Could Trump side with Putin over Zelensky in Ukraine war talks? | Global News Podcast

Russia is desperate and taking it right up the tailpipe every day: <br><br>✅ 90% of Russia tanks and armor destroyed. <br><br>✅ 1.5 million Russia biomass units removed from Ukraine. 46,230 removals in September 2026. 96% of removals are from drone strikes.<br><br>✅ Russia daily casualty rate (1,374) exceeds recruitment rate (1,100) (September 2026). Russia needs 500,000 new recruits for 2027. <br><br>✅ It is no longer possible for Russia to achieve any of their objectives. Putin had a valid strategy, but it failed due to incompetent execution. Now Putin&#39;s only strategy is to reduce the Russian army, due to the army will turn on him when the conflict ends.<br><br>✅ Russian soldiers, who spend most of their time in basements of destroyed structures, are facing intense difficulty from low supplies due to &quot;contested logistics&quot;, defined as &quot;directly targeting logistics operations, facilities, and activities, both at home site or in transit to the war zone&quot;.<br><br>✅ Fewer than one percent of Russia casualties are from Moscow region. The casualties are from poor regions with no future and no jobs, attracted by a bonus raised to as much as 2.7 million rubles (€29,500), bringing the total payout combined with federal funds to between 3.6 and 4.1 million rubles (€39,200–€44,700). The regions include Tatarstan, Dagestan, Samara, Orenburg, Karachay-Cherkessia, Smolensk, Chuvashia, Mari El, Khanty-Mansi, Bashkortostan, Ivanovo, Saratov, Tver, and Yaroslavl. Russia recruits 400,000 to 500,000 contract soldiers per year.<br><br>✅ Operation Crimea Switch Off has disabled 456 electric substations 6 July to 3 October 2026, resulting in rolling blackouts in Crimea.<br><br>✅ €120 billion in Russia annual oil and gas sales to the European Union permanently forfeited.<br><br>✅ €200 billion in Russia foreign reserves in Europe indefinitely frozen and specifically excluded from negotiations for the Ukraine conflict. &quot;these things that Russia are interested in, the frozen assets, the lifting of sanctions, it is up to Europeans to decide,&quot; said EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas, 15 October 2026. <br><br>✅ 4 October 2026: Germany pledged €8.5 billion ($9.57 billion) in assistance, and plans for a trilateral Berlin summit with London and Paris.<br><br>✅ 23 August 2026: Norway pledges 85 billion Norwegian kroner ($9.2 billion) in financial support in 2027.<br><br>✅ 26 August 2026: Italy and France pledge to deploy four SAMP/T NG missile defense system batteries, Aster 30 N1BT interceptor missiles, and seven long-range radars, €3 billion ($3.5 billion) in assistance, to Ukraine by year end. <br><br>✅ The only customers for Russian oil are China (50%) India (37%), and Turkiye (5%).<br><br>✅ Russia oil refining impaired 51% as of 4 October 2026 due to drone strikes. Oil production impaired 20% (11 million BPD to 9 million BPD), and continues to deteriorate due to petroleum facilities are soft targets and unprotected. Described as a &quot;New era of constraint&quot; by Rystad Energy.<br><br>✅ Russia economy is now between Taiwan and Ireland. <br><br>✅ Bank of Russia interest rate is 14% (September 2026). Inflation rate is 6.3% (August 2026).<br><br>✅ ₽6 trillion ($84 billion) withdrawn from the Russia National Wealth Fund liquid reserves to fund the war in Ukraine. Russia is now covering the ₽3.8 trillion rubles ($53.2 billion) deficit by issuing bonds in Chinese Yuan. <br><br>✅ Russia is printing money. The ruble M2 money supply reached an all-time high of ₽137.5 trillion rubles ($1.60 trillion USD) in October 2026, more than double since February 2022 due to heavy wartime fiscal stimulus and defense spending.<br><br>✅ Russian Railways (RZD) has ₽4 trillion ($51 billion) debt with forced sales of assets.<br><br>✅ Russian businesses combined profits minus losses fell to their lowest level since 2020 in the first half of 2026. 33% of businesses reported a loss. Sberbank reported ₽2.6 trillion rubles ($30.7 billion) in overdue loans, with ₽1.6 trillion rubles ($18.9 billion) more than 90 days overdue. The Russian Central Bank classified 11.6% of corporate loans, ₽11.7 trillion rubles ($138.1 billion), as problem loans at the end of July 2026.<br><br>✅ Russia is unable to legally purchase advanced technology products due to sanctions. <br><br>✅ Contracts in Europe with Russian companies may be terminated without damages due to the &quot;acte de guerre&quot; of force majeure standard provision. <br><br>✅ Over 450 Russian diplomats operating as agents under official cover expelled by western governments in early 2022. <br><br>✅ Over 300 Russian illegal operatives discovered since 2022. <br><br>✅ Russia forced to withdraw from Syria, resulting in the collapse of the regime of Bashar al Assad in December 2024. <br><br>✅ Elimination of the Wagner Group, a paramilitary mercenary force of over 100,000 biomass units involved in illicit activities in Africa and Ukraine. <br><br>✅ Isolation of Tranistria to reduce interference with Moldova, and prevent use as a foothold in Eastern Europe.<br><br>✅ Sony blocked Russia from the PlayStation Network, and closed the PlayStation Store in Russia in March 2022.<br><br>✅ Nintendo blocked new sales of products in Russia. <br><br>✅ Microsoft blocked new sales of Xbox hardware and games in Russia following the invasion of Ukraine in March 2022.<br><br>✅ Technology vendors that stopped selling and supporting products and services in Russia: Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, SAP, Apple, and Google. <br><br>✅ Applications unavailable in Russia: Telegram, WhatsApp, Signal, Snapchat, Teams, and Discord.

