Broccoii amd Craig fret over The Death of James Bond Franchise. Of course its dead after Trum-Putin turned his back on Canada, NATO, and Ukraine! Is the President of the United States – A TRAITOR? Millions of American and Europeans – WANT TO KNOW! And, if is is so – WHAT HERO WILL OPPOSE HIM? How about a fictional character from Mount Shasta?
On this day, February 19, 2025, I begin a new Bond book…..
STARFISH
by
John Presco
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Chapter One…..I Love Your Boots!
Before she was hired by BAD, Starfish worked for Eutrophia Von Stetzelgraf, as a chauffeur-bodyguard.
Starfish Works For Weidel
Posted on February 17, 2025 by Royal Rosamond Press
Alice Weidel ist die Chefin von der Partei AfD. (imago / dts Nachrichtenagentur)
Russia praises Trump for criticising Ukraine-NATO moves
Trump’s diplomatic overtures towards the Kremlin have alarmed Ukraine, which fears it will be sidelined in any future peace negotiations and forced to make massive concessions to end the fighting.
President Donald Trump Photo | AP
Updated on:
19 Feb 2025, 5:14 am
MOSCOW: Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday praised US President Donald Trump for blaming the Ukraine conflict on moves to admit Kyiv into the NATO military alliance.
Trump has repeatedly blamed the conflict on his predecessor, Joe Biden, and has said the nearly three years of fighting would “never have started” had he been president in 2022.
“He is the first, and so far, in my opinion, the only Western leader who has publicly and loudly said that one of the root causes of the Ukrainian situation was the previous administration’s pushy line of dragging Ukraine into NATO,” Lavrov said of Trump in a question-and-answer session with lawmakers in Russia’s State Duma.
The comments came a day after US and Russian officials met in Saudi Arabia for their first high-level talks in over three years.
Trump’s diplomatic overtures towards the Kremlin have alarmed Ukraine, which fears it will be sidelined in any future peace negotiations and forced to make massive concessions to end the fighting.
The Republican has upended US foreign policy since coming to office last month, making support for Ukraine dependant on access to its rare minerals while echoing Russian President Vladimir Putin’s positions on the conflict.
In a press conference in January, before his inauguration, Trump directly blamed Biden’s move to admit Ukraine as a NATO member for spurring the conflict.
“A big part of the problem was Russia for many, many years — long before Putin — said: ‘You could never have NATO involved with Ukraine’,” Trump told reporters at a press conference on January 7.
“And somewhere along the line, Biden said: ‘No, they should be able to join NATO.’ Well, then, Russia has somebody right on their doorstep, and I could understand their feeling about that.”
Follow The New Indian Express channel on WhatsApp
Download the TNIE app to stay with us and follow the latest
Sergei LavrovShow Comments
Advertisement
Related Stories
What does the US-Russia reset mean for Ukraine, Europe and the rest of the world?
3 hours ago
A deeper look at the talks between US and Russian officials as Trump suggests Ukraine is to blame
14 hours ago
Trump says agreed with Russian President Putin to begin ‘negotiations’ on ending Ukraine war
12 Feb 2025
Eyeing Trump and Putin, EU, UK, NATO leaders talk defence
02 Feb 2025
Advertisement
Advertisement
Zelensky accuses Trump of living in a Russian-made ‘disinformation space’
The comments from Trump and Zelensky were a remarkable back-and-forth between leaders of two countries that have been staunch allies in recent years under Trump’s predecessor
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (Photo | AP)
Updated on:
19 Feb 2025, 6:20 am
KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday of living in a Russian-made “disinformation space,” pointed comments that risk further souring relations with Washington as the American leader pushes for an end to the war.
Zelensky said he “would like Trump’s team to be more truthful” in his first response to a series of striking claims the U.S. president made the previous day, including suggesting that Kyiv was to blame for the war, which enters its fourth year next week.
Russia’s army crossed the border on Feb. 24, 2022, in an all-out invasion that Putin sought to justify by saying it was needed to protect civilians in eastern Ukraine and prevent the country from joining NATO. Ukraine and its allies denounced it as an unprovoked act of aggression.
The comments from Trump and Zelensky were a remarkable back-and-forth between leaders of two countries that have been staunch allies in recent years under Trump’s predecessor, as the U.S. provided crucial military equipment to Kyiv to fend off the invasion and used its political weight to defend Ukraine and isolate Russia on the world stage.
The Trump administration has started charting a new course, reaching out to Russia and pushing for a peace deal. Zelensky spoke shortly before he was expected to meet with Keith Kellogg, the U.S. special envoy for Ukraine and Russia as part of the administration’s recent diplomatic blitz.
Ukraine and its European supporters have expressed concern that they weren’t invited to the talks between top American and Russian diplomats in Saudi Arabia — amid larger worries that the deal taking shape could be unfavorable to Kyiv.
At a news conference Tuesday, Trump showed little patience for Ukraine’s objections to being excluded from the talks. He also said, without providing the source, that Zelensky’s approval rating stood at 4%, while telling reporters that Ukraine “should have never started” the war and “could have made a deal” to prevent it.
Zelensky replied in his own news conference Wednesday that “we have seen this disinformation. We understand that it is coming from Russia.” He said that Trump “lives in this disinformation space.”
Zelensky said he hoped Kellogg would walk through Kyiv and “ask (Ukrainians) if they trust their president? Do they trust Putin? Let him ask about Trump, what they think after the statements made by their president.”
Russian state TV and other state-controlled media reacted with glee to what they portrayed as Trump’s cold shoulder to Zelensky.
Russia praises Trump for criticising Ukraine-NATO moves
Advertisement
PauseSkip backward 5 secondsSkip forward 5 secondsMute
Loaded: 7.18%
Remaining Time -10:07Fullscreen
“Trump isn’t even trying to hide his irritation with Zelensky,” the Rossiya channel said at the top of its newscast.
“Trump steamrolled Zelensky for his complaints about the talks with Russia,” the daily Komsomolskaya Pravda said.
Trump also suggested Ukraine ought to hold elections, which have been postponed due to the war and the consequent imposition of martial law, in accordance with the Ukrainian Constitution.
Zelensky also referred to “the story” that 90% of all aid received by Ukraine comes from the United States.
He said that, for instance, about 34% of all weapons in Ukraine are domestically produced and over 30% of support comes from Europe.
The battlefield has brought more grim news for Ukraine in recent months. A relentless onslaught in eastern areas by Russia’s bigger army is grinding down Ukrainian forces, who are slowly but steadily being pushed backward at some points on the 1,000-kilometer (600-mile) front line.
American officials have signaled that Ukraine’s hopes of joining NATO in order to ward off Russian aggression after reaching a possible peace agreement won’t happen. Zelensky says any settlement will require U.S. security commitments to keep Russia at bay.
“We understand the need for security guarantees,” Kellogg said in comments carried by Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne Novyny on his arrival at Kyiv’s train station.
“It’s very clear to us the importance of the sovereignty of this nation and the independence of this nation as well. … Part of my mission is to sit and listen,” the retired three-star general said.
Kellogg said he would convey what he learns on his visit to Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio to “and ensure that we get this one right.”
Rosamond Press 
Leave a comment