Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said former US President Donald Trump would end the war between Russia and Ukraine by cutting off funding to the Ukrainian war effort if elected again.
“He will not give a penny in the Ukraine-Russia war,” Orbán told Hungarian media Sunday. “Therefore, the war will end, because it is obvious that Ukraine can not stand on its own feet.”
“If the Americans don’t give money and weapons, along with the Europeans, the war is over,” Orbán said. “And if the Americans don’t give money, the Europeans alone can’t finance this war. And then the war is over.”
Orbán’s comments follow a meeting between Trump and the Hungarian Prime Minister at Mar-a-Lago last week. This is not the first time that Orbán, who is an outspoken critic of Ukraine’s ongoing war against Russia, has praised Trump’s diplomatic and foreign policy instincts. Last year, Orbán said, “Trump is the man who can save the Western World and probably the human beings in the globe as well.”
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said former US President Donald Trump would end the war between Russia and Ukraine by cutting off funding to the Ukrainian war effort if elected again.
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Pope Francis appeared to suggest that Ukraine show the “courage to raise the white flag” and attempt to negotiate an end to the NATO-backed conflict with Russia. This recommendation was met with outrage from Ukrainian officials, determined to continue their fight at enormous cost to European and American taxpayers.
Responding to the backlash, the Vatican’s director of communications, Matteo Bruni, said the Pope used the “white flag” as a metaphor for peace negotiations.
Ukraine’s war with Russia has been ongoing for two years, with former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson most recently held accountable for its continuation.
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Pope Francis appeared to suggest that Ukraine show the “courage to raise the white flag” and attempt to negotiate an end to the NATO-backed conflict with Russia. This recommendation was met with outrage from Ukrainian officials, determined to continue their fight at enormous cost to European and American taxpayers.
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The Biden government is considering stripping $200 million in reserve funds from the US Army budget to finance Ukraine’s war efforts. Though it would provide only a fraction of the ‘aid’ currently sought by the Biden regime, the move is highly significant, representing a willingness to prioritize Ukraine’s defense over US domestic defense spending.
The potential move comes as Ukraine’s defensive resources are dwindling, and Ukrainian forces are retreating across the country’s eastern front lines. Despite some European countries stepping up efforts to bridge a substantial gap amid halted US arms supplies, Ukraine is still running low on critical supplies.
The European Union’s promise from a year ago to deliver one million rounds of ammunition has yet to be fulfilled, increasing the demand on European defense companies to enhance production and infrastructure. Amid these struggles, Senator Ron Johnson recently called on Ukraine to provide a plan for how potential funding would be used to conclude the conflict, echoing a growing demand for accountability regarding financial aid for Ukraine.
The Biden government remains dedicated to continuing US involvement in Ukraine’s war with Russia — at the expense of US military preparedness — despite Russian warnings that continued Western interference could spark a full-scale war in Europe.
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The Biden government is considering stripping $200 million in reserve funds from the US Army budget to finance Ukraine’s war efforts. Though it would provide only a fraction of the ‘aid’ currently sought by the Biden regime, the move is highly significant, representing a willingness to prioritize Ukraine’s defense over US domestic defense spending.
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A parachute malfunction appears to have caused a humanitarian aid airdrop package to plummet to the earth, killing five Palestinians in Gaza — including two children. The incident occurred around 4:30 AM Eastern on Friday in the Al-Shati refugee camp in northern Gaza, where at least one parachute failed to deploy correctly. The Hamas-run Ministry of Health in Gaza confirmed the deaths to the Associated Press.
Video of the alleged incident shows at least one of the parachutes on an aid package becoming tangled, causing the large pallet of items to drop toward the earth much faster than the other parcels. At least eleven other people are believed to have been injured in the incident, ranging in age from 30 to 50 years old, in addition to the five fatalities. Various nations, including the US, Jordan, Egypt, France, the Netherlands, and Belgium, have dispatched aerial aid bundles in response to an escalating humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
The airdrop disaster comes amidst warnings from the United Nations about an impending famine in Gaza, home to approximately 2.3 million people. US officials have acknowledged that these airdrops fall short of tackling the full scale of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza but insisted the world would not stand idle as a famine unfolded in the war-torn region. This incident occurred a day after US President Biden announced plans for the military to establish a temporary seaport on the Mediterranean coast of Gaza to facilitate the importation of vital humanitarian aid.
🇵🇸🇮🇱 5 people in Gaza, including 2 children, died after parachutes malfunctioned on multiple aid packages.
