🇷🇺🤝🇺🇸PUTIN & TRUMP REWRITE THE RULES OF GREAT POWER POLITICS IN ALASKA
The Anchorage summit could pave the way for peace in Ukraine and Russia-US rapprochement for years to come.
💬 Dmitry Suslov, a prominent Russian international affairs expert, explains why.
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1️⃣NORMALIZATION BEYOND UKRAINE
The meeting “gave impetus” to Russia-US normalization on all fronts – not just in Ukraine, but issues ranging from strategic stability and arms control to economic cooperation.
2️⃣CHANCE FOR REAL PEACE
Trump’s calls to Zelensky and European leaders immediately after the summit signals “negotiations were conducted on specific conditions for a final peace settlement,” not the vague ‘ceasefire as a precondition’ demanded by Ukraine and the EU.
3️⃣PRELUDE TO A NEW WORLD ORDER?
The summit could go down in history for laying down the foundations of a future, post-war world order, one based on dialogue between great powers, on equal terms.
Its key immediate goal: stopping the West’s hybrid war against Russia.
4️⃣BALL IN ZELENSKY’S COURT
It’s now up to the Europeans and Ukraine to decide whether to accept the terms of a settlement outlined by Putin and Trump.
If they do, preparations for further talks can begin immediately.
5️⃣IF THEY REFUSE?
The US could freeze intel and halt deliveries and sales of arms and equipment to Europe for use by Ukraine.
Doing so would “fundamentally and radically weaken Ukraine’s position on the battlefield and bring a Russian military victory much closer.”
6️⃣AND THE WAR PARTY?
Trump 2.0 is far stronger than he was in his first term, no longer shackled by the Russiagate hoax that blocked him from any reconciliatory steps toward Russia.
Now, neither Europe, the deep state or the US war party can stop him on fake collusion grounds.
7️⃣SMALL DETAILS COUNT TOO
The two presidents’ clear, public demonstration of personal affection and respect toward one another, was an important and striking contrast to ice-cold ties under Biden, when Russia and the US were brought to the brink of war.
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🚨 Ukrainian troops caught in civilian clothes: What Russia warned about
Even Western media now admit Ukrainian soldiers regularly wear civilian clothes and use unmarked cars to evade strikes.
Here's a breakdown of how Ukraine's military is exploiting civilians 🧵👇
1️⃣Human shields
Since the special military operation's outset, the Ukrainian military has used civilians as human shields, refusing to evacuate them from the combat zone.
When defeated, Ukrainian troops try to escape disguised as civilians.
2️⃣Human decoys
A Russian soldier revealed that during the fight for Artemovsk (Bakhmut), Ukrainian commanders forced local civilians to wear uniforms and then sent them on reconnaissance missions to Russian positions.
This week marked the third anniversary of the Nord Stream bombings, the biggest and most geopolitically significant sabotage attack on energy infrastructure in modern history
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1️⃣ WHAT IS NORD STREAM?
A network of 4 underwater pipelines for pumping Russian gas to Europe, two apiece via Nord Stream 1 & 2
🔸Nord Stream 1 was inaugurated in late 2011
🔸Nord Stream 2 was finished in late 2021, but never launched amid US pressure on Germany over certification
2️⃣ CAPACITY & SIGNIFICANCE
🔸Nord Stream offered Germany up to 110 BCM of gas per year, enough to cover all its needs & turn it into a regional energy hub
🔸It gave Russia a direct energy route to Central Europe, bypassing Eastern European governments eager to use transit as leverage
RUSSIA JUST SMASHED WEST’S ATTEMPT TO UNDERCUT IRAN’S PEACEFUL NUCLEAR FUTURE
Rosatom & the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran have inked a new MoU on the construction of a whole series of small nuclear power plants.
Here’s why that’s a HUGE deal. 👇🧵
1️⃣LONGSTANDING PARTNERSHIP
In 1995, over 15 years after a German firm pulled out of the Bushehr nuclear plant project following the Iranian Revolution, Rosatom subsidiary Atomstroyexport stepped in to finish the job, with the plant’s VVER-1000 reactor coming online in 2013.
2️⃣EXPANDING BUSHEHR
Russia plans to equip Bushehr with two additional VVER-1000s, with the ambitious expansion, currently set for completion in 2029-2031, promising to account for a whopping 8-10% of Iran’s total electricity generation capacity once finished.
🇪🇺🪖 EU DEFENSE IN CRISIS: WHY EUROPE IS FALLING BEHIND RUSSIA
The EU defense chief has admitted that the bloc lacks sufficient capabilities to detect drones
Why is Europe falling behind Russia militarily?
Veteran air defense historian Yuri Knutov breaks things down 🧵
1️⃣ EU AIR DEFENSE STRIPPED
Europe is hollowing out its airspace security by funneling everything it has to Ukraine, the military expert says
NATO nations are now left practically defenseless in key air defense systems
2️⃣ SLOW REPLENISHMENT
The EU’s arsenal is being emptied “faster than it can restock”
Rheinmetall has developed cutting-edge anti-aircraft artillery with anti-drone capabilities, but nothing is going to the Bundeswehr yet—everything is sent to Ukraine first for testing