Vladimir Putin coming out of hibernation?

Hybrid warfare escalation by Russia.

Putin has been quiet lately and that's a red flag

Russia has captured large numbers of Ukrainian drones and may be planning to use them against NATO or to stage a false flag attack, Polish defense minister said, adding to earlier warnings of a potential escalation.

This comes after more than a month of unusual public warnings by several Eastern European countries that Russia was planning some form of provocation or hybrid attack, with officials citing numerous pieces of intelligence.

Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia have been among the countries raising the alarm, some citing U.S. intelligence that had been shared with them.

The latest information, shared by Poland’s defense minister, outlines concrete threat for what was previously a more general warning of Russian malicious intent. 

Threat appears to be taken seriously by Eastern European capitals. In addition to drone incursions, GPS jamming, and various acts of sabotage may be on the table.

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Putin's War

Putin gives Zelensky an Ultimatum

Trump Envoy Heads to Russia After Ukraine Talks

President Donald Trump says there's a “good chance” for a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, but his negotiators have hard work ahead — they now head to the Kremlin and still need to iron out key details with Kyiv.

Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff was set to travel to Moscow to meet with Putin on Tuesday, the Kremlin said, after what the United States described as “very productive” talks Sunday with Ukraine.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was rallying European support in Paris, though he cautioned that some “tough issues” still have to be worked out with Washington.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signaled last week that he was ready to have a “serious” conversation after Kyiv and its allies demanded changes to the peace plan, but has shown little sign of stepping away from his hard-line demands that formed the basis of the original 28-point proposal backed by Trump.

Putin said last week he had received this new version of the Peace Plan and it could serve as a framework for a final peace deal. However, he also indicated that he was not keen to negotiate with the current “illegitimate” Ukrainian government.

He said fighting would only stop when Ukrainian troops withdraw from the territories they hold, showing little sign of compromise on the core issue of Ukrainian territorial concessions centered on the eastern Donbas region.

“If they don’t withdraw, we will achieve this by force,” Putin said.

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Putin the Warmonger

Putin getting bat sh!t crazy!

A new Cold War?

Trump warns Putin about nuclear submarine just off shore after Russia brags about "flying Chernobyl" missile

• Russia tests long-range nuclear missile: Putin on Sunday hailed an 8,700-mile, 15-hour test flight of Russia’s “unique” nuclear-powered Burevestnik cruise missile, which the country claims could strike targets in the United States, prompting Trump’s sharp response.

• Trump demands end to Ukraine war: The president criticized Putin’s missile testing, saying “I don’t think it’s an appropriate thing for Putin to be saying” and demanded he end the Ukraine war, stating “A war that should have taken one week is now in its, soon, fourth year. That’s what he ought to do instead of testing missiles.”

• Zelensky calls for long-range missiles: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky praised Trump’s latest sanctions on Russia but told Axios that more pressure is needed, warning “if Putin doesn’t stop, we need something to stop him” and calling for the U.S. to supply Ukraine with long-range missiles to force Putin to make peace. [PolitiBrawl]

Trump and Putin to meet in Hungary

Trump Announces Budapest Summit with Putin Following ‘Productive’ Phone Call on Ukraine War

For three years, the Ukraine-Russia conflict has resembled a Gordian knot that establishment scissors couldn’t cut. Thousands of lives lost, billions in aid spent, and diplomatic meetings that produced little more than strongly-worded statements.

The Washington foreign policy establishment seemed content to manage the crisis rather than solve it, treating the conflict as an inevitable feature of the international landscape rather than a problem demanding resolution.

The human cost mounted daily while bureaucrats shuffled between capitals, achieving nothing. American taxpayers watched their dollars flow overseas with no end in sight. The previous administration’s approach – if one could call passive observation an approach – left both sides entrenched and the world wondering if anyone in Washington even remembered what decisive leadership looked like.

Something had to change. The old playbook of multilateral committees and indirect messaging through diplomatic channels had produced exactly what skeptics predicted: an expensive stalemate paid for in Ukrainian and Russian blood while enriching defense contractors and international bureaucrats.

Now, barely ten months into his presidency, Donald Trump has done what his predecessor couldn’t or wouldn’t: pick up the phone and talk directly to Vladimir Putin.

In a two-and-a-half-hour conversation, Trump and Putin agreed to meet in Budapest, Hungary, with high-level advisors from both nations meeting next week to prepare the groundwork.

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President Trump and Zelensky to meet

Trump, Zelenskyy to Meet at WH on Friday

To discuss strategy regarding Putin

President Donald Trump will welcome Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the White House for a working lunch on Friday.

They will discuss how they can force Russian President Vladimir Putin to enter into peace negotiations.

Russia and Ukraine have been at war since February 2022 when Putin's unprovoked forces invaded Ukraine.

Zelenskyy's visit to the White House will be his third since Trump took office in January.

The meeting was confirmed by three people familiar with the matter, Financial Times first reported.

