OdessaBlogger
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Content in obscurity & cosseted by mild eccentricity. Objectivity is giving all a fair hearing. It does not equate to false moral equivalence. RT ≠ endorsement
UA can expect very little from the Trump/Ze meeting if Trump considers his phone call with Putin "very productive" Putin will have restated his non-negotiable terms once again, and once again Trump will try and force it on UA which will be unacceptable to UA and Europe as a whole.
Oh dear Lord, this is preposterous. I can't think of a better way to promote "British Values" abroad than the British Council. Whoever made this decision should be fired as a cost-cutting measure.
As it was obvious to anyone (except the dullard Witkoff) that RU would never agree to this, how is this breaking news? It would have been breaking news if RU had agreed to it as that would be extremely unlikely.
Ummmm, the airfield was built by the Soviet Union in the 1950s, and was the Soviet main base during the 1980s
And why not send drones to enter Romanian airspace? The lesson from the Poland incident is that there are no significant consequences.
This is #TACOTrump's way out, knowing full well his "friend" Orban (and Fico) won't stop buying RU oil. That said nobody ever expected #TACOTrump to seriously sanction RU, this, however, lets him blame others for his deliberate inaction.
Poland and the rest of the EU nations should also consider closing its airspace to Belarussian "Belavia" now the US has lifted sanctions on it.
What a security nightmare that will be for the USA if Putin attends. If they're prepared to take pot-shots at #TACOTrump, there'll be queues lining up for Putin both home-grown and international fans attending. An absolute security nightmare.
Unfortunately it's extremely unlikely that even if/when they exist those giving the "guarantees" will be any more likely to go to war with RU than they are now. As they clearly aren't prepared to do so now why would Russia beleive they will in the future? Arm UA to the teeth!
I very much doubt that this will play out as the WH/FBI think it will. Potentially there is a huge amount of collatoral damage inside John Bolton's head and he will be given media time and coverage