Iranian President In China as SCO Sets to Address Trump's Economic War with the Rest of the World

The summit will address Trump's economic war with the rest of the world

This visit is very important as talks with China on a USD 400 billion investment in Iran will take place

Further separate meetings between Pezeshkian and Vladimir Putin are planned

Ukraine's Fate to be sealed as Trump meets Putin on August 15 in Alaska

US President Donald Trump has announced that his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin will take place on August 15 in Alaska, with details to be disclosed later.

 Trump's ultimatum to Putin to end the war against Ukraine ended yesterday. 

No tariffs were imposed on buyers of Russian oil. Russian Special military operations continue in Ukraine as the Russian army is advancing. 

Finally, Next week, Trump and Putin will meet in Alaska to watch moose and ratify the fate of the Ukrainian State.

However, Ukrainian Leader Zelensky rejected Trump and Putin meeting. He refused any concession to Russia. 

According to British media, Zelensky spoke by phone with European leaders, fearful of being sidelined from a direct deal between the United States and Russia."

Russia - Ukraine War: Kyiv Embarks On Kidnapping Young Men From Streets, Sending Them To War Front To Face Russia's Fire

 

🚨⚡ Kidnapping of a young man from the street in Lutsk by force and putting him on a bus to be sent to fight.

A daily scene in Ukraine 2025...pic.twitter.com/13SwNDwYUq

— RussiaNews 🇷🇺 (@mog_russEN) July 1, 2025

The American led NATO Western nations that are pumping Money and weapons to Ukraine in a fight to defeat Russia on the battlefield have not mobilized there youths to go and face the fire power of Russian military.

The corrupt Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his war cabinet have only end up destroying the country for ever .

Ukraine demanding, begging for Ceasefire Fire Says Russian FM Lavrov

Kyiv is demanding and begging for Ceasefire Fire

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov

— Vladimir Putin News (@vladimirputiniu) June 27, 2025

BRICS summit in Brazil: Why Russian President Vladimir Putin will Be Absent

Russian President Vladimir Putin will not travel to next week's BRICS summit in Brazil. Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said on Wednesday.

Putin will not be traveling to Brazil following an outstanding arrest warrant issued against him by the International Criminal Court (ICC), 

In 2023, ICC issued the arrest warrant, just over a year after Russia launched its special military operation against NATO backed Ukraine. Russian President is accused of war crime for deporting hundreds of children from Ukraine.

Putin: World is heading toward World War 3 and I'm Very serious about this statement"

 

🚨⚡️ BREAKING:

"World is heading toward World War 3 and I'm Very serious about this statement"

- President Putin Warned The World pic.twitter.com/GEWnVGbRpc

— RussiaNews 🇷🇺 (@mog_russEN) June 22, 2025

Russian President Vladimir Putin is also expected to have a session talk with Iranian Foreign Minister.

 

🚨⚡️ BREAKING:

The Iranian Foreign Minister is meeting Putin today and is expected to hold Serious Talks pic.twitter.com/tyI6seikIU

— RussiaNews 🇷🇺 (@mog_russEN) June 22, 2025

As US bombed the Iranian Nuclear Sites, IRGC promised total showdown with US forces in the middle East

Bushehr Nuclear Site Untouched after Russia’s fierce warning

American President Donald Trump on Saturday confirmed US bombed three Iranian Nuclear Sites, IRGC promised total showdown with US forces in the middle East.

The US attacks in Iran spares the Russia's controlled Bushehr nuclear site.

Iranian Foreign Ministry said: "Washington’s attack on our nuclear facilities exposes its collusion with the Zionist entity in planning and carrying out aggression against us."

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic and it's military wing IRGC promised a total showdown against American forces and interests in the entire middle east.

As for Israel, devastating ballistic missiles from iranian military and IRGC continue to wreck havocs in Tel Aviv Haifa. Coaster cuties are completely destroyed according to the Israeli radio.

pic.twitter.com/wu9mMkxtUg

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 21, 2025

🚨⚡BREAKING AND UNUSUAL

Footage of the U.S. strike on Iranian nuclear facilities has emerged. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/rSiMRqvbJS

— RussiaNews 🇷🇺 (@mog_russEN) June 22, 2025

The U.S. attacked Iran — but spared Bushehr after Russia’s fierce warning.

