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Well the new non MAGA republican Senate leader Thune is pro Ukraine. Unfortunately it is the house controls the shillings and Johnson said no more money to Ukraine.
There may at least be in party tensions that pro Ukraine reps on both sides can use. Some silver lining, in theory at least
If only the orange one wasn't indebted to putin, and the vote only happened because it was a secret ballot. MAGA and trump wanted Scott
 
Toffeepot said:
Well the new non MAGA republican Senate leader Thune is pro Ukraine. Unfortunately it is the house controls the shillings and Johnson said no more money to Ukraine.
There may at least be in party tensions that pro Ukraine reps on both sides can use. Some silver lining, in theory at least
If only the orange one wasn't indebted to putin, and the vote only happened because it was a secret ballot. MAGA and trump wanted Scott
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Sit back and see what happens on 20th January. I see that there's talk about elections in May for Ukraine. Putting 2 and 2 together and getting 7, Zelensky out and a new president to sign a shitehouse agreement for Ukraine with some promise of a carrot and threat of a big stick for Russia to play ball?

I wonder what they can offer Ukraine to take the edge off in that scenario. A security arrangement and EU membership probably - though that needs the EU to play ball as well.
 
The Kremlin is attempting to dictate the terms of any potential "peace" negotiations with Ukraine in advance of US President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration. The manner in which the Kremlin is trying to set its terms for negotiations strongly signals that Russia's objectives remain unchanged and still amount to full Ukrainian capitulation. The Kremlin does not appear any more willing to make concessions to the incoming Trump administration than it was to the current administration. Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Spokesperson Maria Zakharova claimed on November 13 that Western officials are lying about their interest in peace in Ukraine and that "peace" can only be achieved when the West stops providing military assistance to Ukraine.[1] Zakharova's statement indicates that Russia continues to assert that the West must end all provisions of military assistance to Ukraine as a prerequisite for peace negotiations.[2] Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also claimed on November 13 that the start of Trump's presidency would not fundamentally change the US position on Ukraine and that any proposals to freeze the frontline are "even worse" than the Russia-favorable Minsk Agreements that followed Russia's first invasion of Ukraine in 2014.[3]



Lavrov's pre-emptive rejection of the potential suggestion to freeze the current frontline further indicates that Russia is not interested in softening its approach or demands in negotiations and maintains its objective of total Ukrainian capitulation, which Russian President Vladimir Putin explicitly outlined in June 2024.[4] Zakharova's and Lavrov's statements also undermine Putin's recent efforts to feign interest in a willingness to "restore" US–Russian relations with the new US presidential administration and instead indicate that Putin likely is taking for granted that the Trump administration will defer to the Kremlin's interests and preferences without the Kremlin offering any concessions or benefits in return.[5] Russian officials notably made these statements against the backdrop of reports that the Trump administration intends to appoint a "Ukrainian peace envoy to lead negotiations on ending the war" and announcements of multiple Trump national security cabinet picks, suggesting that Russia will maintain its goals in Ukraine regardless of the make-up of the incoming Trump administration.[6]

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The Kremlin is attempting to dictate the terms of any potential "peace" negotiations with Ukraine in advance of US President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration.
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Cecil said:
I see the Su-57 is a load of crap.
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The Su-57 is the first aircraft in Russian military service designed with stealth technology and is intended to be the basis for a family of stealth combat aircraft.

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