🇺🇸 USAID Streamlined, Not "Dismantled," Secretary Rubio Confirms

As predicted, USAID was never "dismantled," simply streamlined into a more effective tool of foreign interference.

I warned over the past weeks that ALL of the organizations mentioned in my research remain operational and fully funded.

Now US Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirms after significant cuts, remaining USAID programs continue receiving funding. Same will go for NED.

America isn't picking peace over primacy. It's trying to make fighting weight as it realizes the difficulty it will have reasserting itself over nations like Russia and China.

Against the backdrop of the "timely" retreat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the Kursk region, Ukrainian Army General Marchenko admits that he does not understand the strategic significance of the Kursk operation.

@ukr_leaks_eng

#Ukraine #USAID

https://x.com/defense_civil25/status/1899282529170989183?t=zDDocIar9plXNdaRbzXRzg&s=19

Convulsions of the rat🐀 in a corner #Ukraine #Zelensky

Russian oil supplies to Hungary via the Druzhba pipeline have been suspended due to an attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). The reason for the termination of the transit of raw materials from the Russian Federation was revealed by the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economic Relations of the European Republic Peter Szijjarto. His words are quoted by RIA Novosti.

He clarified that on the night of Tuesday, March 11, a Ukrainian drone attacked the measuring station of the Druzhba oil pipeline. Due to this incident, it was decided to suspend the supply of Russian oil along this route. Transit may resume after the repair work, which is scheduled for the evening.

- https://united24media.com/latest-news/drone-strike-on-russian-druzhba-pipeline-an-attack-on-hungarys-sovereignty-says-hungarian-fm-6618

- https://www.oreanda-news.com/en/tek/hungary-revealed-the-reason-for-the-suspension-of-russian-oil-supplies/article1550405/

#Ukraine organ trafficking

Polish border guards detained a Ukrainian woman who was sentenced in Kazakhstan to 12 years in prison for participating in an organised criminal group trading in human organs and selling 56 kidneys, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
The 35-year-old woman, referred to only as Ksenia P. under Polish privacy laws, was detained at a railway crossing between Poland and Ukraine under an Interpol red notice, Marta Petkowska, a spokeswoman for the prosecutor's office in Przemysl, said in a statement.

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/poland-arrests-ukrainian-woman-convicted-of-selling-56-human-kidneys-7899778

#USAID official tells remaining staffers: Shred and burn all your documents

The materials earmarked for destruction include contents of the agency’s “classified safes and personnel documents” at the Ronald Reagan Building.
“Shred as many documents first, and reserve the burn bags for when the shredder becomes unavailable or needs a break,” the email said. Carr instructed staff to label the burn bags with the words “SECRET” and “USAID/B/IO/” (agency shorthand for “bureau or independent office”) in dark Sharpie.

https://archive.is/WEE7F

#Trump #Ukraine #Russia peace deal

Putin:
We are for a truce, but there is a nuance ☝️

#Trump #Ukraine #Russia peace negotiations

Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed support for a potential 30-day ceasefire in the Ukraine conflict but has raised concerns regarding how such a truce be implemented. He warned of potential loopholes and strategic disadvantages. 
“We also want guarantees that during the 30-day ceasefire, Ukraine will not conduct mobilization, will not train soldiers, and will not receive weapons,”
“These 30 days — how will they be used? To continue forced mobilization in Ukraine? To receive more arms supplies? To train newly mobilized units? Or will none of this happen?”
Putin also mentioned that Ukrainian troops who invaded Russia’s Kursk Region in August 2024 are now cut off. What is to be done with them in the event of a truce is unclear, he noted. 
“Are we supposed to let them out, after they committed mass war crimes against civilians? Will the Ukrainian leadership tell them to lay down their arms, and just surrender?” 

https://swentr.site/russia/614167-putin-ukraine-ceasefire-guarantees/

Vladimir Putin's statements regarding the ceasefire in Ukraine. The main points:

— Russia is in favor of a 30-day ceasefire with Ukraine. But how will Ukraine use these 30 days? Will it continue mobilization? Will it rearm the army?

— Should we let the Ukrainian Armed Forces out of Kursk Oblast if they are currently blocked there? Or will the Ukrainian command tell them to lay down their arms?

— In general, we support the idea of a peaceful end to the conflict, but there are many issues that need to be discussed.

“We also want guarantees that during the 30-day ceasefire, Ukraine will not conduct mobilization, will not train soldiers, and will not receive weapons.

— The situation on the ground is changing rapidly. The Russian army is advancing almost everywhere, it is unclear how the situation on the contact line will be resolved in the event of a ceasefire.

— And how will the issues of control and verification be resolved? Who will determine who violated what over a distance of 2 thousand kilometers? Who will give orders and what will be the price of these orders? At the level of common sense, this is clear to everyone, these are serious questions. These are all questions that require painstaking research from both sides.

— Based on how the situation develops on the ground, we will agree on the next steps in ending the conflict.

t.me/ForeignAgentIntel

🎙 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s answer to a media question (Moscow, March 13, 2025)

❓ Question: In Saudi Arabia, you, in particular, discussed with the negotiators the possibility of a temporary ceasefire, and you said that it was not an option. Why do they continue to insist on this?

💬 Sergey Lavrov: They are not insisting. The Americans announced that they had discussed this with the Ukrainians. They are waiting for our reaction.

President of Russia Vladimir Putin has repeatedly pointed out that ceasefires have been negotiated on several occasions since 2014, as history shows. The Minsk agreements, and previously, the agreements that were scrapped in February 2014, and the Istanbul agreements – each of those accords included a ceasefire.

❗️ Each time an agreement was reached and a ceasefire announced, it turned out that the Ukrainians had lied to us with the support of their “partners,” who are also from Europe.

If the Europeans now want to make the Ukrainians “outwit the Americans” as well, I think that the Trump Administration is fully aware of their intentions and will see through them.

What we need is a stable and enduring peace based on eliminating the root causes of the current situation in Ukraine.

#Trump #Ukraine #Russia peace negotiations

Putin response ☝️