Looks like someone’s listening… very good.

Good boy, Trump. Don’t mess this up. @realDonaldTrump 👏🔥🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/5EHDtO0Df9

— RussiaNews 🇷🇺 (@mog_russEN) June 22, 2025

🚨⚡️Iran's Supreme Leader threatens the United States.

Americans should expect greater damage and heavier blows than ever before. pic.twitter.com/dkBIUTzb43

— RussiaNews 🇷🇺 (@mog_russEN) June 22, 2025 

However , reports from Qom in Iran according to Thomas Keith on X says Iranian sources now confirm Fordow is intact. Only 2 munitions struck surface-level access points. No deep-penetration, no cascade collapse, no reactor kill. Fordow was built to withstand nuclear war. A single flyby doesn’t erase hardened bunkers buried 80 meters deep behind reinforced mountain rock.

This wasn’t a successful strike. It was a narrative op. Aimed at markets, voters, and momentum. But the physics of Fordow don’t bend to spin.

Russia Says “Moscow’s reaction if Iran’s Supreme Leader Eliminated would be extremely negative”

As Israel-Iran War intensified with iranian missiles piercing through Israeli defense systems. Rhetoric from both the Israeli leader Benjamin Netayahu and American President Donald Trump has been that they may eliminate Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah .

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said “Moscow’s reaction in the event of the assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader would be extremely negative.”

Russia has warned that American intervention in the war on the side of Israel against Iran will be catastrophic and carried negative consequences.

As Israeli defense systems failed to contain the Iranian missiles, Israeli leaders' only hope is America coming to rescue Operation against Iran.

There have been reports of America conclusion to join the war . The war has been so far deadly for Israel and the entire American led NATO as Iran destroyed up to five if their so called invisible f-35 fighter Jets.

Israel -Iran War: Putin, Xi 'strongly condemn' Israeli strikes on Iran in phone call: Kremlin aide

#BREAKING Putin, Xi 'strongly condemn' Israeli strikes on Iran in phone call: Kremlin aide pic.twitter.com/Itrg4LpTN1

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) June 19, 2025

The situation in the #MiddleEast is tense and delicate. It faces the risk of spiraling out of control.

China is firmly against any move that violates the purposes and principles of the UN Charter and a country’s sovereignty, security and territorial integrity, and opposes using… pic.twitter.com/aEFOl9vjPc

— CHINA MFA Spokesperson 中国外交部发言人 (@MFA_China) June 19, 2025

Special Military Opinion to Continue As President Putin Labels Ukraine ‘Terrorists', Rejects Talks After Civilian Train Attacks!

The Russian special Military operation in Ukraine may continue until it achieve it objectives says President Vladimir Putin.

Russian president unleashed a scathing rebuke, accusing Ukraine of terrorism after the recent blowing up of civilian trains in the Bryansk and Kursk regions. 

“According to all international norms, such actions are called terrorism,” Putin declared, adding, “All the crimes committed against civilians on the eve of the negotiations were aimed at disrupting the peace process.”

President Putin cancelled further Negotiations as he signaled he’s done with diplomacy, stating, “How do we continue to negotiate with terrorists? Why should they be rewarded by suspending military actions?” This follows Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb, which targeted Russian airfields, and the deadly train attacks that killed at least seven and injured dozens, just before the Istanbul peace talks on Monday.

 Trump Weighs In:

After a phone call with Putin earlier on Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump revealed, “President Putin did say, and very strongly, that he will have to respond to the recent attack on the airfields.” Trump called the conversation “good” but admitted it won’t lead to “immediate peace,” casting doubt on his ceasefire push.

What’s Really Happening?

Putin’s refusal to negotiate raises questions about his true intentions—does he want peace, or is this a pretext to intensify the war? Ukraine claims the railway attacks target Russian military logistics, but the civilian toll has fueled Putin’s narrative. Meanwhile, Trump’s reluctance to impose sanctions, despite his envoy’s efforts, suggests he’s wary of alienating Putin. Is the U.S. being played, or is Trump holding back for a bigger deal?

Truth be told ,  Russian military might and Hypersonic missile technology is second to non.

The American led NATO have no other options on the table other to negotiate with Russia to end the war in Ukraine.

