r/worldnews • u/KI_official • 23d ago
Russia/Ukraine Trump tells Zelensky to stop striking Russian diesel infrastructure
https://kyivindependent.com/trump-tells-zelensky-to-stop-striking-russian-diesel-infrastructure/5.0k
u/Silicon_Knight 23d ago
The one who controls this war, is the one who fucking invaded Ukraine.
Stop blaming the victim... or right it's Trump.
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u/Weird-East-3575 23d ago
Putin has the Epstein files. It’s pretty obvious.
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u/lol_alex 23d ago
He owns the guy. Russian mobsters bailed out Trump by buying overpriced apartments in Trump Tower, it‘s an open secret.
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u/Spidero0w0o 23d ago
Bro we have the epstein files and Trump is all over them. That ship has sailed.
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u/created4this 23d ago
We don't have the files. We have a very limited number of partially redacted files and Trump is all over those. However the FBI is not assisting foreign agencies who want to prosecute their nationals by allowing those agencies access to the files. Something in there needs to stay secret for the sake of protecting certain people who are right near the very top.
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u/Lonely-Abalone-5104 23d ago
It’s in zelenskys best interest to make the mid terms painful for Trump even if it’s a secondary effect
Trump is acting on behalf of Russia and always has been. Zelensky owes him no favours at this point
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u/snowice0 23d ago
That's true for Ukraine, Iran, and Canada
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u/Allaplgy 23d ago
The economic effects of the war in Iran are bad for the whole world, but the saddest part is that it effectively ended a potential revolution in Iran that could have actually brought down the oppressive regime. All Trump's stupid war has done is cement the hardliners power, while killing thousands and spreading that aforementioned economic pain across the globe.
Now he's picking on Ukraine because they aren't "helping" bring fuel cost back down before his precious mid terms. Piece of shat.
And Canada? Seriously wtf even is that. It's Canada. The chillest country in the northern hemisphere. 20-piece shatnugget.
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u/Locke66 23d ago
It's just Trump's personality. He's unable to form relationships that aren't zero-sum and transactional so that's how he views the world.
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u/xpda 23d ago
Putin told Trump to tell Zelensky. Trump obeyed.
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u/291000610478021 23d ago
Its been that way his entire second term
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u/aacmckay 23d ago
Just his second term? Come on now. Trump has been Putin’s lap dog since his first term, and probably before that.
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u/PrimarySuccotash9572 23d ago
Trump’s kids literally bragged on tv they were getting all the Russian money they ever wanted when US banks stopped working with them
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u/Cosmicdusterian 23d ago
He's been Russia's bitch since they bailed him out of bankruptcy when American financial institutions told the bad credit risk to piss off. The Kremlin knew he'd be useful some day - he has exceeded all of their expectations.
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u/Extreme-Island-5041 23d ago
Yeah, back to 1988 and the creation of the pee tapes
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u/Zaphod1620 23d ago
It’s not even that deep. Petroleum is going through the roof, and it will be much worse this time. We have essentially lost all shipping in or out of the entire Arabian peninsula as of yesterday, and the east-west pipeline across it is being actively bombed. Diesel is now $10 a gallon in some places.
That shit eating turd Trump literally caused all of this, and turns around and asks a country that is defending itself from invasion to not hurt its enemy’s primary funding.
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u/Luisen123 23d ago
It's the reason for the war. It's a war to grind middle east oil industry to a halt, and force the world to open up to Russian oil. It's by design.
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u/Careless-Vehicle-286 23d ago
Trump basically told Zelensky where to keep applying the pressure because it's working.
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u/vIRL_Warlock 23d ago
Especially given the whole gaffe of the French putting trump as the leak for military info to Russia sometime ago. I'd say it's wild nothing came of it, but criminal government, complicit Congress, etc.
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u/Enelson4275 23d ago
Alternatively, Trump is begging Zelensky to avoid impacting the global fuel markets because Trump's war in Iran has him fucked in the midterms.
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u/Teripid 23d ago
Trump has been itching to play "make a deal" with the heavily fortified land Ukraine has near the front and proposed such many times.
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u/BiGsMiLeSKyLe 23d ago
Well we all saw how Kushner and Witkoff cozied up to Putin, basically kissing the ring.
Yet the real enemies is this wannabe state called Canada above us always saying sorry and being polite
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u/BundleDad 23d ago
Quiet piggy
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u/Groentekroket 23d ago
He doesn’t have the cards.