Trump and Zelenskyy spoke during the weekend and discussed the possibility of NATO allies purchasing U.S.-made long-range Tomahawk missiles for Kyiv and how to bring an end to the war.

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Germany's Plan to help finish the Ukrainian War

Germany Pushes to Unlock Frozen Russian Assets for $164 Billion Loan to Ukraine 

Friedrich Merz has changed the country’s position on the move, to which it had previously objected, over fears it could be illegal.

“We need maximum pressure on Putin to finally end his brutal war against Ukraine. The killing must come to an end. That is why it is right to make stronger use of the frozen Russian assets. Germany is ready to explore new paths that are legally possible and responsible,” Klingbeil said in a post on the Finance Ministry’s X account.

“We will continue to work intensively on this within the circle of G7 and EU finance ministers. We must further strengthen and secure for years Ukraine’s defense capabilities. And when it comes to reconstruction, Putin will have to pay for the destruction caused by his war.”

Until now, the EU has taken only interest generated from the Russian assets, which were frozen after Moscow invaded Ukraine in February 2022.

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Peace Stalled between Russia and Ukraine

Trump Weighs Next Move on Stalled Ukraine Talks

President Donald Trump is grappling with how deeply to get involved in stalled negotiations over Russia's war in Ukraine, torn between pressing harder for a summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy or stepping back and letting events unfold, CNN reported.

Two weeks after his summit with Putin in Alaska, Trump has grown increasingly frustrated by the lack of progress toward ending the conflict, according to administration officials.

Despite his high-profile push, including a White House meeting with seven European leaders and Zelenskyy just three days after his face-to-face with Putin, the momentum has largely evaporated.

"It's gotta be up to them. It takes two to tango," Trump said Monday when asked whether Putin agreed to meet with Zelenskyy.

"I'm going to make a decision as to what we do," Trump said. "It's going to be a very important decision, and that's whether or not it's massive sanctions or massive tariffs, or both, or do we do nothing and say, 'It's your fight.'" But I'll know in two weeks what I'm going to do."

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In two weeks, if nothing changes, President Trump needs to act. Putin has had enough chances and warnings. Putin is not to be trusted and has broken every agreement since 2014. 

Putin's Wants

Stubborn Dictator Putin

Sean Spicer torches Media coverage of Putin/Trump Meeting

Sean Spicer Goes Scorched Earth On Trump-Putin Obsessed Libs

Former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer didn’t hold back in his latest takedown of the corporate media’s shallow coverage of President Donald Trump’s historic summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska.

While Trump worked to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine—a monumental task that could save countless lives—the liberal press was fixated on trivialities like the color of the carpet and ceremonial details.

Spicer, speaking on the 2WAY show, called out the media’s obsession with “process” over results, a recurring theme in their biased coverage of Trump’s presidency.

“I was sort of blown away … this has been the problem from Trump day one. They always worry about the process. ‘Oh my god, the carpet was red.’ Who gives a crap?” Spicer said. “If you get peace, if you stop people from killing and end the destruction, what the hell does it matter?

And yet all of these people have their panties in a wad about, ‘Oh my god, he rolled out the thing.’”

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Trump dominated Putin says Body language expert

'A dominance gesture': Body-language expert analyzes Putin-Trump interactions

Watch CNN segment looking at how 2 world leaders acted toward one another

CNN brought in a body language expert Chris Ulrich to analyze President Trump's high-stakes meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska.

Chris Ulrich said President Trump dominated Putin at the Summit, 'He's in command.'

President Trump touched down in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday to meet with President Vladimir Putin to broker a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. I was glued to Newsmax all day and evening.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Middle East special envoy Steve Witkoff joined President Trump on Friday.

President Trump and Vladimir Putin shook hands on the tarmac at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage and walked to "The Beast" together.

In a show of force, a B2 Stealth Bomber and F-35 fighter jets buzzed Vladimir Putin as he met Trump on the tarmac. [WND]

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Chris Ulrich is a body language expert, political consultant, improvisational actor, and personal coach. He is the founder CU in the Moment, a company with a multi-disciplined approach to educating clients about body language, personal confidence, and presentation skills.

Melania wrote a letter to Putin

'It is time': Melania Trump's 'peace letter' hand-delivered to Putin

First Lady Melania Trump wrote a "peace letter" to Russian President Vladimir Putin telling him "it is time" to protect children and future generations around the globe, a letter hand-delivered by President Trump before the high-stakes meeting in Alaska Friday.

Fox News Digital exclusively obtained a copy of the "peace letter" the first lady penned to Putin.

According to the report, immediately upon receiving the letter, Putin read it as the U.S. and Russian delegations looked on.

"Dear President Putin," the first lady's letter begins. "Every child shares the same quiet dreams in their heart, whether born randomly into a nation's rustic countryside or a magnificent city-center. They dream of love, possibility, and safety from danger."