It is critically obvious that neither more weapons deployment to battlefield in support of Ukraine nor further sanctions can deter Russia from the special Military operation in Ukraine. The war in Ukraine is a patriotic war to safeguard the national security of the Russia federation from further encroachment and encircling of Russia by NATO 

What do you think?

UKRAINE WAR: VLADIMIR PUTIN, DONALD TRUMP AGREED ON PARTIAL CEASEFIRE

"There will be NO strikes on energy infrastructure for 30 days. This is instead of a truce,"

PUTIN made a small political gift to Trump - he supported the initiative on the safety of navigation in the Black Sea.

According to the KREMLIN reports, Russian President Vladimir Putin called the key condition for resolving the conflict in Ukraine a complete cessation of foreign military aid and the provision of intelligence to Kyiv. He also emphasized that Ukraine must stop mobilization during the truce.

The presidents agreed to hold a HOCKEY match between Russia and the United States. "That is, they will unfreeze visas and possibly flights,"

When the phone rang in the Kremlin at 5:00 p.m., the world media wrote that "the most important telephone conversation in the modern world" had begun. In the end - 2 hours 28 minutes, to be exact. A record Putin has never spoken on the phone with any other American president for so long.

RESULTS OF THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN PUTIN AND TRUMP ON MARCH 18, 2025

It turned out that the telephone conversation between Putin and Trump was much broader than resolving the Ukrainian issue and even reached hockey! And most importantly: "Mutual interest was expressed in normalizing relations between Russia and the United States in light of their special responsibility for security and stability in the world." Normalization of relations between two nuclear superpowers. And contacts between the two presidents will continue.

STATEMENT FROM THE KREMLIN:

- Putin supported Trump's idea of ​​​​a mutual renunciation of strikes on energy infrastructure by the Russian Federation and Ukraine for 30 days and gave such an order to the military.

- Russia and the United States will create expert groups to resolve the conflict.

- The presidents agreed that the final solution should eliminate the root causes of the crisis and take into account Russia's legitimate security interests.

- To prevent the conflict from escalating, it is necessary to completely stop mobilization, military assistance, and intelligence sharing with Kiev.

- Putin noted the risks associated with the leadership of the Kyiv regime, since Ukraine has repeatedly sabotaged and violated agreements. And about

- Russia supported Trump's initiative regarding the safety of shipping in the Black Sea. Negotiations are beginning to work out the details.

- Putin told Trump that on Wednesday Russia and Ukraine will exchange prisoners according to the 175 for 175 formula. As a gesture of goodwill, Moscow will hand over 23 seriously wounded Ukrainian soldiers to Kyiv.

- Russia and the United States will strive to cooperate on issues of ensuring security and stability throughout the world. The presidents discussed a list of areas in which the countries could establish cooperation.

- Trump supported Vladimir Putin's idea to organize hockey matches in the USA and Russia between Russian and American players playing in the NHL and KHL.

- The presidents agreed to stay in touch on all issues raised.

To better understand how the Kremlin assesses the results, you can read the statement by the special representative of the Russian president, Kirill Dmitriev.

- Now it's official - this is an ideal phone conversation! - he wrote.

WHITE HOUSE VERSION:

Washington also gave a very positive, but more reserved assessment of the results of the telephone conversation. The very fact that Trump did not come out to the journalists suggests that the US President expected much more significant success. But for now, the diplomatic victory is on Russia's side.

Here are the main results of the conversation between Putin and Trump from the US point of view:

- President Trump and President Putin discussed the need for peace and a ceasefire in Ukraine.

- Both leaders agreed that this conflict must end with a lasting peace.

- They also emphasized the need to improve bilateral relations between the US and Russia.

- The leaders agreed that the movement towards peace will begin with an agreement on a ceasefire in the energy and infrastructure sectors, as well as with technical negotiations on the implementation of a maritime truce in the Black Sea.

- The next step could be a complete ceasefire. And only then - the establishment of permanent peace.

- Negotiations on all these points will begin immediately in the Middle East.

- Putin and Trump addressed the need to stop the spread of strategic weapons and intend to work with other nuclear powers to ensure that these measures are applied as broadly as possible.

