Author: Dal Stanton
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1/18/2025 — The White House and red lines — opinion

By John E. HerbstFormer U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine From: New Voice of Ukraine 🇺🇦 Since at least 2014, when Moscow began its war of aggression with the seizure of Crimea, the United Statesand Ukraine have been close partners. This partnership became much closer after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion in February of 2022. Washington realized that a…
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1/18/2025 — “As with Adolf Hitler’s Germany, ruzzia’s actions are only possible thanks to the broad support of its citizens.”

From: Maia Mikhaluk in Kyiv (1059th day) Former British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace Calls for ‘High Prison Fence’ around ruzzia: “The West should start ‘building a high prison fence’ around ruzzia in 2025 and ‘closing the door’ on the ruzzian elite,” he wrote in a column for The Telegraph. According to Wallace, three years of…
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1/17/2025 — Zelenskyy warns Europe: You guys are doomed without us

“Europe without the Ukrainian army will not cope with the Russian army,” the Ukrainian president warns. From: Politico BY SEB STARCEVIC Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Europe that it has “no chance” against Russia without Ukraine. Speaking to Polish media outlet Onet, Zelenskyy said that Ukraine’s victory was vital to stopping the Kremlin before it could…
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1/17/2025 — Ukraine’s escalating air attacks bring Putin’s invasion home to Russia

From: Atlantic Council By Maria Avdeeva Ukraine launched what officials termed as the country’s “most massive” air attack of the war this week as Kyiv seeks to bring Putin’s invasion home to Russia. In the early hours of January 14, Ukrainian drones and missiles struck a series of strategic targets in multiple Russian regions including Bryansk,…
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1/17/2025 — Appeasement will only fuel Vladimir Putin’s imperial ambitions in Ukraine

From: Atlantic Council By Anastasiia Marushevska When US President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House next week, his foreign policy priority will be ending the war in Ukraine. As he seeks to engage with the Kremlin, however, Trump is likely to discover that Moscow’s war aims extend far beyond limited territorial gains and leave little…
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1/17/2025 — Ukraine insists NATO membership is essential

From: New Voice of Ukraine 🇺🇦 NATO membership is the only effective guarantee for Ukraine, dismissing any possible “alternatives” to joining the alliance, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister, Andriy Sybiha, stated on Jan. 15 in an interview with European Pravda. Sybiha also emphasized that Ukraine’s membership is “the cheapest way to ensure European security,” both for Ukraine and NATO itself.…
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1/17/2025 — Representatives Brian Mast and Gregory Meeks on the role of Congress in US foreign policy as Trump takes office

From: Atlantic Council By Daniel Hojnacki “The goal is good policy that makes America the partner of choice,” said Representative Brian Mast, the new chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. “Does what we’re doing make a nation say or a region say, ‘Those are the ones that we want to work with?’” Mast, a Republican,…
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1/17/2025 — There are no signs that the Kremlin is preparing for peace…

From: Maia Mikhaluk in Kyiv (1058th day) Chairman of the NATO military committee, Robert Bauer during committee meeting said an obvious thing: There are no signs that the Kremlin is preparing for peace.“ruzzia’s war against Ukraine has global ramifications, and there are no signs that the kremlin is preparing for peace. Putin has put the…