A parachute malfunction appears to have caused a humanitarian aid airdrop package to plummet to the earth, killing five Palestinians in Gaza — including two children. The incident occurred around 4:30 AM Eastern on Friday in the Al-Shati refugee camp in northern Gaza, where at least one parachute failed to deploy correctly. The Hamas-run Ministry of Health in Gaza confirmed the deaths to the Associated Press.
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The continued Houthi rebel attacks on international shipping in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden are costing the world significant amounts of time and money.
The attacks have forced many maritime transport companies to reroute their ships around the African continent rather than using the shorter route through the Suez Canal. Rerouting ships around Africa’s Cape of Good Hope has added 3,500 nautical miles to the shipping route between Asia and the West. The use of the longer shipping route due to the Iranian-backed rebel attacks has drastically increased the cost of transporting goods.
Accounting for about 10 percent of the volume of global maritime trade, the Suez Canal and the Red Sea shipping route is arguably one of the most important in the world. Raw minerals, oil, liquified natural gas, grains, rice, and electronic goods have moved via ship through the region without incident for decades. However, when the Iran-backed Houthi rebels of Yemen began attacking shipping after Israel launched a military campaign against Hamas, traffic through the Suez Canal collapsed.
The longer Africa route and increased time at sea have driven up fuel costs for maritime shipping companies — as well as expenses for crew and maintenance. This has led to a drastic rise in container costs for those looking to move goods around the world. In January 2023, the average cost of a standard 40-foot (FEU), non-refrigerated container was around $1,759.93. Today, the price of a container has jumped up to $5,495.20 on average.
In January of this year, President Joe Biden announced the US and UK militaries would begin an air campaign against Yemen’s Houthis in an effort to put an end to the attacks. Additionally, the two nations have dispatched naval forces to the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden to deter Houthi hijacking attempts. Despite numerous strikes against Houthi targets, the costly campaign has thus far failed. The Houthi rebels successfully sank a British container ship over the weekend.
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The continued Houthi rebel attacks on international shipping in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden are costing the world significant amounts of time and money.
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Western interference in the war in Ukraine is “significantly increasing” the chances of a full-scale European war, says leading Moscow military staff.
“The possibility of an escalation of the conflict in Ukraine — from the expansion of participants in ‘proxy forces’ used for military confrontation with Russia to a large-scale war in Europe — cannot be ruled out,” said Colonel-General Vladimir Zarudnitsky, head of the Russian army’s Military Academy of the General Staff. “The likelihood of our state being purposefully drawn into new military conflicts is significantly increasing,” he added.
Zarudnitsky’s warning comes as Western powers continue to escalate their involvement in Russia’s war against Ukraine.
A recent German military leak revealed that British troops are already active on Ukrainian soil. The leak occurred soon after French President Emmanuel Macron indicated he would send soldiers to Ukraine to fight Russian forces. While there is “no consensus today to send in an official, endorsed manner troops on the ground” to Ukraine, “nothing can be ruled out,” Macron said.
In another recent bombshell report, it was revealed that the CIA has had an active presence in Ukraine since around the time of the so-called Maidan Revolution and is continuing to support Ukrainian forces. The Biden government has been desperately trying to escalate US involvement in the war, even at the cost of US defense capabilities. Last week, it was reported that regime officials are considering sending US arms shipments to Ukraine without replenishing stockpiles.
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Western interference in the war in Ukraine is “significantly increasing” the chances of a full-scale European war, says leading Moscow military staff.
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French President Emmanuel Macron has said there are “no limits” to France’s support for Kiev, further attempting to intensify pro-war sentiments as Sweden joins the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
His statement came during a meeting held with the country’s political party leaders at the Elysee Palace to deliberate on the situation in Ukraine.
After the meeting, Fabien Roussel, national secretary of the French Communist Party, said Macron had expressed that “France’s position [on the war] has changed” and that “there are no more red lines, there are no more limits.”
The French government’s increasingly belligerent approach to the war in Ukraine follows Macron’s comments that he would not rule out sending troops to fight there and comes as a senior Russian military official warned that increasing Western interference in Ukraine could spark a full-scale war in Europe.
“[A] large-scale war in Europe… cannot be ruled out,” said Colonel-General Vladimir Zarudnitsky, head of the Russian army’s Military Academy of the General Staff. “The likelihood of our state being purposefully drawn into new military conflicts is significantly increasing.”
France does not appear to be the only Western nation willing to spark a European-wide war. This week, it was revealed that British troops are on the ground and active in Ukraine.
