Ukraine president delivers upbeat message on war progress during second White House visit since Russian invasion

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy worked to shore up US support for Ukraine on a whirlwind visit to Washington on Thursday, delivering an upbeat message on the war’s progress while facing new questions about the flow of US dollars that for 19 months have helped keep his troops in the fight against Russian forces.

The Ukrainian leader received a far quieter reception than the hero’s welcome he was given last year from Congress, but also won generally favorable comments on the next round of US aid he says he needs to stave off defeat.

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    1 year ago

    Remember in 2018 when several GOP senators spent the 4th of July in Moscow?

    Remember when Trump described Putin’s invasion of Ukraine as “genius” and “savvy”?

    Remember when Nick Fuentes said “Now they’re going on about Vladimir Putin and Russia, and Vladimir Putin is Hitler – and they say that’s not a good thing" while they chanted, “Putin, Putin”?

    I’m not saying every dot connects, but I could read a horoscope or two in this constellation.

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      Man I want to believe our HUGE intelligence apparatus and community is all over this like flys on shit. Maybe it’s just a coincidence, but the CIA losing a shot ton of US informants the same time Trump was president seems a little to convenient The Hill article Before any of you ask if I read the article I did, and I am just reading in between the lines because I doubt the CIA will come out and say our president was compromised due to the confidence drop it would cause in current human intel assets and future ones as well.

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        The Russians have been doing espionage far longer than we have. They’ve always been better at that side of things; I’d view an open accounting of things with more confidence than being told nothing and assuming the worst. If 45 was that damaging, it’s easier to recover if the whole world knows it.