I have had to walk a lot for the last two days. The authorities, who never use public transport, decided that it should be stopped during an air raid. And while empty buses stand near the stops, people also stand near them in crowds. Considering that the metro also stops going to the other side of the Dnipro, this makes it impossible for most people to get to work or home. They are forced to wait or walk. Naturally, taxis are becoming as accessible as a private flight to the moon. Yesterday, when I was walking along the road, some guy stopped and gave me a ride in his car. Today, I walked several kilometers when the bus stopped halfway along the road. I don’t want to check how realistic this is in the rain or frost. It’s even worse for people with physical problems, with children or the elderly. The authorities are very far from the people...
US President Donald Trump has threatened russia that if an agreement is not reached soon to end the war in Ukraine, he will impose high taxes, duties and sanctions on everything russia sells. The American leader made this post on his social network Truth Social.
Trump began his post by stating that he "does not want to harm russia", loves the russian people and has always had good relations with dictator vladimir pooteen. The US President stated about "mystifications" by the radical left regarding russia and spread the propaganda cliché that it was russia that allegedly helped the US win World War II, losing 60 million people.
"Considering all this, I am going to do russia, whose economy is collapsing, and president pooteen a very big FAVOR. Make a deal now and STOP this senseless war! EVERYTHING WILL ONLY GET WORSE," the US President wrote.
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113872782548137314Yesterday talking to reporters in the White House, he said of russian president vladimir pooteen: “He should make a deal. I think he’s destroying russia by not making a deal.” “He can’t be thrilled,” Trump said of pooteen. “He’s not doing so well. I mean, he’s grinding it out… it’s not making him look very good… I think he would be well off to end that war.”
Trump said he would meet with pooteen, and the details were being arranged. “Could be very soon,” he said. “The war Ukraine and russia should have never started,” he added.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/21/europe/analysis-trump-putin-ukraine-intl-latam/index.htmlOf course, some analogies with Israel come to mind, but overall it looks like Trump wants to show that he was the one who won by putting pressure on russia. Just like pooteen, having killed hundreds of thousands of russians and undermined the russian economy, he will be able to declare victory by showing the captured territories and the fact that now the whole world reckons with him again. Of course, all his losses in people and in the economy are compensated by the captured population and resources in Ukraine. Ukraine will be offered to be glad that it has remained to exist at all.
On the other hand, Trump has taken this to a personal level and perhaps hopes that he will be able to achieve peace in Ukraine as quickly as in Israel. This gives reason to believe that he will do everything possible and as quickly as possible, since his pride is at stake. Anyway, President Donald Trump has already missed his deadline for ending the war in Ukraine in 24 hours.
We will also soon learn about the final price for Ukraine. It will also be extremely interesting to watch Zelensky's fate. Perhaps this will serve as a small consolation to all who suffered from his activities.