- Both leaders agreed that a future with normal bilateral relations between the U.S. and Russia has enormous potential.** This includes major economic deals and geopolitical stability after peace is achieved.

Russia has never been and will never be Europe's Enemy, President Putin says On Croatian Television channel 4

 

Russian President Vladimir Putin has reportedly said Russia has never been and will never be Europe's Enemy.

On Croatian Television channel 4. Vladimir Putin was allowed to speak. He addressed the Europeans: "Russia has never been and will never be your enemy!

Putin said: "We do not want European raw materials and wealth, we have our own raw materials and wealth, we absolutely do not need your raw materials. Russia is the richest country in the world in terms of raw materials." 

"We do not want your land or your territory. Look at how wide Russia is on the map. Russia is twice the size of the whole of Europe in one place. What would we need your land for, what do we do with it? 

Why do you think Russia is an enemy of Europe? What damage has Russia done to you? 

Have we sold you gas and raw materials at lower prices than the prices at which your "friends" are currently selling you?  YES

Did Russia sacrifice 20 million people in World War II to get rid of the Nazis?  YES

Was Russia the first country to help Europe during the Covid pandemic?  YES

Did we help Europe when there were fires and natural disasters?  YES

What has Russia done to you that you hate it so much? 

Russia is not your enemy; your real enemies are your leaders, those who lead you!”

Russian President has signaled his willingness to consider an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine ad US President Donald Trump pushes to broker a peace deal.

The war in Ukraine has been a prolonged proxy war against Russia by the US led NATO nations aimed at weakened Russia.

VIDEO: Jeffrey Sachs Schools the EU Parliament on the reasons behind the Russia Ukraine Conflict

 Geo-Political Scholar Jeffrey Sachs 

Schools the EU Parliament on the reasons behind the Russia Ukraine Conflict.

This doesn’t even include some of the more grotesque activities Ukraine has been well documented as being involved in.

For years, he was hailed a hero. For some, he still is. Now he's exposed.

Here’s the history of the Ukraine & Volodomyr Zelenskyy you won't hear from the media.

Zelenskyy has never had the cards. He isn’t some brave leader calling the shots. He’s a desperate man, clinging to power in a collapsing regime—propped up by Western money, weapons & propaganda. And with Ukraine losing the PR war & real war, he's panicking.

Ukraine wasn't an independent actor in this war. The real power brokers are in Washington, Brussels & London, playing their geopolitical games.

This war was engineered to weaken Russia. To understand that, you need to understand the history that they’ll never tell you.

Ukraine and Russia have been bound together for over 1,000 years. Kiev, Ukraine’s capital, once the heart of Kievan Rus—the first great Slavic state—laid the foundations for Russia itself. Ukraine’s very name means "borderland"—which means the borderland of Russia.

For centuries, it was an integral part of the Russian Empire, not some “oppressed” nation. Even during the Soviet era, Ukraine wasn’t occupied—it was central to the USSR. Even Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev was Ukrainian.

When the USSR collapsed, Ukraine became independent and Washington stepped in—not to help Ukraine, but to weaponise it against Russia.

The U.S. & NATO lied to Gorbachev, promising they wouldn’t expand “one inch eastward." Yet NATO moved into Poland and the Baltic States.

Ukraine was the ultimate NATO prize.

The West poured billions into Ukraine—funding pro-NATO political groups, NGOs & media to manufacture an anti-Russian state.

In 2004, the CIA backed the "Orange Revolution," overturning an election that favoured a pro-Russian candidate.

The real coup came in 2014.

Ukraine’s democratically elected president, Viktor Yanukovych, rejected an EU trade deal that would have destroyed Ukraine’s economy. That was unacceptable to Washington. So they removed him via a manufactured colour revolution.

The so-called "Maidan Revolution" wasn’t a grassroots movement. It was a CIA-backed coup—orchestrated by officials like Victoria Nuland. So brazen was Washington, that Nuland was even caught on a leaked call, handpicking Ukraine’s next leader before Yanukovych was gone.

The violent mobs that took over Kiev weren’t peaceful protesters. They were led by neo-Nazi groups like Azov Battalion—groups that openly celebrate Nazi collaborators and wear SS insignia.

These same groups now receive Western weapons.

The post-coup regime then banned the Russian language—directly attacking millions of Russian-speaking Ukrainians in the east.

