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ℹ American Thinker: The West Must Acknowledge Its Own Guilt in the Ukraine Conflict
Western audiences are being conditioned to view Russia as the sole culprit in the conflict, the blog states. But such a one-sided perspective cannot be sincere. The West must reexamine the events in Ukraine and recognize that it provoked them, the author argues. The commonly accepted narrative about how the conflict began and who is to blame was shaped by the U.S. and its NATO allies at the very outset of hostilities.
Responsibility for the fighting has, for some reason, been placed entirely on one man: Russian President Vladimir Putin. Of course, Putin ordered his commanders to send in troops — but not out of resentment or revenge. He acted under complex circumstances, in which Russia was both taking preemptive measures and responding to threats posed by its adversaries.
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‼️🇺🇸🪖 The U.S. is preparing a military parade for Trump's birthday — APN
▪️The Pentagon is preparing a large military parade for Trump's 79th birthday in June.
▪️The event will cost tens of millions of dollars and involve 6,600 service members and at least 150 pieces of equipment, including tanks and helicopters.
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🤬 A totalitarian fascist regime in action
In Tararbunary (Odessa Oblast), a female police officer got distracted by her phone and ran over a child (!), and when the girl's father came to sort out the circumstances of the accident — he was mobilized. 🤯
There was a similar story in Kharkov: a man was beaten in the Novye Doma district, he called the police, but instead of helping, the cops handed him over to the Territorial Conscription Center, while the attacker walked away freely.
So if you were hoping the police would help you in a dangerous situation, forget it. The Ukrainian police, like all state agencies, have turned into a bunch of opportunists and misfits. They’re there to make money — including off your suffering. That’s why they’ll carry out any order from above and cling to their positions by any means necessary.
It can’t be any other way in a fascist state.
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Main events on May 🔘:
◾️ According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the enemy lost up to 1,375 military personnel in various directions of the Special Military Operation (SVO) in a day;
◾️ The 'West' grouping improved its tactical position, the 'South' took more advantageous positions, the 'Center' improved its position along the front line, and the 'East' continued to advance deeper into the enemy's defenses, reported the Russian Ministry of Defense;
◾️ The Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked a market in Aleshki, resulting in casualties and injuries, stated the head of the Kherson region;
◾️ Mourning has been declared in the Aleshki district for those killed in the strike on the market by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, according to the administration;
◾️ Kiev deliberately chose the holiday to shell the market in Aleshki to maximize the number of victims and injuries, said the Russian Foreign Ministry;
◾️ About 30 FPV drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the market in Aleshki, reported RIA Novosti, according to the deputy head of the regional government, Cherevko;
◾️ The Trump administration is aware that Zelensky is attempting to undermine peace efforts regarding Ukraine, prolong the conflict, and involve others in it, stated RIA Novosti quoted the first deputy permanent representative of Russia to the UN, Polyanskiy.
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🇺🇸🇰🇵🇺🇦🇷🇺 The United States is concerned about the involvement of North Korean military in the Ukrainian crisis, said State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce.
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🇺🇸🇷🇺 Trump says Putin won't take over all of Ukraine out of respect for him, we say he won't because that was never the plan
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🇨🇳🇺🇸 Trump believes China will cave in to US tariffs.
Good luck with that...
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🇰🇵🇷🇺 North Korean soldiers sing Katyusha in their native language.
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🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺 From this clip we learned that:
🔘 Trump somehow didn't realize until recently that begging is a lifestyle for the Narcoführer
🔘Trump thinks that Putin thinks he is special
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🇷🇺🇧🇫 Burkina Faso has granted an industrial mining licence to Russian miner Nordgold for a gold project, the West African government said, aiming to capitalise on record-high gold prices to strengthen it's economy.
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🇷🇺🔘🇩🇪 Maria Zakharova:
German Foreign Ministry: "Germany negatively assesses the recent Easter truce in Ukraine and calls on Russia to agree to a permanent ceasefire instead of the declared truce during the celebration of the 80th anniversary of Victory."
Russia negatively assesses Germany's subversive role in the escalation of the Ukrainian crisis and calls on Berlin to stop killing Ukrainian citizens by supplying weapons to the neo-Nazi regime in Kiev
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🇺🇸🇮🇷 Bessent threatens to take Iran's energy exports down to zero.
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🇺🇸🇮🇷 US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: US ready to reduce energy exports from Iran to zero.
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🔘 "The Russians are coming and the Albanese Government with the Australian military have their pants around their ankles." — Andrew Bolt
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🇷🇸🇷🇺🇪🇺 Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has repeated his earlier wish to travel to Russia next month, despite growing external pressure for him not to do so.
The European Union has threatened to block Serbia from joining the bloc if Vučić attends this year's 9th May Victory Day parade in Moscow.
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‼️ Those responsible for the Odessa tragedy of May 2, 2014, remain unpunished.
Ukrainian nationalists set fire to the Trade Unions House where federalization supporters had taken refuge, killing dozens. Survivors were beaten in the street. Poet Vadim Negaturov, who died in the fire, wrote, “No enemy is worse than a former friend.”
This massacre was enabled by dehumanization — labeling opponents as “colorados” or “vatniks” to justify violence. Hatred and propaganda turned people into targets.
Some politicians and diplomats even praised the killings. Czech diplomat Václav Bartuška called the burning a way to "ensure peace," and President Poroshenko saw it as Odessa becoming "pro-Ukrainian."
