Ukraine

UKRAINE: “It’s Got Nothing to Do With You” | Steve Berman

UKRAINE: “It’s Got Nothing to Do With You” | Steve Berman

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stood at a lectern before a group of U.S. Senators and was told to shut up and go sit at the kids table. The New York Times reported on the event: Sen. Lindsey Graham recalled telling Zelenskyy, “It’s got nothing to do with you.” But Zelenskyy is not going to get another red …

CONSERVATIVES: It’s Time to Grow Up | Steve Berman

CONSERVATIVES: It’s Time to Grow Up | Steve Berman

Republicans in the House of Representatives had to adjourn because they couldn’t get behind Rep. Steve Scalise as the nominee for Speaker. They narrowly nominated him but can’t elect him because some childish members of his party won’t go along. These include Reps. “Handsy” Boebert, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Nancy Mace, Max Miller, and George Santos—all …

PRIGOZHIN: Putin’s Decembrist Still Has a Future | Steve Berman

PRIGOZHIN: Putin’s Decembrist Still Has a Future | Steve Berman

Yevgeny Prigozhin is known as “Putin’s chef.” In America the term would be “a fixer,” kind of like Roger Stone. if Stone had access to advanced military hardware and could raid prisons to build a gang around a core of professional thugs. In Russia, this is not an uncommon arrangement. Russian omnicrat Vladimir Putin himself …

Bakhmut’s Ruins are Putin’s Victory | Steve Berman

Bakhmut’s Ruins are Putin’s Victory | Steve Berman

It’s not Russian propaganda that Bakhmut is no longer in the hands of Ukrainian forces. Once every building is hollowed out, leveled, or structurally compromised to the point where it cannot offer shelter, there’s really nowhere for Ukrainian defenders to hide or regroup, so they left. But talk of “Pyrrhic victory” and “Russian losses” is counterproductive. …

President Biden Makes Unannounced Visit to Ukraine, Meets with President Zelensky

President Biden Makes Unannounced Visit to Ukraine, Meets with President Zelensky

President Joe Biden made a surprise visit to Ukraine, arriving in the capital city of Kyiv on Monday morning. During his unannounced trip, Biden met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and announced an additional half-billion dollars in U.S. assistance. Biden met with Ukrainian Zelensky at Mariinsky Palace, the official residence of the Ukrainian president, and …

Time Magazine Names Volodymyr Zelensky ‘Person of the Year’

Time Magazine Names Volodymyr Zelensky ‘Person of the Year’

Time magazine announced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is its “Person of the Year” on Wednesday, beating out 10 other finalists including Ron DeSantis, Elon Musk, and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Time editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal called this year’s decision was “the most clear-cut in memory.” “Whether the battle for Ukraine fills one with hope or with …

NO BLANK CHECKS: McCarthy Says a GOP-Led Congress Won’t Support Unchecked Spending on Ukraine

NO BLANK CHECKS: McCarthy Says a GOP-Led Congress Won’t Support Unchecked Spending on Ukraine

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) says a GOP-led Congress after the November midterm elections means no more unchecked spending in regard to Ukrainian aid. “I think people are gonna be sitting in a recession and they’re not going to write a blank check to Ukraine. They just won’t do it,” McCarthy, told Punchbowl News on Tuesday. “Ukraine …

DeSANTIS DEFENDS MUSK ON UKRAINE: ‘Don’t Bite the Hand that Feeds’

DeSANTIS DEFENDS MUSK ON UKRAINE: ‘Don’t Bite the Hand that Feeds’

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has stepped in to defend SpaceX billionaire and world’s richest man Elon Musk after Ukrainian officials have been publicly hostile toward tech billionaire. “The news comes as SpaceX, a company that Musk founded and where he serves as CEO, recently told the Pentagon that it needed to be compensated for tens …

VLAD BOMBS KYIV: Putin Slams Ukraine’s Capital with Missiles to Kill ‘Terrorists’

VLAD BOMBS KYIV: Putin Slams Ukraine’s Capital with Missiles to Kill ‘Terrorists’

Russia bombed the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv Monday in what Vladimir Putin describes as a mission to route-out “terrorists” and “Nazis” who pose a grave risk to the Kremlin. “They are trying to destroy us and wipe us off the face of the earth. Completely. Destroy our people who are sleeping at home in Zaporizhzhia. …

UKRAINE HAS ‘ACCELERATED’ NATO APP: Zelenskyy Makes Move After Vlad Grabs Territories

UKRAINE HAS ‘ACCELERATED’ NATO APP: Zelenskyy Makes Move After Vlad Grabs Territories

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is stepping up efforts to push through Ukraine’s NATO application in the wake of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s move to annex four Ukrainian regions. According to Fox News, “It was not immediately clear how Kyiv has pushed its application along but Zelenskyy, who has vowed to keep fighting Russia despite its illegal annexation, …