Zelensky's New 'Ceasefire' Offer Shows He's Back to His Old Jokes

 

A 'Truce at Sea'

Such a truce was actually implemented during the Black Sea Grain Initiative (BSGI) during 2022-2023.

Whereas Russia honored all of its BSGI commitments, the other parties to the agreement did not fulfil their part of the deal.

That ‘truce’ was in fact used by the West to ship weapons into Ukraine on vessels that were ostensibly meant to ferry Ukrainian grain to global markets.

In November last year, a proposal similar to the BSGI was made by Ukraine to Russia via Turkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The offer was reviewed by Russia’s Ministry of Defense and Foreign Ministry, but ultimately rejected due to being one-sided, with Moscow expected to make concessions but receive nothing in return.

 

No Attacks on Energy Infrastructure

Again, a similar offer was made to Russia before via Turkiye, former Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu revealed last year.

Russia studied that offer carefully. President Vladimir Putin even postponed plans to launch a campaign of massed precision strikes against energy facilities that supplied power to Ukraine’s military-industrial complex, both because of such offers and due to humanitarian concerns.

Ukraine, however, proceeded to launch drone strikes on Russian energy infrastructure, achieving some of their goals. However, superior Russian strikes have now rendered inoperable about 70 percent of the energy infrastructure that provides power to the Ukrainian military and to Kiev’s arms industry.

Thus, it seems highly likely that Volodymyr Zelensky simply wants to use his old tricks to gain an advantage over Russia, and is not really interested in peace.

While Volodymyr Zelensky brazenly questioned JD Vance’s knowledge of Ukraine in the White House slapdown, Donald Trump and his veep may have already exposed all his corrupt schemes.

https://sputnikglobe.com/20250305/zelenskys-new-ceasefire-offer-shows-hes-back-to-his-old-jokes-1121619018.html

 

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Live: Europe can’t ‘live off dividends of peace’, Macron says in speech calling for major rearmament

 

French President Emmanuel Macron addressed the nation on Wednesday amid uncertainty over the transatlantic partnership after the US paused military support to Ukraine. He announced plans to hold a meeting of all European army chiefs in Paris next week, insisting on the need for independent military defence. Follow our liveblog for all the latest. 

 SUMMARY

• 'We are moving to a new era', Macron says in address to French nation
• Trump says Zelensky ready for Russia talks and US mineral deal
• Belarus president proposes hosting Ukraine-Russia peace talks
• US pauses intelligence sharing with Ukraine, says CIA chief

an hour ago Russian missile strike kills 1 in Ukraine's Kryvyi Rig

A Russian missile strike on the city of Kryvyi Rig in central Ukraine killed one person and wounded three others, local authorities said.

 

"Unfortunately, one person died in Kryvyi Rig. It is a 53-year-old man. Three people were wounded. All of them are hospitalised," Sergiy Lysak, governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region, said on Telegram.

  

Macron issues ‘strong’ message to mobilise the French 

Reporting from the Élysée presidential palace shortly after French President Emmanuel Macron’s address to the nation, FRANCE 24’s James Andre says the speech focused on the “need for independence and sovereignty when it comes to European defence”. 

 

It was also “a message to the French people” to underscore the fact that an era of transatlantic cooperation was ending, says Andre.

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250305-live-trump-says-zelensky-ready-to-work-on-talks-with-russia-and-us-minerals-deal

 

 

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After significant pressure was exerted by President Donald Trump, Chinese company CK Hutchison has agreed to sell its two ports on the Panama Canal to U.S. investment company BlackRock per a Tuesday announcement. This move comes after Trump's allegations of excessive Chinese influence over the strategic waterway and his threats to reclaim U.S. control.

The deal also encompasses an 80% stake in CK Hutchison's global port operations, spanning 43 ports across 23 countries. Trump's administration had expressed concerns over China's potential military use of the canal and its growing influence in Latin America, prompting demands for Panama to reduce Chinese presence.

The Panama Canal, managed by the Panama Canal Authority since its transfer from U.S. control in 1999, has become a focal point in Trump's efforts to counter China's global influence.

 

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/blackrock-to-buy-chinese-ports-on-panama-canal/

 

 

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US Oligarchs Celebrate BlackRock's $23 Billion Panama Canal Takeover with the Direct Backing of US

 

Noted French entrepreneur Ferdinand de Lesseps led the initial attempt (1880–1889) to build a sea-level canal, as he had previously achieved in the building of the Suez Canal (1859–1869). A concession to build the canal was obtained from the Colombian government, at that time the possessor of the Panama Isthmus.

