2025-06-19: Ukraine Roundup

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hindustantimes (2025-06-19). Trump gives 2 shocks to Zelensky at G7; blocks anti-Russia declaration & snubs… hindustantimes.com At the G7 summit in Canada, U.S. President Donald Trump delivered two major shocks to Ukraine and its allies. Trump abruptly left the summit early, skipping a planned meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who had traveled 5,000 miles to press for increased support amid a deadly Russian missile strike on Kyiv. The U.S. also blocked a proposed G7 statement that would have strongly condemned Russia's actions, arguing that such language could hinder future negotiations with Moscow. Watch for more…

Muhammad Arshad (2025-06-19). Will NATO Drag Europe into Iran's Crosshairs? thinktank.pk As the world grapples with escalating tensions in the Middle East and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, a pressing question emerges: Will NATO push Europe to open a new military front against Iran? With Israel's recent strikes on Iranian nuclear and missile sites and the U.S. signaling potential involvement, NATO's role in this volatile scenario is …

ICRC (2025-06-19). Ukraine: A birthday and a message of hope. icrc.org

Labor Video Project (2025-06-19). Italian Gen Strike By Si Cobas & Other Unions Against Genocide, Iran War & Austerity. indybay.org Italian unions including the independent national logistics union SI Cobus will be having a general strike against the genocide in Gaza, the Ukraine war, the US Israel attack on Iran and the austerity policies of the Meloni and capitalist policians in Italy…

ICRC (2025-06-19). Russia — Ukraine: ICRC supports large-scale repatriation of human remains. icrc.org

Misión Verdad (2025-06-19). María Corina Machado Offers To Sell Off Venezuela for 'a Billion Dollars'. orinocotribune.com By Misión Verdad — Jun 18, 2025 | María Corina Machado, the leading figure in the far-right sector of the Venezuelan opposition, has revealed details about her private intervention before the Americas Society/Council of the Americas (AS/COA): a strategy she has dubbed "The Billion-Dollar Opportunity." | AS/COA is a New York-based non-governmental organization founded in 1965 by billionaire David Rockefeller and consisting of two bodies. The first, the Americas Society, is a forum for discussion on policy within the inter-American system. Its second component, the Council of the Americas, brings together inte…

Evaggelos Vallianatos (2025-06-19). Is Greece Becoming a Non-Viable Nation State? counterpunch.org The secrets of Greek demography A Greek newspaper editor, Nikos Konstandaras, said in the midst of the country's debt crisis, in 2013, that: "The Greeks are in a struggle for survival. And the odds are piling up against us. The fight is not only on the economic front… that has resulted in greatly reduced incomes,

Fernando Martínez Martí (2025-06-19). Finaliza participación cubana en Campeonato Mundial de Judo. radiohc.cu La Habana, 19 jun (RHC) El equipo cubano de judo culminó su participación en el Campeonato Mundial de la disciplina, escenificado en la ciudad húngara de Budapest, con tres competidores en la última jornada del certamen.

WSWS (2025-06-19). Starmer government doubles down on austerity to fund war spending. wsws.org NATO is demanding that member states commit to at least 3.5 percent of GDP on "pure" military spending, and 5 percent including necessary infrastructure projects as early as 2032. This would require an additional £40 billion annually in the UK's military budget, dictating the evisceration of health, education, housing and welfare spending.

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