Summary

A Russian missile strike hit a hotel in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, where U.S., U.K., and Ukrainian humanitarian volunteers were staying. They survived, but four others were killed, and over 30 were injured.

Zelensky condemned the attack and urged continued pressure on Russia. Meanwhile, Trump is pushing for peace talks, pausing U.S. military aid and intelligence sharing after a dispute with Zelensky.

Critics fear Russia now has leverage in negotiations, as Europe struggles to fill the gap left by reduced American support.

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    9 hours ago

    Trump will say it’s Zelensky’s fault because he wouldn’t agree to his terms

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        8 hours ago

        he will also just ‘fake it’, as he does many other things, so long as he can advance his putin’s agenda.

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        Not really a false flag but I still place some blame on Zelenskyy.

        Foreign mercenaries and instructors from NATO countries are often accommodated in hotels. In Krivoy Rog hotel facilities were being turned into deployment sites for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

        Last year, SBU actually arrested a man and said man was sentenced for 8 years because he stated that there were a lot of military personnel in the hotels of Kharkiv which was confirmed.

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          Oh, sorry. Of course. It’s not a false flag.
          But it’s zelenskys fault that Russia invaded, and that russia fired missiles on a civilian targe t.
          Or, it’s a military target? Without children and civilians? And no volunteer aid organisations staying there? Just purely military.
          No, I presume there were military personnel sheltering there as well, amongst the children and foreign citizens.
          There weren’t military personnel there? No, there were. It was a command post!

          Fuck off.

          Russia attacked US citizens

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            But it’s zelenskys fault that Russia invaded

            Yes, he failed to implement Minsk II as he claimed he would during his election campaign.

            Instead, Ukraine proceeded to implement new language laws which discriminated against the Russian language (going against the agreement), continued to imprison and torture political dissidents after the agreement was made as per Amnesty International which was also in violation of the Minsk Agreement which explicity stated that Ukraine was not allowed to imprison or punish people due to events related to the war in Donbas. Ukraine also refused to allow local elections in violation of the agreement.

            "Ukraine insists that local elections can take place only after a complete ceasefire and withdrawal of all Russian troops and weapons.

            Clear violation of the agreement as the entire agreement was Ukraine allows local elections, Russia withdraws then everyone’s happy. Russia can’t do its part if Ukraine doesn’t. The agreement specifically stated that elections come first and then withdrawal not the other way around. Ukraine clearly violated the agreement.

            Or, it’s a military target? Without children and civilians?

            Hiroshima was a military target but we both can agree that there were civilians there.

            There weren’t military personnel there?

            There indeed was, please check the guy at the last second of this video

            Unless you want to argue that a humanitarian aid worker is equipped with camouflage, try again.

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      7 hours ago

      Yes, and I’m very scared how many people mistake his attempts at appeasement as “peace”. What can be done? People are actually buying that Zelensky doesn’t “want peace”.

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        One is a leader defending their country against an invasion. The other is a leader threatening several other countries with tariffs and the slight threat of invasion. It’s clear who wants peace, those people are just in a cult whose capacity for logical leaps will never stop until the whole cult is history.

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          You’re right. I just wish there was a way to change that narrative. I’m worried that too many people buy into it. I’m worried that too many people are buying into the whole “I just want bloodshed to stop” sayings.