❗️🇺🇸 US no longer insists on ceasefire in Ukraine, - Bild

— MAKS 24 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) 21 May 2025 at 15:02

🇺🇸‼️ Trump administration pleased that Putin is ready to negotiate with Ukraine - even though Russia continues to bomb Ukraine, — Bild

— MAKS 24 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) 21 May 2025 at 15:10

In a recent call with European leaders, Trump signaled that he was convinced Russia was winning, repeating a number of the Kremlin’s talking points, according to people familiar with the exchange.

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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) 21 May 2025 at 15:10

❗️The US can no longer "solve all the world's problems," — Rubio

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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) 21 May 2025 at 15:46

🇺🇸❗️In a subsequent call with European leaders, Trump signaled that he was convinced Russia was winning, repeating a number of the Kremlin’s talking points, according to people familiar with the exchange, - Bloomberg

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— MAKS 24 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) 21 May 2025 at 14:40

This right here is the problem with the current U.S. administration: dodging the simple truth that Putin is a war criminal

In a Senate hearing:

Sen. Keating: Is Putin a war criminal?
Rubio: “We’re trying to end the war.”
Keating: It’s a yes or no.
Rubio: “He’s someone we negotiate with.”

Shameful

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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) 21 May 2025 at 18:08

🇺🇸 Trump says Russia shouldn’t have been kicked out of the “G8.”

At a White House meeting with South Africa’s president, he called the G8 format better than the G7 and said it would be better if Russia were still part of it. He also claimed G7 and G20 wouldn’t matter without the US.

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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) 21 May 2025 at 19:16

A key question for the NATO summit in The Hague is whether president Zelensky will be there. Dutch PM Schoof said he and NATO Chief Rutte “would love to invite” Zelensky, but Rutte says the agenda isn’t finalized yet and an announcement is coming soon. Sources say the US has raised objections.

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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) 21 May 2025 at 20:34

🇪🇺 26 MEPs have urged the European Commission to halt funding to Hungary over rule-of-law violations by PM Viktor Orbán.

💬 “We call on the Commission to increase pressure on Orbán’s government to stop violating EU values and laws,” they wrote to Budget Commissioner Piotr Serafin.

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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) 21 May 2025 at 21:48

🇺🇸🇺🇦 Why Trump "ditched" Ukraine, — an explanation from the Financial Times

▪️Trump never once pressured Putin to stop the war against Ukraine. He never even raised the topic of a ceasefire in his conversation with him.
▪️After this call, Trump essentially abandoned his own promise to stop the war.

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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) 21 May 2025 at 19:24

▪️The two-hour conversation on May 19 was so warm that neither Trump nor Putin wanted to hang up first.
▪️European allies and the Ukrainian leadership felt that they had simply been given up. Without explanation, without a position — just silence.

— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) 21 May 2025 at 19:24

▪️USA is no longer trying to be a mediator. All diplomatic initiatives have been put on hold.
▪️Trump is now washing his hands of the matter and stepping aside.
▪️After conversation with Putin, Trump publicly told reporters that he had not even mentioned the missile strikes on civilians in Ukraine.

— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) 21 May 2025 at 19:24

Great, Trump can just stay on his gold plated soapbox and stay the F out of trying to influence the negotiation process

How can Trump "ditch" Ukraine when he never supported Ukraine in the first place? Everything he did was about trying to get Ukraine to capitulate and give him unbridled access to Ukraine's resources?

"The two-hour conversation on May 19 was so warm that neither Trump nor Putin wanted to hang up first."

Trump: Putin's c**k holster, folks.

🇷🇺 Putin has no plans to travel to the Vatican or elsewhere for peace talks, per Bloomberg.

Italy, a member of the ICC, is legally obligated to arrest him under the 2023 warrant—making such a trip diplomatically impossible.

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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) 22 May 2025 at 22:56

What a load of horseshit, Lol. The Vatican is a sovereign state, Italy has no jurisdiction over it, even if it did, Italy isn't going to arrest the President of Russia (sadly) even with them being part of the ICC. We've already seen multiple countries ignore the ICC for Netanyahu and that dude is far less relevant than Putin, Türkiye is also not part of the ICC so what was the excuse for not going to Türkiye for peace talks?

Dude is just a cowardly little prick who has no intention of peace.

⚡️ WSJ: On a call Monday, President Trump told European leaders that Putin isn’t ready to end the Ukraine war because he thinks he is winning, according to three people familiar with the conversation. Yet, a new round of talks -with the Vatican as mediator- is expected in June.

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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) 22 May 2025 at 07:29

❗️🇺🇸 “If the ceasefire memo doesn’t show Putin wants peace, we’ll impose 500% tariffs on Russia,” – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham.

“We’ll wait a few days,” the Republican senator added.

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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) 22 May 2025 at 07:36

🇷🇺 Russia’s GRU is accused of hacking thousands of border & security cameras across Europe to spy on Western aid heading to Ukraine — including at rail stations, military sites, and crossings.