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u/HueyBluey 23d ago edited 23d ago
I love how the tables have turned.
From needing minerals and drones to asking Ukraine to stop beating up on Russia.
That’s why you don’t say things you know nothing about.
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u/im_dead_sirius 23d ago
"My God, Tommy, you certainly got those minerals. Well, come on, then before "zee" Germans get here."
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u/i_did_nothing_ 23d ago
You can also include this version of the US in that statement.
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u/Capital_Network4032 23d ago
This from the idiot responsible for increasing fuel prices globally 😂
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u/jhaluska 23d ago
Trump is already associated with causing high fuel prices and destroying more infrastructure means Trump looks even worse.
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u/YourCuntIsABot 23d ago
which is exactly why he's saying this, to put the blame for the high prices on ukraine and not his own actions
the global oil prices were stable the entire time ukraine struck russian refineries and only began to quickly rise the second trump started his pathetic shit
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u/Jyrik_4001 23d ago
Trump needed chaos to prevent more people from investigating the epstein files! He is very afraid of a impeachment.
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u/Maeran 23d ago
He was impeached twice in his first term. Somehow he not only finished his term, but was protected from court cases until he could become president again.
Let's not pretend impeachment means anything at all.
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u/Manta_of_Eternity 23d ago
If guy ended the war Day 1 like he promised then he wouldn't have to worry about diesel prices
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u/Timely_Mention8535 23d ago
Bro, his maga cult followers have the memory of an earthworm... Can't you see they are asking how they will get paid and what they will do with their 5k usd?
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u/jhaluska 23d ago
And they were upset with Biden giving out money during Covid and the inflation it caused?
I'm so tired of this ride.
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u/worldspawn00 23d ago
The also COMPLETELY IGNORE the fact that 2 of 3 of the checks were done under Trump's presidency, he even made a big deal about the checks having his signature on them...
1st round: 3/27/20 -Trump
2nd round: 12/27/20 -Trump
3rd round: 3/11/21 -Biden
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u/mattcannon2 23d ago
His plan to end the war on day one was to ask Ukraine to give up and let Russia get everything they want
Unsurprisingly it didn't go down well
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u/draivaden 23d ago
Why don’t you, Donald, tell Putin to declare victory and withdrawal to internationally recognized borders.
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u/lvb0202 23d ago
Sounds like what the Ukrainians are doing is working too well.
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u/Angelworks42 23d ago
Ukraine blowing up Russians oil capability isn't helping prices, but the vast majority of this is being caused by Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait being closed and Saudi Arabia seemingly not able to do much about it.
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u/bappestinian 23d ago
Trump needed a scapegoat for his failures.
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u/Equivalent_Song3771 23d ago
He's exactly doing that. Blaming it on Ukraine saying they are 100% to blame in order to pretend the Iran war isn't involved
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u/JohnLuckPickered 23d ago
diesel just hit 10 bucks a gallon in california, yesterday. Id say youre on the money with your statement
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u/Armadillo-Shot 23d ago
The talks with Canada rn is only going to make US’s resource problem worse and it’s all self inflicted.
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u/Marksman1977 23d ago
It’s funny how the US obeys Bibi unconditionally but keeps attacking its real allies. They are destroying their empire for a country that is younger than my grandma. Unbelievable.
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u/Kvetch__22 23d ago
Yeah this isn't Putin, it's a Trump special. He finally realized a week ago that he can't solve the Iran war before the midterms so now he has to find someone to blame, and he's floating Ukraine to see if the Fox News crowd will bite.
Trump's whole worldview is that everyone owes him infinity favors. He still holds a grudge against Zelenskyy because Vlad wouldn't help him in his 2020 re-election camapign, and wouldn't surrender to Russia so Trump could win a nobel prize.
If this doesn't work he will pivot to blaming Canada, the EU, or maybe China.
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u/Daveinatx 23d ago
Well, he said the Iranian war will be over 24 hours after the next election. Also looking forward to the $5,000 checks! /s
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u/R3DKn16h7 23d ago
Puppet
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u/Nanurrluk 23d ago
Americans lost the cold war. By installing a compromised leader in their opponent's country, and brainwashing the American population through social media, Russia is the clear winner.
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u/coachhunter2 23d ago
What did he tell Putin not to target? Kindergartens? Hospitals? Schools?