That’s when Donbass & Crimea said enough. Crimea held a referendum—over 90% voted to return to Russia. The Donbass also voted for independence.

The people of the Donbass rejected Kiev—but Kiev wouldn’t let them go. Instead, they launched a brutal war on their own people, shelling civilians for eight years. Where was the Western outrage? Nowhere!

And what about Zelenskyy? Who is he? Is he an organic leader who came from nowhere or was he installed?

Covert Action reported that, in 2020, Zelenskyy secretly met with MI6 head Richard Moore. Why would a foreign president meet with the UK’s top spy instead of its PM?

Is Zelenskyy a UK asset? According to reports, he is personally protected by British, not Ukrainian security. When he visited the Vatican, he snubbed the Pope and met with a British bishop. Guess who else was there? Richard Moore from MI6 again! That's some coincidence.

Before politics, Zelenskyy was a comedian and actor—literally playing the president on a TV show. Then, with the help of Western PR teams, fiction became reality.

His campaign was funded by oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky, who owned Ukraine’s largest oil company and bank.

Once in power, Zelenskyy’s priority wasn’t fighting corruption—it was making sure BlackRock & Western banks took over Ukraine’s economy.

Meanwhile, he funnelled millions into offshore accounts, and is alleged to have acquired a $34m mansion in Miami as well as a £multi London apartment. Nothing would surprise me if he did.

By 2022, NATO had armed Ukraine to the teeth, and Kiev had amassed forces near Donbass.

Russia had a choice:

Let Donbass face ethnic cleansing;

Let NATO turn Ukraine into a military base;

Or,

Intervene.

They intervened, just as other nations would in those circumstances.

The media screamed “unprovoked invasion.” But NATO expansion, the 2014 coup, eight years of war on Donbass—this war was provoked every step of the way.

Ukraine was set up as a pawn.

With Ukraine losing, Zelenskyy is being abandoned. Donald Trump told him: "You don’t have the cards." And he’s right. This war was engineered. Ukraine needed Western intervention to win and that would mean that WW3 would/could be inevitable. It’s time the world wakes up to that reality.

The war in Ukraine was deliberately provoked by the West. Zelenskyy is just another puppet—his time is running out...and Trump knows that.

Know who the true good guys and the bad guys are as regards the Russian vs Ukraine conflict before you take sides.

Credit: James William Keyler

End of Ukraine —Russia War; Trump, Putin to Oversee a three-stage peace plan — ceasefire, elections in Ukraine and signing of a final agreement

Russia and the United States are proposing a three-stage peace plan, which includes a ceasefire, elections in Ukraine and the signing of a final agreement. This was reported by Fox News journalist Jackie Heinrich, citing sources.

According to sources, both the United States and Russia consider new elections in Ukraine as a key condition for the success of the settlement process.

Russian President Vladimir Putin sees a high probability of electing a president in Ukraine, believing that any candidate other than Zelensky would be more flexible in negotiations and concessions.

US President, Donald Trump is reportedly ready to accept any election outcome in Ukraine, including the possibility of a pro-Russian candidate being elected.

It should be noted that deceptions and Hippocracies of the former US President Joe Biden and other NATO leaders in their determination to weakened and defeat Russia on the battle fields kept the war till now as Russia claimed was always opened to negotiations.

US Donald Trump - I love Putin, I’m not looking to hurt Russia, Russia helped us win the Second World War,

 

With the change of batton in Pentagon, Ukraine has only one option on the table, "negotiate with Russia".

I’m not looking to hurt Russia. I love the Russian people, and always had a very good relationship with President Putin - and this despite the Radical Left’s Russia, Russia, Russia HOAX. We must never forget that Russia helped us win the Second World War, losing almost 60,000,000…

— Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) January 22, 2025

U.S President, Donald Trump has expressed his desires to negotiate with Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine.

Writing on his social media platform Truth Social, he said that by pushing to settle the war he was doing Russia and its president a "very big favour".

American leader had previously said he would negotiate a settlement to Russia's full-scale invasion launched in February 2022, in a single day.