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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) 22 May 2025 at 07:38

Update on Graham’s 500% tariff threat: Senators Blumenthal (D) and Graham (R) say their bill has backing from 81 senators. The bill targets countries buying Russian energy, uranium, and other goods with steep tariffs.

💬 "Putin is playing games. The Senate is ready to act if this continues."

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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) 22 May 2025 at 07:55

🇷🇺 Russian sources say Ukraine has struck the car of Nikolai Volobuyev, head of the Belovsky district in Kursk with a drone. He was reportedly injured in the leg and arm and taken to the hospital, according to acting Kursk governor Alexander Khinshtein.

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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) 22 May 2025 at 08:48

Senate Republican leaders are waiting on President Donald Trump to greenlight an aggressive bid to sanction Russia. Some of their own members aren't interested in delay.

"I'm not waiting for anything. I think we should bring it to the floor and put the hurt on Putin," Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., told Semafor.

"I'm not looking to anyone else for guidance on this. I've waited long enough," Young added. "And it's pretty clear to me that Putin has been jerking us around for months, and I don't think the United States of America should tolerate that."

A growing number of GOP senators feel that they may have to make a move to hurry Trump along in the talks. Some of them see their action — blessed by the White House or not — as strengthening Trump's hand in his dealings with Vladimir Putin.

"We can hang on to it, or we can move now. It doesn't mean he has to sign it into law right now, but absolutely we want to keep moving forward so that Vladimir Putin knows we are serious. That guy is stringing President Trump along. We don't appreciate it," said Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa.

Republicans are leaving presidential diplomacy to Graham, who argued on the Senate floor on Wednesday for the US to take on Putin more aggressively. The South Carolina Republican also noted how hard it is to get 81 senators in both parties to agree to anything these days; that's how many are backing his bill.

That number includes Republicans who have both supported and opposed Ukraine aid bills over the past three years. Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., estimated as many as 70 senators would support the bill even if Trump didn't explicitly back it.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said this week that his chamber is ready to move on Russia sanctions whenever the White House is. Yet it also might move sooner.

Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker, R-Miss., said that while Thune and House Speaker Mike Johnson have their hands full now with party-line tax and spending legislation, he hoped Congress might start voting after the upcoming Memorial Day recess.

Senate Russia Hawks Sick of Waiting on Sanctions | Semafor

Even some Republicans now are saying out loud, yeah, Putin is absolutely playing Trump. Meanwhile Trump the senile fella, is sitting there playing with his Lego bricks and saying "Putin loves me!" "We don't appreciate the elder abuse!" says Joni Ernst. I mean it's either Trump is the biggest idiot in the world or he is a Russian asset.

Russia plans to connect the occupied Zaporizhzhia NPP to its own energy grid in the coming weeks, per Petro Andryushchenko, former advisor to the Mariupol mayor.

Russia built a distribution hub & compressor station near occupied Mariupol & Berdyansk — full-scale use is expected within months.

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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) 22 May 2025 at 11:14

🇷🇺 Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov says Putin will visit occupied Donetsk & Luhansk—calling them “Russian regional capitals.” He also claims a “1000-for-1000” POW swap with Ukraine is “laborious” but ongoing, explaining that it involves “specific names.”

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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) 22 May 2025 at 11:11

🇰🇵 A North Korean warship launch went wrong in front of Kim Jong Un, leaving the dictator furious, reports The Guardian. The 5,000-ton destroyer tipped during its launch in Chongjin, damaging the hull. Kim called it a “disgrace”.

Satellite imagery by Open Source Centre confirms the ship capsized.

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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) 22 May 2025 at 10:36

🦅 Russian media is publishing a map of regions attacked by drones last night, tonight, and this morning.

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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) 22 May 2025 at 09:11

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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) 22 May 2025 at 09:41

🇩🇪 Germany’s new chancellery chief Thorsten Frei urges tougher sanctions on Russia — including bans on gas and uranium, and use of frozen Russian assets.

“Putin only understands clear language. Europe must step out of its comfort zone.”

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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) 22 May 2025 at 09:54

“A wife should see her husband as the master: don’t buy or rest without him” — fresh advice from the Russian Orthodox Church. Back to the 18th century, one sermon at a time.

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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) 22 May 2025 at 11:56

🚨 Russia is now fielding nuclear-tipped air-to-air missiles, per U.S. intel. Likely based on the R-37M, this Cold War-style weapon marks a rare and dangerous escalation in Moscow’s nuclear arsenal.

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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) 22 May 2025 at 12:00

🇺🇦 Ukraine’s strikes on occupied Crimea are systematically destroying Russian air defense systems — and contrary to belief, Russia isn’t reinforcing but scrambling to replace losses, says Navy spox Pletenchuk.

They’re even deploying “blind” launchers with no radar.

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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) 22 May 2025 at 12:04

🇩🇪 German Chancellor Friedrich Merz warns that peace talks to end the war in Ukraine could drag on for weeks or even months. "No illusions—this process has just begun and will take time," he said at a Vilnius press conference.

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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) 22 May 2025 at 12:19