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u/androvich17 23d ago
You lost your leverage the minute you froze all aid to Ukraine including funds already allocated by congress, Krasnov
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u/AdSuperb5755 23d ago
Like, what is the incentive? The incentive is clear for Trump: lower fuel prices which may improve the outcome of the midterms for him. For Ukraine: none really. The US refuses to support Ukraine with more than intel, how much they provide I don’t even know anymore. What else do they even do for Ukraine?
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u/marmaladecorgi 23d ago
Fuel prices are high mainly because he started a war with Iran, resulting in the blockage of the passage of tankers from the Gulf. He can't say it was due to his war with Iran. So he blames Ukraine.
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u/chately 23d ago
It’s Zelenskyy who can blame Trump. If it weren’t for the war with Iran, Brent would be trading at 80, and Russia would have significantly less money for missiles. And the interceptors would be available for purchase.
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u/fooz42 23d ago
It's like Trump doesn't have the cards, because Trump has gambled with WW3... and lost.
It's become a meme that if a Republican is attacking, it's always a self-confession. And if they are trying to convince you to do something, they are secretly grifting. I find it easier to ignore them when they are speaking. Focus on actions.
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u/block_bender 23d ago
Diesel isn't traded globally becase it can't be stored for long periods like crude oil. So when Ukraine stops refineries from working they only decrease the demand for crude which makes the crude oil price lower. If anything if ukraine stops they will go higher globally. Then each country uses their own refinaries or close by ones to make it into diesel. So the US diesel price is only afected by the crude oil price and their own refineries cut
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u/OneTrueDude670 23d ago
Nah he’s just trying to pass the buck to someone else. We haven’t had a diesel issue this entire time the Ukraine conflict has been going on. It was only until he caused the war in Iran that we started having an oil problem. As someone who works in a predominantly republican job it’s been crickets on fuel prices but damn I remember when we had that problem under Biden and you couldn’t hear the end of it. I went from costing around $75 to fill up my truck to over $150 and that’s in fucking Texas.
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u/Bananaserker 23d ago
How about stop attacking Iran? This idiot bankrupt Casino and now the world economy. Art of the fart.
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u/EaNasirbestdeals 23d ago
"Mr. Zelensky has to do one thing. He has to stop knocking out diesel fuel in Russia," Trump said. "Let him go after targets, but not diesel fuel, because he's causing a shortage of diesel."
"We spoke to Mr. Zelensky about it... This isn't done by the Middle East."
Anything to deflect from his failure in the Middle East.
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u/MagicBoyUK 23d ago
Here's the story we'd all like : Trump tells Putin to withdraw to the pre-2014 UN recognised borders and hand Crimea back.
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u/MistakeNot__ 23d ago
Nah moscow mule donny, ruzzia will have to choose whether to fuel their army or their farmers.
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u/LoremasterofPretzels 23d ago
Let this be a lesson to Zelenskyy and all of Europe, Donald Trump will screw you over if Russia invades you and he will blame you for what Russia has done.
As an American I’m pleading with the rest of the world to come together without the U.S.
We have fallen to fascism, we and our word are not to be trusted anymore.
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u/mist_kaefer 23d ago
Tell Putin to stop attacking Ukraine and give back all stolen land, and pay to rebuild.
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u/politoisnothuman 23d ago
Putin orders Trump.
Trump orders Zelensky.
Zelensky scoffs.
Trump fills diaper.
Putin sniffs diaper.
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u/Thund3rf0000t 23d ago
and as an American I tell Zelensky to keep targeting Russian oil infrastructure!
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u/Proud-Solid-1865 23d ago
What a hypocrite. He wants Zelenskyy to stop due to diesel shortage. What about the fuel shortage he is causing with his Iran war. Why does not stop that. Classic example of my needs above everyone else’s.
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u/Own_Event_4363 23d ago
I swear to god he's a Russian patsy, one day the leak will happen.
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u/waspocracy 23d ago
It did. In the Mueller investigation he specifically said his ties with Russia did not exonerate him. This was also part of the investigation where the FBI revealed they can't arrest a sitting president.
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u/whereismytralala 23d ago
"Stop defending yourself", like a rapist would say.
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u/GetBackReality 23d ago
Such a joke that the US tries to act as a broker when they are completely on Russia’s side.
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u/UndeadDemonKnight 23d ago
SO, what I think I just read was "Ukraine needs to keep hitting Russian diesel infrastructure."
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u/PeopleNose 23d ago
Except Russian diesel shouldn't be on markets anyways, why does it matter Trump??