Russia has not yet responded to the remarks, but senior officials have said in recent days that there is a small window of opportunity for Moscow to deal with the new US administration. However, President Vladimir Putin has said repeatedly that he is prepared to negotiate an end to the war, which first began in 2014, but that Ukraine would have to accept the reality of Russian territorial gains, which are currently about 20% of its land. He also refuses to allow Ukraine to join Nato.

Kyiv does not want to give up its territory, although President Volodymyr Zelensky has conceded he may have to cede some currently occupied land temporarily.

On Tuesday Trump told a news conference he would be talking to Putin "very soon" 

But in his Truth Social post on Wednesday, he went further: "I'm going to do Russia, whose Economy is failing, and President Putin, a very big FAVOR," he wrote.

"Settle now, and STOP this ridiculous War! IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE. If we don't make a 'deal', and soon, I have no other choice but to put high levels of Taxes, Tariffs, and Sanctions on anything being sold by Russia to the United States, and various other participating countries."

Continuing, he said: "Let's get this war, which never would have started if I were President, over with! We can do it the easy way, or the hard way - and the easy way is always better. It's time to "MAKE A DEAL"."

Russia's deputy UN ambassador Dmitry Polyanskiy earlier told Reuters news agency that the Kremlin would need to know what Trump wants in a deal to stop the war before the country moves forward.

Meanwhile Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the World Economic Forum on Tuesday that at least 200,000 peacekeepers would be needed under any agreement.

And he told Bloomberg that any peacekeeping force for his country would have to include US troops to pose a realistic deterrent to Russia.

"It can't be without the United States... Even if some European friends think it can be, no it will not be," he said, adding that no-one else would risk such a move without the US.

While Ukraine's leaders might appreciate this tougher-talking Trump - they have always said Putin only understands strength - the initial reaction in Kyiv to the US president's comments suggest that it is actions people are waiting for, not words.

With the change of batton in Pentagon, Ukraine has only one option on the table, "negotiate with Russia".

Deceptions of the West and why Cease Fire May be impossible in Russia/Ukraine War - Putin

Ukraine says 37 killed in Russia missile strike 

Putin 

Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly stated his position and that of the Russia federation on a possible ceasefire along the contact line with Ukraine and why it may be impossible based on repeated deceptions by the NATO allies propelling Ukraine.

According to President Putin: "When our troops were near Kiev, we received a proposal and even a plea from our Western partners to cease fire and stop hostilities in order for certain things to be done on the Ukrainian side. We did it."

"There was a moment when we did it. The Ukrainian side did not cease hostilities. Later we were told that the official Ukrainian authorities could not control all their military units, because there were allegedly those that were not subordinate to the central authorities. This is what we were told, no more and no less. This is first."

" Second, we were asked to move our troops away from Kiev in order to create conditions to finally sign a peace treaty. We did this and faced deception once again: all the agreements reached in Istanbul were thrown in the trash. Such things happened repeatedly."

"Therefore, we cannot just declare a ceasefire hoping that the opposing side will take some positive steps."

"We also cannot allow the adversary to take advantage of this ceasefire to improve its positions, rearm itself, fill up its army through forced mobilization, and get prepared to continue the armed conflict.We must ensure that the opposing side agrees to take steps that would be irreversible and acceptable to the Russian Federation."

" Therefore, a ceasefire is impossible without reaching this agreement" , Putin said  .

President #Putin on a possible ceasefire along the contact line with Ukraine:

When our troops were near Kiev, we received a proposal and even a plea from our Western partners to cease fire and stop hostilities in order for certain things to be done on the Ukrainian side. We did… pic.twitter.com/m5qutq84nv

— Russian Embassy in South Africa 🇷🇺 (@EmbassyofRussia) July 8, 2024

Scam Alert: TrustCoin Africa Limited, Registered In South Africa, Out To Defraud Across The Continent 

 

In Ukraine today, 37 people were killed, three of whom were children, and 170 were injured, including 13 children, as a result of Russia’s brutal missile strike.

A Russian missile struck the largest children's hospital in Ukraine, targeting young cancer patients. Many were… pic.twitter.com/V1k7PEz2rJ

— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) July 8, 2024

Russian Vladimir Putin congratulates Iran’s new president, hopes for closer ties

Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Iran’s reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian on his victory in a presidential runoff, the Kremlin said on Saturday.

