Ukrainian officials have compared the new U.S. proposal on minerals to “lifetime reparations,” according to WP. One senior official said the deal looks as if “Ukraine was at war with the U.S., lost, was occupied, and now has to pay lifetime reparations.”

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🤬Russia is preparing a large-scale offensive that is expected to last 6 to 9 months, — AP

🇺🇸 Meanwhile, everything the Trump administration is doing only weakens Ukraine, making it easier for the aggressor to seize more territory.

SitRep - 04/03/25 - US halted military aid & Zelensky reached out to Trump

An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Zelensky made a statement in which he reached out to the US. Meanwhile, the US halted all military aid to Ukraine.

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While US cuts off Ukraine from aid. Russia has just attacked Odesa. One person died and critical infrastructure was damaged. Part of the city is left without electricity, water, and heat, reports Oleh Kiper.

Also a missile hit an empty sanatorium, almost completely destroying the building.

Polish President Andrzej Duda expressed regret over the United States' suspension of military assistance to Ukraine.

"I am observing the situation calmly, but I regret that American aid to Ukraine has been suspended," he said.

Friday's Oval Office betrayal was to create a pretext for this move. As long as Trump is in office, America will be on Putin's side.

The son-in-law of Edmundo González, the elected president of Venezuela, has been kidnapped. González is in exile but is due to return to the country for what should be be his inauguration on the 9th. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/w...

"Man from Moscow - Putin and Trump, the alliance of predators."

Trump on the cover of the French magazine Le Point with this headline.

🇫🇮🇺🇦 According to Finnish President, Ukraine should be offered "de facto NATO membership." This would mean that if Russia violates the peace agreement, Ukraine would automatically become a member of the Alliance.

Chamberlain appeased Hitler in 1938, when he didn't know for certain that there would be a larger war - and not three years later, when hundreds of thousands of people had already died

🇦🇷🚫 Argentine President Milei deleted photos with Zelensky…

Attorney General Pam Bondi disbanded an FBI task force investigating foreign influence operations, including those targeting U.S. elections. Additionally, she restricted enforcement actions against individuals who fail to disclose lobbying on behalf of foreign governments.

1/ The Russian army is using wounded soldiers as human bullet sponges, sending them out to identify Ukrainian positions by getting themselves shot or exploded by drones. An appeal to Vladimir Putin by one man's wife illustrates how soldiers find themselves in this position. ⬇️

"Trump has seized on his reelection as an opportunity to rewrite the story of January 6," writes Quinta Jurecic. "But in the long term, the truth of what happened will prove difficult to bury":