It doesn’t really pay for a liberal to see through propaganda because you either alienate yourself from all your liberal friends who are wallowing in it, or you sit in crushing silence out of fear of being ostracized.

For the record, it was the U.S., starting with Clinton and continuing through Biden, that provoked the Ukrainian tragedy through NATO eastern expansion, the bloodiest military conflict after WWII that could escalate into nuclear WWIII.

The Trump Admin is sounding very optimistic about an end to the war in Ukraine, with Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff claiming there’s a “relatively short distance to a full ceasefire” ahead of plans for US-Russia talks in Saudi Arabia on Monday.

The whole damn thing penetrated and perverted the western politics for the last eleven years, counting from 2014 Crimea.

Tuesday, 18 March, is being presented in many quarters as a setback, if not a disaster,, for Donald Trump’s swashbuckling brand of diplomacy. It could be argued that he had made a promising start, reviving the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, persuading President Zelenskiy to sign up to an unconditional ceasefire in Ukraine, and cajoling Russia’s President Putin to do the same.

Seven things for Zelensky to keep in mind as cease-fire negotiations start.

The Ukrainian military allegedly attacked an energy site deep inside Russia after it announced a pause on long-range strikes

He gambled on being able to trade land in Russia for the return of land in Ukraine, and failed.

The prospects are not good as it seems the negotiations have already failed. Putin was excluded from participation in the agreement that Trump is threatening to shove down Putin’s throat with threats.

Ukraine will have less Russian land than it hoped to trade for peace