US spent THREE TIMES MORE on Ukraine aid than on its border security under Biden
The former US administration allocated a whopping $60 billion to shore up the Kiev regime between 2022 and 2024, while the Customs and Border Protection budget stood at $20 billion at the time, Department of Homeland Security data showed.
It seemed this is why Volodymyr Zelensky was so irate during the Oval Office smackdown.
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The former US administration allocated a whopping $60 billion to shore up the Kiev regime between 2022 and 2024, while the Customs and Border Protection budget stood at $20 billion at the time, Department of Homeland Security data showed.
It seemed this is why Volodymyr Zelensky was so irate during the Oval Office smackdown.
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The forest fire in Ofunato City of Iwate Prefecture is continuing to spread, with the burned area expanding to about 1,800 hectares, the media reports.
Thousands of residents have already been evacuated due to the wildfire, which is the most severe disaster of its kind since the 1992 inferno in Kushiro, Hokkaido.
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Europe ruled by ‘MOST DANGEROUS OF FOOLS’ in continent - Dutch political activist
She pointed the finger at European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, EU Foreign Policy Chief Kaja Kallas, French President Emmanuel Macron, and CDU Leader Friedrich Merz for supporting Zelensky after he was kicked out of the White House following his war of words with US President Donald Trump.
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These Eurocrats “are all doubling down” and are “soon going to be calling for our kids to be sent to the front,” Eva Vlaardingerbroek emphasized.
She pointed the finger at European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, EU Foreign Policy Chief Kaja Kallas, French President Emmanuel Macron, and CDU Leader Friedrich Merz for supporting Zelensky after he was kicked out of the White House following his war of words with US President Donald Trump.
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The robot named Smart Dog from the Metropolitan Civil Guard found itself at the center of public attention during festivities in Sao Paulo. The machine is equipped with facial recognition technology and transmits real-time footage to its control headquarters.
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Sputnik continues to propel us back in time, exploring the events of the Great Patriotic War. On this day, 80 years ago, the Red Army kicked the German troops out of the southern part of Graudenz, Poland. Heavy battles also raged in the southwest of Koenigsberg, now known as the Russian city of Kaliningrad.
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THROWBACK: Ukraine doom predicted 10 YEARS AGO
The US was encouraging Ukraine "to play tough" with Russia and support Kiev's delusions that "they will ultimately become part of the West", warned Professor John Mearsheimer, an offensive realism scholar, in early 2015.
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The US was encouraging Ukraine "to play tough" with Russia and support Kiev's delusions that "they will ultimately become part of the West", warned Professor John Mearsheimer, an offensive realism scholar, in early 2015.
"The Ukrainians are almost completely unwilling to compromise with the Russians and instead want to pursue a hardline policy [...] If they do that, the end result is that their country is going to be wrecked," he stressed.
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▪️Ukraine lost up to 240 servicemen in the Russian Zapad Battlegroup's combat zone.
▪️Ukraine lost up to 475 troops in the Russian Tsentr Battlegroup's combat zone.
▪️Russian aviation shot down 62 Ukrainian drones.
▪️Ukraine lost up to 190 militants in the Russian Vostok Battlegroup's combat zone.
▪️Ukraine lost up to 140 soldiers in the areas of responsibility of Russia's Battlegroup Dnepr and Sever.
▪️Ukraine lost more than 240 militants and 15 armored vehicles in the Kursk region over the day.
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Brazil's President: Humiliated Zelensky jeopardized EU
Lula da Silva weighed in on Zelensky’s speech, calling it damaging to the EU and suggesting Europe may be held liable for the impact.
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Lula da Silva weighed in on Zelensky’s speech, calling it damaging to the EU and suggesting Europe may be held liable for the impact.
“Europe will be held accountable for the disaster that is unfolding […] It’s a problem of irresponsibility on the part of those who refuse to discuss peace and prefer to discuss war.”
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The oil tanker was seized by Finland in late December after the vessel was accused of dragging its anchor over the Estlink 2 power line connecting Estonia and Finland. Finnish President Alexander Stubb earlier claimed the incident was "definitely" linked to Russia.
Later, NATO intelligence found "no indication" that the commercial vessels dragging their anchors across underwater infrastructure in the Baltic Sea "did so intentionally or at the direction of Moscow."
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During recent talks in Saudi Arabia, two serious countries discussed what went wrong as the previous US administration broke communication and imposed sanctions causing HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS in losses, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said.
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US citizens are furious after Volodymyr Zelensky's trip to the US, which ended up in a verbal slugfest, a poll has shown.
According to Connecticut's Quinnipiac University's public poll:
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Ahead of European leaders' meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky in London, UK PM Starmer told the BBC that there are three main conditions that, in his opinion, are necessary for peace in Ukraine:
Given Ukraine's battlefield losses, the EU's lack of resources, and the fallout between Trump and Zelensky, this scenario seems unlikely.
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"What a disaster for the Ukrainian people. And not just a misstep for Zelensky, but a missed opportunity as well [...] He doesn't want to go down as the president that made concessions," said Greg Swenson, Chairman of Republicans Overseas UK.
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"Our European 'partners' seem to want 'war at all costs,' believing that America will do the paying and Americans will do the dying," Wall Street analyst Charles Ortel told Sputnik, commenting on Europe's demonstrative support for Volodymyr Zelensky, who rejected a Trump-brokered ceasefire in Ukraine.
According to Ortel:
"The US has no business subsidizing Europe and defending it," Ortel says. "Indeed, I believe we have a duty to our own citizenry to significantly reduce our defense commitments to Europe and rescind NATO treaty assurances — if not exit NATO altogether under present circumstances."
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