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11.08.25 - 19:21
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Vance Says US ′Done Funding Ukraine War′ - Demands Europe Step Up (ZeroHedge)
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Vance Says US 'Done Funding Ukraine War' - Demands Europe Step Up
Vice President JD Vance stated on Sunday that Washington will no longer directly fund the purchase of weapons for Ukraine amid the seeminglyl never-ending war with Russia, and expressed hope that Europe would step up.
"We're done with the funding of the Ukraine war business. We want to bring about a peaceful settlement to this thing," Vance told Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures".
"Americans, I think, are sick of continuing to send their money, their tax dollars of this particular conflict but if the Europeans want to step up and actually buy the weapons from American producers we're OK with that, but we're not going to fund it ourselves anymore," the vice president continued.
So while this seems a step in the right direction of finding peace settlement, his comments still signify a White House greenlight of sorts to keep the proxy war going.
Already this more 'indirect' system of supplyin...
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11.08.25 - 18:15
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Ahead Of Trump-Putin Summit, Zelensky Warns Any Decisions Taken Without Ukraine Are "Stillborn" (ZeroHedge)
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Ahead Of Trump-Putin Summit, Zelensky Warns Any Decisions Taken Without Ukraine Are "Stillborn"
By Jane Foley, senior FX strategist
The Nasdaq ended Friday at a fresh all-time high, lifted by big tech and a very good week for Apple. The week brought the start of new tariff rates on exports from dozens of countries to the US, but sentiment found support on news of concessions, particularly the exemption on semiconductor tariffs for companies that produce in the US. Over the weekend news emerged that Nvidia and AMD have agreed to give the US government 15% of revenues received from chip sales in China in exchange for export licences. The news highlights the controversy over the sales of H20 chips to China. Some US security commentators have warned that the chips will enhance China's military and undermine the US' relative strength in AI.
Looking ahead, some countries are still hoping for a reduction in their specific tariff rate, Switzerland and India amongst them. The Swiss govern...
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11.08.25 - 14:12
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Stocks Erase Gains as Hope Dims for Ukraine Talks, Nvidia, AMD to Pay US | The Pulse 8/11/2025 (Bloomberg)
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Nvidia Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. agreed to pay 15% of their revenues from Chinese AI chip sales to the US government in a deal to secure export licenses.
The arrangement reflects US President Donald Trump's effort to engineer a financial payout for America in return for concessions on trade, according to the text.
Elsewhere, Stocks erased gains as traders dialed back optimism that a summit between US President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin would bring the war in Ukraine closer to a resolution.
S&P 500 futures were little changed after the index ended Friday just shy of a record high. Europe's main equity benchmark was also flat, having earlier risen as much as 0.4%. Brent crude trimmed losses to trade down 0.4% around $66.30 a barrel.
Today's guests: Subitha Subramaniam, Sarasin & Partners Investment Strategy Head, Yacov Arnopolin, PIMCO Emerging Markets Portfolio Manager
(Source: Bloomberg)...
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06.08.25 - 05:06
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Watch: Trump Learns Ukrainian Military Now Enlisting Elderly, Mentally Handicapped (ZeroHedge)
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Watch: Trump Learns Ukrainian Military Now Enlisting Elderly, Mentally Handicapped
As we covered last week, Ukrainian parliament has decided that “citizens aged 60+ can now enlist under contract during martial law.” ZeroHedge White House reporter Liam Cosgrove asked President Trump about this and other disturbing recruitment practices by our "Eastern Ally."
Trump's told for the FIRST time Ukraine's forcing young men, disabled, even over-60s to fight
TRUMP: 'This is BIDEN'S war… haven't heard about 60yo men etc'
Think US President's being given FILTERED intel? https://t.co/DJknFejEmA pic.twitter.com/FJpWnb3tA6
— RT (@RT_com) August 5, 2025
Cosgrove: “President Zelensky just signed a law allowing for citizens age 60 and above to serve in the military,” Cosgrove said. “We've seen dozens of videos of young men being hauled into vans and dragged to the front lines against their will... even a young man with Down syndrome serving on the front line.”
“You said yo...
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26.04.25 - 16:36
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Is Walking Away From Ukraine The Best Option For Trump And The US? (ZeroHedge)
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Is Walking Away From Ukraine The Best Option For Trump And The US?
This week Vice President JD Vance reiterated the Trump Administration's position that "walking away from Ukraine" and the peace negotiations after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky demanded that Crimea be "liberated" as part of the terms. Zelensky argued that the "war against the entire free Europe" began with Crimea and must end with the return of Crimea.
Vance's frustration with Zelensky is understandable. As he noted, Ukraine is in no position to demand anything given their precarious position on the battlefield. Russia's attrition tactics have been highly effective in countering western arms and intel support on the eastern front while also whittling down Ukrainian troop strength. They have also retaken almost all of the gains made by Ukrainian forces in the Kursk region while they amass troops to take Sumy to the south.
Furthermore, Vladimir Putin's latest missile salvo on...
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08.04.25 - 12:30
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Indian Components Found In Russian Weapons On Battlefield For First Time, Ukraine Says (ZeroHedge)
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Indian Components Found In Russian Weapons On Battlefield For First Time, Ukraine Says
Ukraine's military intelligence has said that an Indian-made component was identified in a Russian weapon system for the first time of the war, but added in the statement that all almost all American-made parts appear to have been phased out.
"For the first time, a component made in India — a clock buffer from Aura Semiconductor — was found in a Russian weapon," the statement from military intelligence (HUR) said, per a Monday Telegram post.
Debris of a Shahed 136 kamikaze drone launched by Russia, Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images.
Ukrainian intel has documented nearly 200 newly identified parts across six types of Russian weaponry, regional media reports say.
