(2025-05-01). US, Ukraine finalise strategic minerals seal, no signing yet. geo.tv 
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Reuters/File KYIV/WASHINGTON: Ukraine and the US said on Wednesday they were ready to sign a minerals deal imminently after months of sometimes fraught negotiations, but an eleventh-hour snag injected uncertainty into the timing."Our…
(2025-04-30). Ukraine War Day Do You See The Gopher? Part II. awfulavalanche.wordpress.com 
Dear Readers: | Today continuing this amazing story about the North Korean soldiers who helped to liberate Kursk from the Ukrainian Nationalists. After the secret was finally revealed, the Russian media just kept pouring out more and more information. I had so much material to choose from, I had to be selective. So, I picked As we mentioned before, North Korea and the Russian Federation are bound by a mutual-defense pact which allows each party to request military assistance from the other,…
(2025-04-30). Ukraine's Struggle: International Trade Unions Must Act Now. internationalviewpoint.org APPEAL to the ITUC, ETUC, Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD, national trade unions on support of the Strategy of Ukraine on Peace and Security | – | / |
(2025-04-30). US and Ukraine Sign Minerals Deal. news.antiwar.com On Wednesday, the US and Ukraine signed a deal that will establish a new investment and reconstruction fund to give the US access to Ukrainian rare earth minerals and other natural resources. "I am glad to announce the signing of today's historic economic partnership agreement between the United States and Ukraine establishing the United States-Ukraine …
(2025-04-30). Ukraine has to make concessions – Finnish president. infobrics.org Finnish leader admits that Kiev is not in a position to demand its own terms in peace negotiations.
(2025-04-30). Ending the War in Ukraine. fpif.org Let me be clear about my preferences. | I would very much like to see Ukraine regain all of its territory, including Crimea. Russia should decisively lose the war that it started. In the best of all possible worlds, Vladimir Putin would be deposed and transferred to The Hague to face charges of war crimes. A more democratic Russia could then be welcomed back into the international community and an expanded European security system. | But this is not the best of all possible worlds—not even close. | Three peace deals are currently on the table to end the war in Ukraine: from Russia, from the United States, a…
(2025-04-30). Losing And Learning Nothing. popularresistance.org How odd to look back now — now, as Washington's proxy war in Ukraine ends in ignominious defeat—and think of that cornucopia of propaganda spilling out of what I called during the early months Washington's "bubble of pretend." Take a few minutes to remember with me. | There was the "Ghost of Kyiv," an heroic MiG—29 pilot credited with downing six, count 'em, six Russian fighters in a single night, Feb. 24, 2022, two days after the Russian intervention began. The Ghost turned out to be a fantasy confected out of a popular video game. | So crude, the early Ukrainian propaganda, so rank.
(2025-04-30). 'Judging Freedom' edition of 30 April: (Live from St Petersburg): Can Trump Negotiate for Peace? gilbertdoctorow.com 'Judging Freedom' edition of 30 April: (Live from St Petersburg): Can Trump Negotiate for Peace? Today's chat started out with some observations on what ordinary Russians are saying about their quality of life now that the war in Ukraine has entered its fourth year. My comments were drawn from table talk with four friends who …
(2025-04-30). Ending the War in Ukraine. fpif.org Let me be clear about my preferences. | I would very much like to see Ukraine regain all of its territory, including Crimea. Russia should decisively lose the war that it started. In the best of all possible worlds, Vladimir Putin would be deposed and transferred to The Hague to face charges of war crimes. A more democratic Russia could then be welcomed back into the international community and an expanded European security system. | But this is not the best of all possible worlds—not even close. | Three peace deals are currently on the table to end the war in Ukraine: from Russia, from the United States, a…
(2025-04-30). Washington y Kiev firman acuerdo sobre minerales. radiohc.cu La Habana, 30 abr (RHC) El Departamento del Tesoro de Estados Unidos declaró este miércoles en un comunicado que ese país y Ucrania firmaron un acuerdo sobre minerales que prevé la creación del Fondo de Inversión y Reconstrucción entre los dos países "en reconocimiento del importante apoyo financiero y material que el pueblo estadounidense ha prestado a la defensa de Ucrania".