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Steve Herman

US agrees to immediately resume intelligence sharing and military assistance to Ukraine.

@w7voa

Anybody ask the leadership of the Russian Federation if they _wanted_ peace?

Cause... Usually folks that want peace don't invade their neighbors.

Everybody _gets_ that, right?

@401matthall @w7voa In their language, “peace” and “world“ is the same word. So, yeah, they want it. All.

@w7voa

This has continued to be the most insulting part of this charade:

The idea that Ukraine didn't want peace in the first place. Obviously they shouldn't have PLACED THEIR BORDERS SO CLOSE TO A WARMONGERING, MAP-PAINTING NEIGHBOR.

@w7voa I'm very confused, besides the 30 day ceasefire, everything else is in the UA peace plan. So WHY DID THEY STOP HELPING, just because they wanted more dead UA civilians and shit on the defenders?

JUST TELL RU TO GO HOME AND THE WAR ENDS.

@w7voa This is just a temporary delay, America will cut Ukraine’s intelligence again, whenever it suits them or Russia. America can no longer be trusted.

@w7voa Oh good there was an adult in the room. Let's hope the president stays distracted with Canada.

@w7voa That last paragraph, though… My only hope is that the Ukraine delegation comes to the table with two demands and walks away if there is no agreement:

* Russia fucks off and returns all territory.
* Ukraine decides what Ukraine will do with Ukraine’s resources for the benefit of Ukraine.

Otherwise, this world gets even worse.

@randywidell @w7voa Well put, but you know that will never happen whilst Trump and his minions are running the show.

@willie1foot @w7voa 🤷‍♂️ Ukraine will make the best decision for their people, I’m sure. I’m just hoping they have the option and the backing from allies to end this atrocity on their terms.

I just can’t get over the threat implicit in that last paragraph.

@w7voa

I was not trust the intel and I doubt Ukraine will do so.

It may be full of disinfo and misinfo.

Reputation lost.

@w7voa now, about the quality and source of that intelligence though...

@w7voa What I'm reading is as long as Russia doesn't attack for 30 days, Ukrain won't attack back. Which means it's up to Russia. Which means the ceasefire is unlikely to happen, unless Russia needs the time to regroup.

@w7voa AFTER Russia used the break to launch an attack

@w7voa

I guess the blow back stung Krasnov pretty good.

@SheriSwears

Trump being called out as Krasnov. Vance's own cousin calling him a traitor. Some Republicans publicly and many more privately saying what the fuck. Musk close to losing starlink business to a European provider and Tesla sales tanking in Europe.

Oh, and also Europe kicking us out of the next NATO security meeting.

That sort of thing.

@w7voa Sure. Probably they intend to share fake information.

@w7voa
1994 Ukraine, which had the third largest nuclear arsenal in the world, relinquished its nuclear warheads as part of a complete nuclear disarmament. It did so in exchange for iron-clad security guarantees from the US, UK and Russia.

@w7voa

Ukraine was freakin invaded, get out of that country Russia… seems to be the only solution I would say.

And by the way in previous treaties there were guarantees… and look where Ukraine is now?

@w7voa I wouldn't trust a word of US intelligence under Putin's puppet & I'd drop Starlink faster than Ivanka & Tiffany Trump ditched any semblance of a conscience they may have had before their predator father gained power.