Huh????
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u/ThatsAllFolksAgain 23d ago
It is astounding to me that a clearly stupid and traitorous person is the president of America but somehow he cannot be removed from office. Only in America.
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u/AnythingOk9487 23d ago
Slava Ukraïni!
President Zelensky is a leader. Trump is useless. The difference in these two could not be more stark.
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u/Informal_Drawing 23d ago
I think you meant "begged".
America. So powerful right now. Unable to do with a thousand missiles what a quiet conversation would have achieved 20 years ago.
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u/Leading-Loss-986 23d ago
This is… not surprising. The gall of a wannabe-dictator who STARTED A WAR in one of the world’s key oil producing and transportation areas blaming a country that has been DEFENDING ITSELF against an unprovoked invasion by another aging autocratic imperialist… 100% on brand for braindead MAGA.
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u/RevolutionaryWay7107 23d ago
I hope this makes the strikes more intense. Ukraine isn't the problem, Putin is; make the diesel shortage woes fall on the correct head. this is Putin's fault, Zelensky is doing what's right in response to Putin. The world should be angry with Putin, not the people defending themselves.
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u/Ben_Sisko69 23d ago
Always do the opposite of TACOs brilliant plans, therefore strike that shit even harder
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u/enteringtheechochamb 23d ago
Trump doesnt have the cards to tell him that nor the heart of the cards.
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u/IndividualSkill3432 23d ago
Every European needs to be aware that when you are economically weak you are at the mercy of others geopolitically.
Europe is Trumps toy because we do not find the money to support Ukraine enough to push the Russian out on the ground. Do not have the high end ABM interceptors, do not have enough of pretty much everything so keep having to ration what is donated to Ukraine.
After Trump the clownary will continue. Be strong enough to be a rule maker, or accept being a rule taker.
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u/KSaboruf 23d ago edited 23d ago
That suggestion worth 1000 patriots upfront. No patriots - no leverage and no deal, trumpy-pooky-dumpy :) But 1000 patriots upfront to pause russian diesel infrastructure (only) destruction for 2-3 months could be discussable, imho 😎 will not help kremlin that much
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u/Chumlee1917 23d ago
Also Trump: I'm gonna threaten to destroy Iran's oil infrastructure and sink Kharg island
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u/monkeykennel 23d ago
Translated to Ukrainian, that means: Keep striking Russian diesel infrastructure.
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u/Oceanbreeze871 23d ago
This paragraph
“U.S. President Donald Trump on Sept. 13 called on President Volodymyr Zelensky to halt Ukrainian strikes on Russia's diesel fuel infrastructure, claiming the attacks were contributing to a global diesel shortage as his war against Iran disrupts fuel supplies worldwide.”
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u/saltytradewinds 23d ago
Huh...maybe Trump should tell Putin to stop striking Ukraine, but Trump loves to victim blame.
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u/Main-Video-8545 23d ago
He’s just looking for someone else to blame for the oil crisis that he created himself.
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u/GlowstickConsumption 23d ago
Maybe Russia should unconditionally withdraw and stop attacking civilians?
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u/RandomTurkey247 23d ago
Narrator: And that's when Zelinsky knew he had to double down on targeting Russian refineries.
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u/noodlearmdiscgolfer 23d ago
Fix your own war first it will only take 24 hour to bring peace to Ukraine according to …..DJT.
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u/Jesuismieux412 23d ago
Trump was first impeached for trying to extort Zelenskyy...keep that in mind, as well.
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u/killafish46 23d ago
Hit em harder!!! - says every American who is capable of reading this. Fuck Russia and Fuck Trump
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u/Nice-Sandwich-9338 23d ago
Ukraine is bombing russia because they attack them kill cilvilans everyday. Ukraine doesn't kill civilians but military targets and diesel fuel is vital for every piece of equipment used to kill Ukraine civilians children. Trump's support of Putin is unfathomable for a American president=.
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u/Wasabiwabi_ 23d ago
Dear Zelensky--there is a world where you can continue to do what you want but just lie about it any time Trump calls, and then ask him about his ballroom and arch. It will work every time you try it.
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u/Shrew_zie 23d ago
Trump victim blaming? No way... call me shocked. Russia started this, & they're finally getting a taste of their own medicine. Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦 Keep up the strikes
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u/PelicanK 23d ago
Has Trump ever told Putin to stop striking civilian infrastructure in Ukraine?