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[A Point of View On Trump/Russia/Ukraine]

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from QUORA What is the motivation behind Trump's abject betrayal of Ukraine? From:  Jean-Marie Valheur   AI Overview Jean-Marie Valheur is a prominent online essayist, commentator, and prolific writer known for publishing widely read pieces on platforms like Quora , Medium , and Substack . [ 1 , 2 , 3 ] Donald Trump, and whoever still foolish enough to support him, is in for a history lesson. People forget that in WWII, there were two evils — the Nazis of Hitler, and the Soviet communists of Stalin. They started WWII together by attacking Poland in tandem in a coordinated attack and dividing the spoils of war; Stalin got the Eastern half of Poland and the rest of Eastern Europe, Hitler got the West. Hittler then double-crossed Stalin, WWII intensified, Russia allied with the Americans and Europeans and they kicked Germany's ass. But the war did not end there, and the Soviets maintained control of the entire eastern half of Europe for another 50 years, until the Soviet Union ...
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The 31-Year-Old Ukrainian Detective Hunting Russian Mass Killers

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Ivan Dulkay right below image Head of the investigating team Article by: James Marson --  see his bio at the end of article   Oksana Grytsenko and Serhii Bosak  Photography by Christopher Occhicone for WSJ  Oct. 26, 2026 10:13 am ET The W a l l Street Journal The original article contains links Quick Summary (from article) -- Ukrainian detective Ivan Dulkay is leading an investigation to identify the Russian soldiers and commanders who killed over 300 people in Bucha. -- Dulkay and his team of 12 detectives have solved 86 of the killings and charged 32 Russian soldiers with murder and torturing civilians. -- Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s office charged Russian Lt. Artyom Tareyev with war crimes and murder for his unit’s role in at least 22 killings.  This summary was generated with AI and reviewed by an editor. Read more about how we use artificial intelligence in our journalism .    BUCHA , Ukraine   see  below map:   For police...
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Ceasefire brokered by Melania Trump goes into effect in Russian-occupied town ‘on the brink of disaster’

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The truce appeared to be holding Tuesday, with the two sides conducting attacks elsewhere but not in Oleshky . Melania Trump image (not from article) from article via AP Oct. 26, 2026, 9:42 PM EDT  Updated Oct. 27, 2026, 6:23 AM ED original article contains links I mage which was not reproduced on this posting : An aerial view of smoke rising from a residential neighborhood in Oleshky [see info at the end of this entry]. Smoke rises from a residential neighborhood in the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky in the Kherson region of Ukraine in a video the Ukrainian 34th Separate Marine Brigade released Sept. 22.Ukrainian 34th Separate Marine Brigade.   By Yuliya Talmazan NBC News A rare humanitarian ceasefire brokered by first lady Melania Trump to save people trapped in a Russian-occupied Ukrainian town went into effect early Tuesday. After months of warnings from Ukrainian officials about an unraveling humanitarian catastrophe in the front-line town of Oleshky, in the southern ...
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