💬 “What this means is this façade is a distraction from the real intent, which is not financial – it’s geopolitical, because the US is still pursuing its primary geostrategic objective, which is to maintain primacy, that is, its hegemony, globally” after proving unable to defeat Russia on the battlefield, Simons stressed.

💬 “And if you look how the US manages its client states, this means to keep Ukraine as a client state, which is both obedient to US demands and dictates, but also is under the direct protection as a protectorate of the United States because of the presence of these minerals,” the academic said.

💬 “If something is vague, it can be interpreted to mean whatever you want it to mean,” points out veteran conflict studies expert Dr. Greg Simons of Daffodil International University.

💬 “This is an attempt at card stacking, because currently the playing field is definitely in Russia’s favor and against the United States and Ukraine.”

💬 “If you look at Trump, he’s been active during his presidency in arming Ukrainians against Russia. I mean he’s been…boasting how he gave them Javelins to use against Russia,” Simons pointed out.

💬 “There is more and more democracy in Romania every day,” Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of Rossiya Segodnya, Sputnik’s parent media group, wrote on her social media, commenting on the situation.

💬 “Land warfare has transitioned to drone warfare. If you can be seen, you can be killed,” retired general and former Army vice chief of staff Jack Keane told WSJ. “A soldier carrying a rocket-propelled grenade, a tank, command and control facilities, an artillery position can all be taken out by drones very rapidly.”

💬 "This administration is not going to let our society devolve into communist, woke, DEI [Diversity, Equity and Inclusion] strangulation," White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller told journalists.

💬 "Chay flew to Istanbul — he was deported. He sat in the waiting area under police escort," an RT representative told Sputnik.

💬 “A strong Ukraine post this conflict will help Ukrainians maintain their national security,” Secretary Bessent told Fox News, stressing that the agreement isn’t just for rare earths, but infrastructure and energy as well.

💬 “He's got the trust of both me and the president,” the vice president insisted.

💬 “The people who want to compare this to Vietnam… COME ON,” the vice president scoffed.