zelensky. Let’s see what, if anything, this will mean for Ukraine’s ability to hit deep inside Russia.
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Looks like Trump is upset with Putin bombing an American electronics plant in Ukraine — and refusing to meet Zelensky. Let’s see what, if anything, this will mean for Ukraine’s ability to hit deep inside Russia.
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RT @Jewtastic: Tucker now openly sides with Hitler. He platforms Hitler apologists and nods along with the idea that the USA should have si….
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Lavrov calls Zelensky the “so-called” leader of Ukraine and says the issue of legitimacy will need to be solved for a Ukrainian representative who will sign agreements with Russia (that agree to all Russian conditions.) No sign of a meeting with Putin that was touted by Trump.
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RT @dszeligowski: I've been saying this over and over again - Trump's administration does NOT understand the nature of this war. No, Russia….
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