Today marks the fourth anniversary of Trump puppet-master and war criminal Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was joined by seven prime ministers and four foreign ministers from European countries to show support for the country's fight against the imperial ambitions of Putin's Russia:
More than a dozen senior European officials were in the Ukrainian capital on Tuesday in a show of support on the fourth anniversary of Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine — a grim milestone in a war that has killed tens of thousands of people and put European leaders on edge about the scale of Moscow’s ambitions on the continent.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was defiant despite the devastating toll — insisting that Russia has not “broken Ukrainians” nor triumphed in the war.
Zelenskyy said his country has withstood the onslaught by Russia’s bigger and better equipped army, which over the past year of fighting captured just 0.79% of Ukraine’s territory, according to the Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based think tank.
“Looking back at the beginning of the invasion and reflecting on today, we have every right to say: we have defended our independence, we have not lost our statehood,” Zelenskyy said on social media, adding that Russian President Vladimir Putin has “not achieved his goals.”
“He has not broken Ukrainians; he has not won this war,” Zelenskyy said. [snip]
The number of soldiers killed, injured or missing on both sides could reach 2 million by spring, with Russia sustaining the largest number of troop deaths for any major power in any conflict since World War II, a report last month from the Center for Strategic and International Studies estimated.
European leaders see their countries’ own security at stake in Ukraine amid concerns about Putin’s wider goals and has demanded its leaders be consulted in the ongoing U.S.-brokered talks.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz wrote on X that “for four years, every day and every night has been a nightmare for the Ukrainians — and not just for them, but for us all. Because war is back in Europe.”
“We will only end it by being strong together, because the fate of Ukraine is our fate,” he added...
Unfortunately, the Malignant Fascist and his regime don't see it that
way. The MF has the corrupt team of Witkoff and son-in-law Kushner happy to bargain
away Ukrainian land seized by the invaders for "peace," ignoring the lessons of the last 100 years about appeasing tyrants (except, we suppose, what's
expected of you when you're working for one). On the other hand, the American public strongly supports Ukraine in its fight against Russia, specifically that it shouldn't cede Donbas to Russia for "peace," as the Malignant Fascist would have them do.
So what high level
representative did the US send to the observation?
The only American listed among the official guests in Kyiv ceremonies was Lt. Gen. Curtis Buzzard, a U.S. officer who represents NATO in Ukraine.
Not even the US Ambassador or Li'l Marco could make it? Another sad milestone for Ukraine, as well as one for an America in decline and retreat.
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