Political impacts of Ukraine war

[HavokFour]

That was fast.

Ukraine security guarantees to be ready ‘in coming days,’ says Zelenskyy

Work on the security guarantees accelerated following a meeting of European leaders with Trump in the White House last Monday.

www.politico.eu

 

[HavokFour]

Wall Street Journal says move is part of Trump administration’s effort to get Putin into peace talks

Pentagon has blocked Ukraine from striking deep inside Russia – report

Wall Street Journal says move is part of Trump administration’s effort to get Putin into peace talks

www.theguardian.com

Very cool, President Biden Trump.

 

[Czech_pivo]

Carney is in Ukraine before going to Ooland on Monday.

 

[brihard]

Carney is in Ukraine before going to Ooland on Monday.

They kept that one pretty quiet and sneaky.

‘Putin can be stopped:’ PM Carney delivers Independence Day speech

Prime Minister Mark Carney told Ukrainians that peace will come, and 'Canada will be there' when it does, in a speech to mark Ukrainian Independence Day.

www.ctvnews.ca

One line jumps out: “Speaking on background ahead of the trip, a Canadian government official said Canada is not excluding the possibility of sending troops to Ukraine in an eventual ceasefire.”

 

[The Bread Guy]

One line jumps out: “Speaking on background ahead of the trip, a Canadian government official said Canada is not excluding the possibility of sending troops to Ukraine in an eventual ceasefire.”

How many and from where, will be interesting to see - we'll see.

 

[The Bread Guy]

Usual "initial reports" caveats apply, but this from USSR 2.0 state media:

Interestingly enough, though, Lavrov did an interview with NBC today, and according to this RUS foreign ministry transcript (links to archived page, not RUS server - transcript text also attached as PDF), here's what he (allegedly) said:
<Boris Badinov accent>"Happy to talk to you, Vlodko old buddy, but to us, you don't really have signing authority ..." </Boris Badinov accent>

 

[The Bread Guy]

More from PMMC's drop-in in Kyiv ...

Drones, armoured vehicles part of Canada's $2B military aid package for Ukraine

WARSAW - Drones, armoured vehicles and other munitions are headed to Ukraine as part of a $2-billion military aid package, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Sunday.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

From the article ...

 

[Kirkhill]

Germany to Georgia

https://twitter.com/x/status/1958515987277295712

SK to Kyrgyzstan

https://twitter.com/x/status/1958849000695615666

When did Standard Oil stop shipping oil to Hitler?

 

[Brad Sallows]

yeah. I mean i guess theoretically the stuff isnt going to Russia but unlikely. He does these graphs all the time for various states

Is there any other reasonable explanation for such demand surges?