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Zelenskyy Says Trump Is Pushing Ukraine, Not Putin, to Yield
www.military.com

... Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Donald Trump of trying to pressure Kyiv into surrendering to Russia, escalating a week-long row with the U.S. president.

In an interview with Bloomberg in Kyiv, Zelenskyy also offered a new proposal to accede to Trump's request to stop targeting Russian refineries, which was aimed at combating high diesel prices, in exchange for deliveries of more Patriot air-defense missiles.

"Now, we have dangerous days ahead of the elections," Zelenskyy said on Sunday, referring to the Nov. 3 midterms in the U.S. "My latest model was: We don't target Russian diesel, you give us missiles for Patriot systems to protect our facilities. But they just want us to stop attacking diesel. And if we strike that, they will disconnect us from something."

While offering an off-ramp from the escalating row, Kyiv is likely to be unsettled by a Wall Street Journal report that Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a meeting with Trump and China's Xi Jinping next month to discuss ending the war in Ukraine.

Putin and Trump did discuss holding possible trilateral talks with Xi, though there were no specific proposals for a meeting or any agenda, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday, Interfax reported. While Russia appreciates U.S. mediation efforts, no final resolution to the conflict is possible without a representative from Kyiv "who's willing to take responsibility," the news service cited Peskov as saying.

A meeting among the leaders of Ukraine, the U.S. and Russia could help end the war sooner, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said in a post on X Monday. A trilateral summit that excludes Kyiv "would do only the opposite: encourage Putin to continue this war," he said. ...



Update ...

4 dead, dozens injured after large fire sweeps through Canadian military base, officials say
www.cbsnews.com

... Four Canadian service members were killed and 39 people injured, including 19 critically, when a fast-moving fire overtook soldiers conducting live-fire combat training at a military base in Alberta, officials said Sunday. ...

Maj. Gen. Wade Rutland said military officials knew about the grass fire for hours but believed it was sufficiently contained to allow training to continue before winds suddenly shifted, sending flames racing toward the soldiers.

"The fire was a kilometer away when the wind shifted. That is not normal for a fire to move a kilometer in 36 seconds," he said at a news conference in Edmonton.

Rutland said a commander at the scene told him soldiers went from seeing no fire to having flames upon them in less than a minute. ...

Rutland said the cause of the initial grass fire is still under investigation, noting there were "multiple training activities happening throughout the training area at the time."

He said the fire crossed "established fire guards" before it was contained with the help of local authorities. He also said reports of explosions were not believed to be the result of the fire reaching oil and gas infrastructure or from "any outside interference."

Firefighters faced a volatile situation. Large areas of the province were hit during the day by a windstorm with gusts up to 100 kilometers (62 miles) an hour. The wind toppled some trees and sent signs flying and garbage cans rolling down streets. ...


#10 And you still think the dossier was real
#11 | Posted by fishpaw

I asked the AI about the Steele Dossier.
What parts of it hve turned out to be true, and what turned out to be false?
search.brave.com

No single official finding declared the entire dossier true or false. Investigations found that its core narrative regarding Russian interference was accurate, but many specific allegations about Trump campaign collusion were unverified, inaccurate, or debunked.

Corroborated Claims
Russian Interference: The US Intelligence Community and the Mueller Report confirmed Russia's government sought to influence the 2016 election, targeting both parties and undermining public faith in US democracy.
Kremlin Direction: It was verified that Vladimir Putin personally ordered the influence campaign and cyberattacks.
Contacts: Investigators confirmed that Trump campaign figures, including Carter Page, had secret contacts with Russian officials and Rosneft representatives.
WikiLeaks Leak: The dossier's claim that Russia was behind the release of hacked Democratic National Committee emails to WikiLeaks was proven true.

Debunked or Unverified Claims
Criminal Collusion: The central allegation of a criminal conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia was not verified by the Mueller Report or FBI.
Michael Cohen's Prague Trip: Claims that Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen traveled to Prague in 2016 to meet with Russian officials were proven false; Cohen denied it under oath, and the Mueller Report concurred he never traveled there.
"Pee Tape" / Kompromat: Allegations that Russia possessed compromising sexual videos of Trump were never corroborated; an FBI source stated the tapes were believed to be fake, and no such material was ever found.
Specific Meetings: Detailed claims about specific meetings between Carter Page and Kremlin figures like Igor Sechin were not fully verified, with Page denying the meetings and investigators finding inconsistencies.
Source Reliability: The FBI Inspector General found that much of the dossier's material was based on unverified or inaccurate sources, including a primary source who later told the FBI there was "zero" corroboration for the claims.

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