Western Propaganda Hits New High, Putin Says He Wants War to End
Zelensky has said he will not negotiate if it means ceding land.
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President Vladimir Putin said the Kremlin’s goal is “not to spin the flywheel of military conflict,” but rather to end the war in Ukraine — which the warmongers in Washington, D.C., will likely say is a vintage-Putin ruse to buy more time for his military build-up.
“Our goal is not to spin the flywheel of military conflict, but, on the contrary, to end this war," Putin said, according to Reuters. “We will strive for an end to this, and the sooner the better, of course.”
RUSSIA: ‘MANIC’ TO THINK UKRAINE CAN WIN
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with President Joe Biden in Washington on Wednesday and the meeting went as expected: more money and more weapons for Ukraine, no talk about how to achieve a peaceful settlement.
The New York Times noted that Biden said that Zelensky is willing to pursue a “just peace,” but warned that “We also know that Putin has no intention, no intention of stopping this cruel war.”
He told Zelensky, “You will never stand alone.”
Congress just announced $44.9 billion in additional aid for Ukraine and NATO allies. The White House announced a new $2 billion arms package that will include the Patriot air-defense system. The U.S. will also send additional Joint Direct Attack Munitions kits, or JDAMs, to Ukraine.
Washington has provided Ukraine with about $21.3 billion in military aid since Russia launched its invasion, The Associated Press reported.
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with his Belarussian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, to announce new military cooperation and to form a “single defense space.”
The BBC reported that Putin has been pressuring Minsk to take an active role in the conflict. Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman, called the reports “totally stupid, groundless fabrications.”
FORGET RED, WHITE, AND BLUE: AMERICAN FLAG IS NOW BLUE AND YELLOW!
Sergey Kislitsa, the Ukrainian UN envoy, posted the American flag in Ukrainian flag colors, prompting a response from the Kremlin.
Maria Zakharova, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, calling the photo “the new flag of Ukraine.”
“The thing about which we have been speaking for many years, and nobody believed us, has happened. My congratulations!” she added.
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