“After Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky said in a 60 Minutes interview on Sunday night that U.S. officials are echoing Russian disinformation, Trump called for CBS, the channel on which 60 Minutes appears, to lose its license.”
—Heather Cox Richardson, April 15, 2025
#trump #putin #zelensky #usa #russia #ukraine

#Trump struck a different tone, describing the attack as “terrible” in comments to reporters Sun, but saying w/o elaboration that he was told #Russia had “made a mistake.”

Trump, who [supposedly] continues his drive to strike a deal to end Russia’s war in #Ukraine, quickly shifted to blaming the fighting on his predecessor Joe #Biden & #Zelensky.

…But 34 days [have] passed since Trump’s [ceasefire] proposal, during which Russia [has] continued to attack Ukraine….

#Zelensky on #Russia mass killing in #Sumy

“Enemy missiles hit an ordinary city street, ordinary life: houses, educational institutions, cars on the street. And this on a day when people go to church: Palm Sunday, the feast of the Lord’s Entry into Jerusalem”

Pilot of a US-made F-16 fighter jet, Pavlo Ivanov, killed in combat

#Ukraine military does not give details of 2nd incident w F-16 since they were finally delivered last year

#Zelensky pays tribute to Ivanov

Proposal by #Trump envoy #Witkoff bolsters position of #Russia Foreign Minister Lavrov, who says #Zelensky will have to accept territorial concessions

Proclaims that it is "impossible" for #Ukraine to return to its 1991 internationally-recognized borders

#Zelensky notes #Kremlin dismissal of #Ukraine -US proposals to end #Russia invasion

"Today marks exactly one month since Russia rejected the U.S. proposal for a full and unconditional ceasefire, one month that has made it completely clear – Russia is the sole cause of this war"

Again asks for bolstered air defenses, w 10 more Patriot systems

I am driven by my emotions.

"Our opinions generally have emotional rather than intellectual roots, and indeed rationality largely functions as a post hoc justification. Our political opinions, ultimately, are what we feel about the world, not what we think about it. And in turn, our opinions about particular events have a lot to do with how we feel about the world in general. It’s not an exaggeration to say that most people’s views about the kind of things that happen today are extensions of concerns of their own ego. And consequently, invitations to change their minds because new facts emerge, or because old ideas are discredited by new evidence, are in fact a threat to the strength and even survival of that ego."

"But few people, especially those who have received a decent education, want to acknowledge that their views are based on emotion and not reason. They therefore try to argue".

https://aurelien2022.substack.com/p/another-country

@histodons @psychology @socialpsych @ukraine @israel

@JoBlakely Also the language of the hand servants on display in the attack on #Zelensky, is very much the words, phrases and threats of an abuser.

‘Vroom Vroom Boom Boom Boom’ – Zelensky Shares Video of Captured Chinese POW

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/50408

#WarOfAggression #Europa #Ukraine #Zelensky #Chinese #army #POW #Frontline #war #Russia #WarCriminal #occupiers #defenders #Video
#перемогаYкраїни

#Zelensky confirms #Ukraine troops operating in #Belgorod in western #Russia, on border w #Kharkiv

"We continue to conduct active operations in the border areas on the enemy’s territory, and this is absolutely right – the war must return to where it came from"

#Zelensky speaks after toll in #KryvyiRih rises to 20 killed, including 9 children, and 75 wounded - Others slain in #Kyiv and #Kherson

"We are awaiting a response from the United States — none has come so far"

#Macron: "These attacks must stop"