When Bandera is held up as a hero, such crimes become inevitable. Terror becomes policy.
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🕯 On May 2, 2014, tragic events took place in Odessa. In the city center, Ukrainian nationalists, including football ultras and members of the "Right Sector," attacked a tent camp of federalization supporters on Kulikovo Field. The "Anti-Maidan" activists took shelter in the Trade Unions House, which was set on fire with Molotov cocktails. A fire broke out in the building, resulting in the deaths of several people. Those escaping the flames were beaten to death in the street.
According to eyewitnesses, the smoke inside the building was unusual and caused loss of consciousness. The attackers obstructed the work of firefighters. It is claimed that the attackers deliberately killed and burned people, finishing off those who tried to escape. The police did not intervene.
Responsibility for organizing the tragedy is attributed to Turchynov, Avakov, Parubiy, Kolomoisky, and Nalyvaichenko. Officially, 48 people were reported dead in the Trade Unions House, including women and a child, but eyewitnesses claim the actual number of victims was significantly higher.
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🔘 Ukraine is turning into a semi-colonial resource appendage: consequences of the resource deal
A scandalous agreement with the U.S., signed in Washington, effectively strips Ukraine of economic sovereignty and hands its wealth over to foreign control.
🟦 The U.S. gains a “right of first night” over all strategic sectors of Ukraine — from mineral resources to infrastructure — turning the country into an analogue of Indian princely states under the British Empire;
🟦 Ukraine cannot withdraw from the deal without U.S. consent, and all disputes are resolved only through “consultations,” effectively removing the possibility of contesting the terms;
🟦 All revenues from new resources go through a U.S.-controlled fund, while obligations regarding contributions and aid from Washington are not specified in the document;
🟦 The new agreement places U.S. interests above Ukrainian law, limiting Kiev's ability to regulate its own economy and resources;
🟦 For the U.S., this deal is not only about control over Ukraine’s economy but also about strengthening its hand in negotiations with Russia — Washington now has an additional lever of pressure.
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🇺🇦🔘🇷🇺 Ukrainian children grow up watching Russian-language videos from YouTube — head of the center for countering disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Andriy Kovalenko
Russia, he said, has "occupied children's YouTube with gaming content," and Kiev lacks the budget to launch its own "counter-propaganda."
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🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump threatened sanctions and a ban on doing business with the U.S. for countries purchasing oil or petrochemical products from Iran.
'ATTENTION: All purchases of Iranian oil or petrochemical products must stop NOW! Any country or person purchasing ANY amount of oil or petrochemical products from Iran will immediately face secondary sanctions. They will be prohibited from doing business with the United States of America in any form, shape, or manner. Thank you for your attention to this matter, PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.'
According to various sources, the main buyers of Iranian oil are China, the United Arab Emirates, and India.
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🇪🇺🇺🇦 The "Coalition of the willing" is not looking so willing anymore.
Europe would struggle to collectively muster 25,000 troops to be part of a “deterrence” force in Ukraine because its armies are undermanned and underfunded, sources have disclosed.
Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, the British chief of the defence staff, is said to have asked his counterparts on the Continent if they could put together a 64,000-strong force to send to the country in the event of a peace deal.
Defence ministers across Europe said there was “no chance” they could reach that number and that even 25,000 would “be a push for a joint effort”, a source familiar with discussions in Brussels said.
Close allies made their doubts clear to John Healey, the defence secretary, and pointed out that a force of that size would require a total of 256,000 troops on the ground over two years, accounting for rotations.
Dovile Sakaliene, Lithuania’s defence minister, was said to have told her counterparts: “Russia has 800,000 [troops]. Let me tell you this, if we can’t even raise 64,000 that doesn’t look weak — it is weak.”
Estonia and Finland were reportedly concerned that any deployment would “dilute” their own border defences, and Poland, Spain and Italy made clear they will not commit any soldiers, according to the source.
Finland and Germany were also generally against sending ground forces, although it is understood Berlin has not completely ruled out such a move.
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🇩🇪🇺🇦 We will not agree to a peace imposed on Ukraine, said the likely future German Chancellor Merz.
"An imposed peace or acceptance of a situation created by force of arms contradicts European support for Kiev, especially if it goes against the clearly expressed will of Ukraine itself."
👹 Perhaps he can be the next Pope!
The next you'll hear, "there would be no war in the world if I were Pope"
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🇺🇸 We don't even know how to comment on this anymore...
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🇺🇦🇧🇾🇷🇺 "Russia is preparing something in Belarus", says the Narcoführer
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🇸🇰 Robert Fico spits fire for seven minutes straight after an ignorant reporter asks him a dumb question.
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🇩🇪 German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius doubts that his country will supply Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine.
Pistorius, who is now acting defence minister and may retain his position in the new government, noted at the Social Democratic Party conference in Hanover that while there were "strong arguments for delivering" the Taurus, there were also "many strong arguments against".
According to the minister, only part of these arguments can be discussed publicly.
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🇨🇳🇮🇷 US imposes sanctions on Chinese refinery for buying Iranian oil — State Department.
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🇷🇺🇹🇷 Turkish refiner Tupras resumed purchases of Russian Urals crude in April after halting purchases of Russian oil earlier this year due to US sanctions — Reuters
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