“I hope that your tenure as president will contribute to a reinforcement of constructive bilateral cooperation between our friendly peoples,” Putin said in a message to Pezeshkian.

Russia an Iran, the target of stiff Western sanctions, can “coordinate efforts to resolve international issues in a constructive manner,” Putin said.

US will do everything possible to stop North Korea and Iran from supplying arms to Russia — Blinken

 

US Secretary of State Blinken:

"The US will do everything possible to stop North Korea and Iran from supplying arms to Russia." pic.twitter.com/NBT8QpyR85

— S p r i n t e r F a m i l y (@SprinterFamily) June 19, 2024

Russia, North Korea Pledged Mutual support , Signed an Agreement on “Comprehensive Strategic Partnership

In a very rare visit to North Korea, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Korea’s Kim Jong Un signed a comprehensive strategic pact on Wednesday pledging to come to each other’s assistance in case of a military attack.

This is amidst the ongoing Russia's Special Military Operation in Ukraine as US led NATO declared more support for Ukrainian President.

Vladimir Putin, in this first and official visit to the North Korean capital, Pyongyang since 2000, affirmed that Russia and North Korea “pursue an independent foreign policy and do not accept the language of blackmail and diktat.”

He said: “The comprehensive partnership agreement signed today provides, among other things, for mutual assistance in the event of aggression against one of the parties to this agreement"


As United States and other NATO nations ganged up against Russia, President Putin is seeking to maintaining strong ties with partners who share anti-Western stance, including China, Iran and North Korea and other members of the Brics.

Korean leader Kim extolled the “firm alliance” with Moscow and openly backed Russia's special military operations inUkraine, the strongest support for Russia’s invasion from any foreign leader.


According to the Russian leader, “Moscow and Pyongyang will continue to oppose the practice of sanctions strangulation that the West has become accustomed to, calling for a review of U.N. sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear weapons program.

"Supporting North Korea’s right to “take justified measures” to ensure its national security has increased  Western fears of new Russian military and technological support for North Korea.


Russian President blamed the “confrontational policy” of the United States for undermining peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula.

“We categorically reject the attempts to blame [North Korea] for the worsening situation,” Putin said, adding that Pyongyang was “entitled to take justified measures to strengthen its national defense capacities, ensure national security, and protect its sovereignty.”




Russia for years backed U.N. sanctions against North Korea but in March vetoed a Security Council vote on extending a U.N. panel of experts monitoring sanctions compliance. Since then, senior Russian officials have repeatedly used the term “strangulation” to describe the U.N. sanctions.


Putin first visited North Korea in 2000, shortly after his election as president, becoming the only Russian or Soviet leader to travel to Pyongyang. He wanted to restore his country’s influence over the Korean Peninsula. For the next 24 years, he saw no need to return — until Wednesday.


After an ostentatious welcome ceremony and an afternoon of meetings, the two emerged to announce their shared vision of a united front against the West and the U.S.-led global order. Putin asserted his country’s fight against “decades of imperialist policies” of the United States and its allies. In turn, North Korea promised “full support and solidarity for the Russian government, army and people” in the war in Ukraine, state media agencies reported.

The two leaders signed an agreement on “comprehensive strategic partnership,” Russian media reported. The text was not immediately published, but Russian officials said before the meeting that it would replace previous key documents.


Whatever the ultimate extent of the agreement, it served as a clear rejoinder to President Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky just six days after they signed a 10-year security agreement, committing the United States to provide Kyiv with a wide range of military aid.


 For decades after the founding of North Korea in 1945, the Soviet Union served as its main economic and security benefactor. 

Donald Trump says he will end the funding to Ukraine if he becomes President

 

🚨BREAKING: Donald Trump says he will end the funding to Ukraine if he becomes President in 2024.

Do you support this?

If YES, I will follow you back! 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/vcap1QqJqC

— Donald J. Trump 🇺🇸 News (@DonaldTNews) June 16, 2024

Former US President Donald Trump has said he will end the funding to Ukraine if he becomes President in 2024.

The US led NATO under president Joe Biden in a resolution has viewed to continue funding the war in Ukraine until the Russia is defeated and Putin is removed from office.

The G7 in a resolution in Italy was seeking to even finance Ukraine with Russia sized money and assets in Europe and America.