Eastern Europe & South Caucasus Ukraine President and Donald Trump

[Kenneth Erwin Engelhardt]

It is the right time to start a thread on Ukraine because Ukraine is one of those countries that is getting dragged into a lot of the drama that is discussed here. The Ukraine President's response that Trump could convince Putin to give him a fair deal but won't give details. Ukrainian President Zelensky is taking this with a big grain of salt.

President Trump says he could end the Ukraine war with Russia within 24 hours. The Ukrainian President was adamant that he would not hand over Ukrainian territory to appease Putin.

Zelensky cast suspicion on Trump’s claims that he could strike a “fair deal” between the two countries, saying he would not agree to a deal that involves Ukraine giving up land to appease Russia. “So [if] the idea is how to take the part of our territory and to give Putin, that is not the peace formula,” he added.

https://www.nationalreview.com/news...-claims-he-could-end-ukraine-war-in-24-hours/

Ukraine inserts itself into the Sudan conflict by bombing the Wagner-backed paramilitary forces in Sudan
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023...t-wagner-backed-sudan-paramilitary-cnn-a82518

 

[Cavalier Cipolla]

On Italian radio it was reported that Zelensky also said that if Trump knows that formula, he should share it with all of us.

 

[Crimson Fucker]

Not exactly new but leaving this here anyway.

Ukraine corruption scandal claims several top officials

Several senior Ukrainian government officials have lost their jobs as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy faces a burgeoning corruption scandal.

apnews.com

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/04/world/europe/ukraine-military-spending-corruption.html

Ukraine War: Zelensky Embezzled $400 Million Allocated By The US For Purchasing Fuel - Seymour Hersh

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky embezzled hundreds of millions of dollars that the US allocated for the purchase of fuel, according to Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh. In his blog, Hersh writes – The Ukraine government, headed by Volodymyr Zelensky, has been using American...

www.eurasiantimes.com

Ukraine President Embezzled $400 Million From Fuel Purchase Aid: Report

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his entourage have embezzled at least USD 400 million, which was sent to the country for the purchase of diesel fuel, reported Russian news agency TASS citing US Journalist Seymour Hersh's website.

www.ndtv.com