"As parents, it is our duty to nurture the next generation's hope," the letter continued. "As leaders, the responsibility to sustain our children extends beyond the comfort of a few."

Read the rest of her letter

Trump/Putin Summit in Alaska - ‘No Deal Until There’s a Deal’

Top Takeaways from Trump-Putin Summit

President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin left the world guessing on Friday after a historic summit that yielded no details about what was discussed, what was agreed to and what remaining sticking points remain to ending the war with Ukraine.

The two leaders holed up behind closed doors for around three hours at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska. What they talked about, however, remains largely a mystery as the two leaders, standing side-by-side
at a joint news conference, revealed very little of what “progress” they said was made. They took no questions from the press.

Here are the top takeaways from the summit:

1. No deal on ceasefire but ‘progress’ made
2. Trump gives Putin red-carpet treatment
3. Much remains a mystery
4. Carefully choreographed around ‘peace’
5. Trump to call Zelensky, world leaders

The meeting lasted only three hours but absolutely nothing came out of it other than detente. Putin suggested that they have their next meeting in Moscow but I would doubt that would be the location. Ceasefire was not agreed unless certain conditions were met to Putin's satisfaction.

I watched this from 1pm yesterday until Trump left Alaska and was totally disappointed. Dealing wih a sociopath is tricky business...even if you did write the Art of the Deal. More information should be leaked out today.

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Putin in his discussion to justify his horror

Trump-Putin Meeting today in Alaska

Trump Issues Warning to Putin Ahead of Summit

President Donald Trump warned Wednesday that there will be "very severe consequences" if Russian President Vladimir Putin refuses to agree to end the war in Ukraine following Friday's U.S.-Russia summit in Alaska.

French President Emmanuel Macron said Trump was "very clear" during a virtual meeting with European leaders that the United States aims to secure a ceasefire at the summit.

In the same meeting, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told participants he believes Putin "is bluffing" ahead of his talks with Trump. Zelensky accused Putin of "trying to apply pressure on all sectors of the Ukrainian front" to project that Russia is "capable of occupying all of Ukraine."

Zelensky also dismissed Putin's public posture on sanctions, saying the Russian leader acts "as if they do not matter to him and are ineffective," but in reality, sanctions are "very helpful and are hitting Russia's war economy hard."

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Putin negotiations

The Alaskan Summit

White House considering inviting Zelensky to Alaska summit?

Would three be better than two? While President Trump announced Friday that he'd be meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska Aug. 15, word is now coming out of the White House that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky may also get an invitation.

According to NBC News, a senior U.S. official and three people briefed on the internal discussions say it is a possibility.

"It's being discussed," one of the people briefed on the discussions said. "Everyone is very hopeful that would happen."

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I could be totally off the mark here but IMO, this is not going to happen. Two enemies in the same meeting with Trump--sparks will fly and it could get worse.

The Trump Administration has long argued that Ukraine would have to give up land in exchange for peace. Zelensky says no way will that happen. Trump has to use his Art of the Deal to get both sides to compromise in order to end the war.

More Than Just a Swap: A Thousand Reasons for Hope

Trump Announces Ukraine Prisoner Swap, Teases End to Russian War

President Donald Trump casually dropped a piece of news that has the establishment sputtering into their morning lattes. He announced a “major” prisoner swap between Ukraine and Russia, congratulating both sides and cheekily asking if this “could lead to something big???” You bet your bottom dollar it could, Mr. President.

This isn’t just some token gesture, mind you. We’re talking about a deal to swap 1,000 prisoners each between Ukraine and Russia. That’s the largest such exchange of the war, a significant development by any measure.

Even Ukrainian President Zelensky, who hasn’t always seen eye-to-eye with common sense, acknowledged, as reported by the Daily Wire, that “The agreement to release 1,000 of our people from Russian captivity became perhaps the only tangible result of the meeting in Turkey.”

While some might focus on the “only,” we see the “tangible result” – a thousand lives potentially changed, a thousand families given hope, all because there’s a new sheriff in town when it comes to global deal-making.

And it turns out, this prisoner swap is just the appetizer. President Trump followed up by revealing he’d had a two-hour phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The result? An agreement for Russia and Ukraine to immediately start negotiations for a ceasefire and, more importantly, an end to the war. Imagine that – direct talks, potentially even hosted at the Vatican, cutting through the bureaucratic fog.

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Trump pushing hard for a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine

Trump Will Speak with Putin, Zelensky on Monday

President Trump said on Saturday that he is going to speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders on Monday to try and reach an agreement on a ceasefire.

Trump believes his personal involvement could break the logjam in the diplomatic efforts and has even said that no breakthrough can be achieved without a meeting between him and Putin.

Trump is pushing hard for a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine and has threatened that he will impose sanctions on any party that obstructs a deal.

While Putin has been opposing an unconditional ceasefire, Trump hasn't moved forward with sanctions against Russia. On Friday, he said in an interview with Fox that he will use his leverage on Putin if he thinks it is needed.

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