 

 

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New Anti-Hegseth Op Illustrates The Media’s Campaign To Protect The Pentagon Status QuoBY: SHAWN FLEETWOOD

 

While millions of Americans were commemorating the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ this past weekend, a cabal of media propagandists and D.C. insiders was busy formulating a seemingly coordinated campaign to take down Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Within hours of one another, The New York Times and Politicodropped hit pieces on Sunday against the Pentagon chief. The pieces were apparently aimed at undermining his leadership of America’s military. While the former used anonymous sources to try and revive the media’s “Signalgate” dud, the latter ran an op-ed from a former Defense Department spokesman — who resigned last week after evidently failing to get the Pentagon job he wanted — alleging “total chaos” at the agency under Hegseth’s direction.

 

NPR decided to join the pile-on, publishing a piece on Monday containing allegations from an unnamed “U.S. official” that the White House “has begun the process of looking for a new leader at the Pentagon to replace Pete Hegseth.” The White House quickly shot down the claim.

The articles were published on the heels of a major shake-up at the Pentagon last week, which saw the dismissal of several high-level advisers over claims of unauthorized leaking. The officials have since denied the allegations.

While Democrats have predictably latched onto these new hatchet jobs to re-up their demands for Hegseth to lose his job, the media’s latest “bombshells” aren’t the earth-shattering scandals they wish they were. If anything, the use of anonymous sources and disgruntled former colleagues is straight out of the same playbook these “journalists” have been running to try and oust Hegseth since he was tapped to lead the Pentagon last year. 

But as desperate as this latest anti-Hegseth campaign may seem, it’s critical to understand the motivations behind these new hit pieces and why these actors are so dead set on taking down President Trump’s defense secretary.

 

For one, consider the greater political conversation engulfing the media in the days leading up to Sunday’s “bombshells.” 

Democrats and their buddies in the corporate press spent the entirety of last week fomenting outrage about the Trump administration’s deportation of a Salvadoran national with alleged ties to MS-13 back to El Salvador. Without a drop of shame, these propagandists characterized this alleged wife-beater as just a “Maryland man,” with Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., even going as far as to travel to El Salvador to meet the deported noncitizen.

For a party with record-low favorability ratings among the American people, running to the defense of an illegal alien credibly accused of being affiliated with a deadly gang isn’t exactly great optics. It’s clear Democrats needed a narrative change fast, and their media allies’ new anti-Hegseth blitz represented the perfect off-ramp.

Second, and more important, the D.C. establishment’s continued campaign to oust Hegseth comes from its fervent opposition to the much-needed change he’s bringing to the Pentagon.

 

For years, the Defense Department has operated within the best interests of the agency’s higher-ups and D.C.’s notorious defense-industrial complex. While high-ranking officials used their coveted positions of influence to advance neo-Marxist ideologies throughout the Pentagon and defense contractors got rich off of America’s military involvement in nonsensical overseas conflicts, rank-and-file service members’ needs were ignored, the country’s military infrastructure crumbled, and the priority of winning wars went out the window.

Unlike his predecessors, Hegseth is someone who comes from outside this incestuous system that’s responsible for the decay witnessed throughout America’s armed forces. Much like Trump, he’s a disruptor — and by every measure, he’s doing exactly what the president appointed him to do. 

Since taking over the reins at the DOD, Hegseth has overseen a noticeable rise in military recruiting, eliminated divisive and destructive DEI ideology, restored standards to military service, scrapped the Pentagon’s immoral and illegal Biden-era abortion policy, ended racist affirmative action policies at U.S. military academies, directed military assets to protect America’s borders, carried out strikes on Houthi terrorists, and more. 

One would also be hard pressed to find another defense secretary like Hegseth, who regularly works out alongside active-duty service members and listens to their concerns and thoughts on military policy. Contrast this behavior with that of Joe Biden’s noticeably overweight defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, who was seemingly too busy kicking out troops who were unvaccinated for Covid to care about their perspectives on issues facing the force.

Despite their collective shrieking, the loudest voices within the D.C. establishment aren’t concerned that Hegseth doesn’t have what it takes to lead the Pentagon. Rather, they’re afraid of the changes he is and will continue to implement that directly disrupt the status quo they’ve spent years protecting. 

If Hegseth’s tenure as defense secretary thus far is what “total chaos” is supposed to look like, then by all means keep it coming.

 

 https://thefederalist.com/2025/04/22/new-anti-hegseth-op-illustrates-the-medias-campaign-to-protect-the-pentagon-status-quo/  

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