by Oui
Sun Jun 1st, 2025 at 10:51:17 AM EST
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Follow-up on today's diary ...
Ukraine Is Losing Land, Ceasefire Please
See BREAKING NEWS UPDATE below the fold
⚡️Senator Graham Issues URGENT Statement to Putin. IMMEDIATE Ultimatum from to the Kremlin from U.S. Congress 🙃
US senators, Republican Lindsey Graham and Democrat Richard Blumenthal - authors of the bill on the introduction of 500 percent tariffs on Russian oil products, gas and uranium purchased by other countries, particularly China and India, arrived in Kyiv. It is reported that this bill received the support of more than 80 out of 100 senators and aims to isolate Russia. Republican Lindsey Graham noted that about 70% of Russian oil products go to India and China. He said that after Kiev he intends to visit Paris and Germany. "We will discuss lowering the price limit for European allies, this is how we will hit Putin's economy. This is how we will increase our production with allies and lower the price limit for partners," he said. The senators emphasized that if Putin does not agree to serious peace negotiations to end the war in Ukraine, these sanctions may be introduced.
Senators join Europeans in negotiations ahead of Istanbul ... the foolishness of #Joe Biden and NATO on display ... December 2021 to February 24 2022.
President Bush in Bucharest for the NATO meeting
NATO's Declaration of War on Russia | NATO Bucharest Summit April 2008 |
Saakashvili expected the support of US Naval Forces in the Black Sea to conquer provinces Abkhazia and South Ossetia. John McCain and his lobbyist Scheunemann gave Georgia false hope, much as later would occur with Ukraine.
EuroTrib diary archive key word | Declaration of War |
Russia proposes second round of peace talks with Ukraine in Istanbul on June 2 | TRT World |
[Update-1]
Russia proposed a second round of peace negotiations with Ukraine in Istanbul, Türkiye, during the United Nations Security Council meeting on Friday, May 30.
Russia’s UN envoy, Vassily Nebenzia, announced that the talks are scheduled for Monday, June 2, and will focus on exchanging memoranda regarding both parties’ approaches to the negotiation process.
The first round of direct talks between Russia and Ukraine in three years took place in Istanbul on May 16.
Kellogg Admits NATO Uses Ukraine as Proxy
US Envoy Kellogg: President Putin is right that NATO is waging a proxy war with Russia | TASS |
US Special Envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg has acknowledged that Russian President Vladimir Putin is right that NATO is waging a proxy war with Russia.
"And he (the Russian leader - TASS) considers this a proxy war by NATO as well right now, and frankly, in a way, it is. I mean, you look at what European nations have done with support. I mean, it's clearly Putin sees that," Kellogg said in an interview with Fox News, commenting on Germany's possible decision to begin supplying long-range Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine.
Speaking about the progress of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations, Kellogg said as for Russia's term sheet for a memorandum the United States "have not got it yet." However, he said that after contacts with the Europeans in London, a 22-point document was prepared, which includes a ceasefire in the air, on land and at sea, but neither side was completely satisfied with it.
In November 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin recalled during the CSTO summit that Moscow had repeatedly warned that the use of long-range weapons of the West on Russian territory would mean direct involvement of NATO in the conflict.
Russia’s Pearl Harbor Moment 🔥 🔥
Ukraine strikes deep in Russian territory hitting 4 Air Force bases 1800 miles away | Israel News |
The operation hit four critical Russian air bases – Belaya in Irkutsk Oblast, Diaghilevo, Olenya in Murmansk Oblast, and Ivanovo, the Kyiv Independent detailed.
Footage shared with the outlet captured blazing rows of heavy bombers at an unspecified site, highlighting the attack's audacity. At Belaya, home to seven Tu-160 and seven Tu-95MS bombers, Irkutsk Governor Igor Kobzev confirmed a drone strike on a military unit in Sredny village, though he remained tight-lipped on specifics.
CROSSING RED LINES
“If it weren’t for’t for me, a lat of BAD things
would have happened to Russia.” [D.J. Trump]
While White House spokespeople declined to comment on the attack, administration sources told CBS News on Sunday that the White House was not aware it was coming.
The drone attack came as Kyiv announced a Russian military strike killed at least 12 soldiers at an army training site.
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