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French President Emmanuel Macron has said there are “no limits” to France’s support for Kiev, further attempting to intensify pro-war sentiments as Sweden joins the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
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On Tuesday, the European Commission announced a €1.5 billion ($1.62B) subsidy program called the European Defence Investment Programme as part of its European Defence Industrial Strategy.
The move comes as the European government tries to minimize its reliance on US military capabilities in the face of what it describes as Russian ‘aggression.’
When presenting the strategy, the European Commissioner for Internal Market claimed that Europe faces an “existential threat.” Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, said, “In response to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, the EU must bolster its defense capabilities.”
“[The strategy] is not an answer to the war in Ukraine, but rather a broader response to a strategic paradigm shift. It’s a recognition that [defense] is a subject that’s not going to go away for a while,” said Camille Grand, a former NATO assistant secretary-general and current fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations.
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On Tuesday, the European Commission announced a €1.5 billion ($1.62B) subsidy program called the European Defence Investment Programme as part of its European Defence Industrial Strategy.
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On February 29, 2024, the Syria Free Army (SFA), a militia receiving support and training from the United States government, announced the appointment of former ISIS leader Colonel Salem Turki al-Antari as its commander.
“We are excited for the new opportunities that [al-Antari] will bring to the SFA and the leadership he will provide,” the SFA said in a statement on Facebook. The SFA reiterated its objective to secure, stabilize, and defeat Da’esh or ISIS.
Al-Antari joined ISIS in 2014 and played essential roles in several attacks and battles led by ISIS from 2015 to 2017. He later joined the militant coalition Syrian National Army (SNA), supported by Turkey. Following the capture of Raqqa by US-backed Kurdish forces in 2017, Al-Antari became a part of the Maghawir al-Thawra militant group. This group became a part of the US-sponsored SFA in 2019 and operates from the Al-Tanf American base.
The US has been training these militants with the primary objective of combating ISIS. However, the presence of active ISIS cells around the Syrian desert near the Al-Tanf base continues to be a concern. Russian and Syrian authorities have accused the US of providing logistic aid to ISIS in these regions.
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On February 29, 2024, the Syria Free Army (SFA), a militia receiving support and training from the United States government, announced the appointment of former ISIS leader Colonel Salem Turki al-Antari as its commander.
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Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev unveiled a map proposing the partition of much of Ukraine among its neighbors during a speech on Monday. Standing in front of his map, the Russian politician and ally of President Vladimir Putin declared that Ukraine is historically part of the Russian state.
“Our geostrategic space has been indivisible since the time of the ancient Russian state,” Medvedev, currently serving as deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, said. He added: “This concept must disappear forever. Ukraine is definitely Russia.”
The map shows Russia’s territory expanded to comprise almost all of Ukraine’s eastern and southern regions, including its entire Black Sea coast. Poland and Romania would each receive territory in Western Ukraine. The latter would receive the Vinnytsia and Chernivtsi Oblasts to act as a buffer between Poland, a NATO member, and Russia. Medvedev’s map reduces Ukraine to just Kiev and its surrounding suburbs.
Historic parts of the country need to come home,” Medvedev explained, continuing: “All our adversaries need to understand once and for all a simple fact: that the territories on both banks of the Dnipro River are an integral part of Russia’s strategic and historical borders.”
Russia’s military has recently seen a degree of success with renewed efforts to push further into Eastern Ukraine. Two weeks ago, Russian forces captured the city of Avdeyevka, located to the northwest of Donetsk. Currently, the Russian military only controls a fraction of the territory Medvedev believes should be ceded to his country.
Last week, French President Emmanuel Macron refused to rule out the possibility of the Western nations putting troops on the ground in Ukraine. These comments, along with continued efforts to supply military equipment to the Ukrainian army, prompted Russian President Vladimir Putin to warn he’d consider the use of nuclear weapons if NATO commits troops to the conflict.
We have now reached the point in Russia’s invasion where former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev feels confident enough to dress up as Mini-Me and declare that Ukraine must be wiped off the map. Western fear of escalation inevitably leads to Russian escalation pic.twitter.com/2IgShvfcjF
— Business Ukraine mag (@Biz_Ukraine_Mag) March 4, 2024
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Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev unveiled a map proposing the partition of much of Ukraine among its neighbors during a speech on Monday. Standing in front of his map, the Russian politician and ally of President Vladimir Putin declared that Ukraine is historically part of the Russian state.
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