"These include the CRP antenna from the Russian-modified Shahed drone, North Korea's KN-24 ballistic missile, the onboard computer in the X-47 Kinzhal missile, and several reconnaissance and attack drones — includ...
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26.03.25 - 18:36
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Russia Winning In Ukraine, Continually Gaining Leverage: US Intel Community (ZeroHedge)
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Russia Winning In Ukraine, Continually Gaining Leverage: US Intel Community
The US government in its 2025 Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community - which was just released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in conjunction with top officials' testimony at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing Tuesday - has admitted that Ukraine's battlefield prospects are fading amid the onslaught of superior Russian forces.
Currently, Moscow has "seized the upper hand" in the war over the past year, the fresh assessment warns, and "is on a path to accrue greater leverage" as peace talks with Washington are underway.
"Even though Russian President [Vladimir] Putin will be unable to achieve the total victory he envisioned when initiating the large-scale invasion in February 2022, Russia retains momentum as a grinding war of attrition plays to Russia's military advantages,” the report states.
Via Getty Images
"This grinding war of attr...
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22.03.25 - 15:24
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Outrage After German Intel Chief Says Ukraine War Should Keep Going For Another 5 Years (ZeroHedge)
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Outrage After German Intel Chief Says Ukraine War Should Keep Going For Another 5 Years
Via Remix News,
The Ukraine war has already cost hundreds of thousands of lives, but Germany's top intelligence chief is predicting far more carnage, and Ukraine's opposition is reacting with outrage.
Bruno Kahl, the head of the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) made the comments in an interview, saying:
“If a war in Ukraine comes to a standstill earlier than (2029 or 2030), then all the means (of Russia) – both the technical and the material – are able much earlier to provide a threat against Europe.”
In Ukraine, this portion of the interview has been met with sharp backlash.
German newspaper Berliner Zeitung now asks:
“Will the war be waged on the backs of the Ukraine?”
Perhaps a ridiculous question concerning it has already been waged on their backs for the last three years.
The paper further writes:
“In Ukraine, that passage is causing excitement. The reading in Kyiv: The German i...
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18.03.25 - 14:30
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Russian high-tech center ensures destruction of Ukrainian hardware worth over $1 bln (TASS)
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The autonomous non-profit organization "Center of Unmanned Systems and Technologies" was founded by Promsvyazbank and the Our Truth non-profit foundation for the support of patriotic initiatives in February 2024 with backing from the Russian Presidential Administration, the State Duma (lower house of parliament), the Federation Council (upper house of parliament), the National Guard, the Moscow city government, and the United Russia party...
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11.03.25 - 20:00
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US ′Immediately Lifts′ Pause On Intel & Military Aid To Ukraine As 30-Day Truce Plan Agreed Upon (ZeroHedge)
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US 'Immediately Lifts' Pause On Intel & Military Aid To Ukraine As 30-Day Truce Plan Agreed Upon
An apparent breakthrough in Jedda talks between the US and Ukraine, as the United States has announced it "will immediately lift the pause on intelligence sharing and resume security assistance to Ukraine."
The Zelensky government has also "expressed readiness to accept the U.S. proposal to enact an immediate, interim 30-day ceasefire, which can be extended by mutual agreement of the parties, and which is subject to acceptance and concurrent implementation by the Russian Federation," the statement said.
Via Reuters
"The United States will communicate to Russia that Russian reciprocity is the key to achieving peace," it added. This comes after a reported over eight hour-long meeting between the US and Ukrainian delegations in the Saudi port city on Tuesday. No doubt, the Ukrainians came hat in hand, ready to please Trump after relations had fallen off a cliff with the...
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07.03.25 - 14:57
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High Level US-Ukraine Meeting Set For Riyadh After Zelensky ′Apologizes′ (ZeroHedge)
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High Level US-Ukraine Meeting Set For Riyadh After Zelensky 'Apologizes'
The US and Ukraine will give it another try, after the 'missiles for minerals' deal has faltered amid President Zelensky's resistance to signing the deal, and the big diplomatic blow-up and spat of last Friday.
Top US and Ukrainian officials are expected to meet in Saudi Arabia next Wednesday to discuss a ceasefire effort with Russia, which will mark the first such high-level meeting since last Friday's public spat involving Zelensky at the White House.
Not only were weapons shipments to Kiev suspended as of Monday, but US intelligence-sharing followed. Max Blumenthal of the Gray Zone has aptly commented, "Ukraine can not carry out long range attacks inside Russia without US satellite guidance and intel. This is what we meant when we said the US was waging a proxy war that tempted nuclear escalation."
AP image
The upcoming Riyadh meeting will be led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio as well as national se...
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07.03.25 - 02:07
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Trump Exposes More Evidence Of Proxy War After Disabling Ukraine Access To U.S. Missile And Drone Systems (ZeroHedge)
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Trump Exposes More Evidence Of Proxy War After Disabling Ukraine Access To U.S. Missile And Drone Systems
Authored by Sundance via The Last Refuge,
The media have not, and in most cases cannot, factually discuss what President Trump has just done without opening up a major can-of-worms about the motives behind the Ukraine war.
When President Trump stopped “intelligence sharing” with Ukraine, what he technically did was stop allowing Ukraine to use exclusive USA targeting systems controlled by U.S Intelligence, the CIA, the National Reconnaissance Office and the U.S. National Geospatial Intelligence Agency.
These terrain mapping systems, the missile and drone targeting systems, are what military forces inside Ukraine need to carry out offensive drone and missile attacks against Russian forces.
Some elements in Western Intel are leaking to media that Trump only cut-off the targeting system that would permit Ukraine to hit deep into Russian territory, including in Russia proper. However, th...
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