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““With a single phone call, Putin appears to have changed President Trump’s mind on Ukraine once again,” a second person familiar with the negotiations told POLITICO’s Brussels Playbook.”
https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-volodymyr-zelenskyy-us-donald-trump-tense-white-house-meeting/
Trump Caves on Ukraine Again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBrvoW2aI1g
Trump seems easily manipulated by Putin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47XITR7MLXU
Europe is just now sanctioning Russia oil refineries in India.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3tEZXBayWc
Russia is rationing gas within certain Russian regions due to Ukrainian strikes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxYEEHbhyoc
“It marks a win for European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who has personally driven efforts to attract U.S. researchers in a direct response to the Trump administration’s deep cuts to academic programs. Europe has positioned itself as a safe haven by emphasizing academic freedom and increasing the funds available for those who wish to relocate.”
https://www.politico.eu/article/european-research-council-funding-us-researchers-relocation-europe/
“The alleged Russian schemes included orchestrating a large-scale vote-buying scheme, conducting more than 1,000 cyberattacks on critical government infrastructure so far this year, a plan to incite riots around Sunday’s election, and a sprawling disinformation campaign online to sway voters.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/ap/ap-international/ap-moldovas-pro-eu-party-wins-parliamentary-election-fraught-with-russian-interference-claims/?amp_js_v=0.1&tbref=hp
“Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said Friday that he is putting Hungary’s national interests first in rejecting a call by President Trump for all NATO allies to halt the purchase of Russian fossil fuels.
Orbán, in remarks to state radio and reported by The Associated Press, said he told Trump that ending Russian oil imports would be an economic “disaster” for Hungary that would put the Hungarian economy “on its knees.”
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Trump seemed to cut Hungary and Slovakia some slack in continuing to purchase Russian oil.
“I just don’t want to have people go blaming them when, you know, we spoke to them at length today and it seems like that, for them it’s a little bit,” the president said from the Oval Office on Thursday, trailing off and turning to his pressure campaign on Turkey to stop buying Russian energy.”
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5526962-hungary-nato-russian-oil/?tbref=hp
Russia-NATO Confrontation – Drones over Poland & MiGs over the Baltic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG7sVKNP-yo
Ukraine’s F-16s are helping it shoot down missiles that ground-based defenses and Ukraine’s Soviet aircraft have trouble with.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ-IA0GLvqY