Biden sided against Ukraine when he offered them up as a pawn sacrifice in order to over-extend Russia, believing that would be in the interests of the US. Trump also throwing Ukraine under the bus, in order to achieve some imagined interest of the US, would simply be continuity of policy.

COULD he? He already HAS - nearly EVERY time!!!! What kind of delusional, 5-second-attention-span BS is this?!?! He&#39;s been doing all of this for YEARS - he RAN on the awful stuff he&#39;s doing. He telegraphed every move - stop acting surprised/duped when you KNEW what you voted for.

Why is it the BBC never condemns the War in the Ukraine/Russia that has been going on for nearly 5 years,&#39;&#39;&#39; but never blames the Labour Government nor the Fren💩h for prolonging it,&#39;&#39;&#39; the mind Boggles BBC,&#39;&#39;&#39; But YOU blame President Trump&#39;&#39;&#39; why,&#39; for&#39;e this started under BIDEN and he&#39;s Democrates and Labour,&#39; yet Bidens name is never mention eny more,&#39; and as always BBC, you side with Labour?

Why would we even be considering including Xi in negotiations on Ukraine, let alone excluding Ukraine? There is nothing marginally rational about this. Are we trusting the future of our world to those least interested in the self-interest of the world&#39;s citizens?

Thousands of small boat migrants preparing to set sail to UK despite PM hailing Labour&#39;s record.
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<br>Britain’s Border Force commander has warned that more than 4,000 migrants are massing in camps on the French coast as part of preparations to cross the English Channel.
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<br>Major General Duncan Capps told MPs that a “mass casualty” event was now inevitable given the “increasing size and occupancy of boats” helping migrants break into Britain.
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<br>Maj Gen Capps set out his deep concerns at the Home Affairs select committee today.
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<br>Citing French estimates, he said the number of migrants gathered in makeshift camps across northern France has roughly more than doubled compared with normal levels.
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<br>The border chief said about 4,500 migrants are currently split between sites near Dunkirk and Calais, waiting to attempt the crossing.
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<br>“There are a lot of people in the camps at the moment, which is bad in one respect because a lot of people are there.
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<br>“It also represents the fact that the French are making it more difficult, particularly in the Dunkerque-Calais area, to get across,&quot; he told the committee.

The west always knew NATO expansion into Ukraine meant war and they did it anyway. The war was always unwinnable and not worth the trouble. NATO doesn&#39;t need Ukraine and fighting a big war to get in to NATO makes no sense. They&#39;ve lost 20% of their country and 25% of their people. Their infrastructure is destroyed. They have no money and are deep in debt. Rebuilding will be a massive, expensive task.

Trump has always been on putins side. The only deal trump offered ukraine to end the war was for them to give up land and trillions of dollars of minerals to russia. And also some to trump... what kind of president tries to fill his pockets on a peace deal??