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โœ๏ธ DC Correspondent covering Eastern Europe | @AmericanU ๐ŸŽ“ | @ForeignPressUSA Board | Posts=personal

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NEW!! US Defends Moldovaโ€™s Sovereignty Amid russian Interference Claims

โ€œMoldovans have a right to decide for themselves on their leaders and their future,โ€ a DoS Spox tells me

READ ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿป www.kyivpost.com/post/57603

06.08.2025 05:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
โ€˜Dangerous Precedentโ€™: US Senate Bill Seeks Full Accounting of Russiaโ€™s Chemical Warfare In a push for global accountability, Senator Adam Schiff introduces legislation seeking to mandate annual report on Russiaโ€™s chemical weapons use.

โ€˜Dangerous Precedentโ€™: US Senate Bill Seeks Full Accounting of Russiaโ€™s Chemical Warfare

In a push for global accountability, Senator Adam Schiff introduces legislation seeking to mandate annual report on Russiaโ€™s chemical weapons use.

www.kyivpost.com/post/57543

05.08.2025 06:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Joe Wilson: "For 250 consecutive days, the brave Georgian people have protested against the anti-American Georgian Dream regime. They demand an end to this regimeโ€™s total sellout of their country to Communist China, the terrorist regime in Tehran, and war criminal Putin. We need MEGOBARI!"

04.08.2025 20:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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MAKE NO MISTAKE!! Indiaโ€™s policy isnโ€™t โ€œneutralโ€; itโ€™s a financial and political boost to a pariah state

โ€ฆ the blood of innocent Ukrainians is on the hands of all who choose to profit from putlerโ€™s war ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป

04.08.2025 20:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Day 250 of non-stop, brave protests against anti-American, IRGC-sympathizer, China-loving โ€œrussian dreamโ€ regimeโ€ฆ

Georgians couldnโ€™t be more clear:
Yes for freedom, justice, democratic European futureโ€ฆ
No for oppression.

#StandWithGoergianPeople

04.08.2025 19:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 56    ๐Ÿ” 25    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€˜Treaty Betrayedโ€™: US Senate Decries Russiaโ€™s Violations of Helsinki Final Act

Bipartisan Senate resolution blasts Russia for occupying the territories of Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia, despite a 50-tear-old treaty; sanctions loom.

READ ๐Ÿ‘‰ www.kyivpost.com/post/57471

04.08.2025 05:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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BREAKING!!! Multiple sources confirm to me that Armenia and Azerbaijan are poised to announce their intention for peace later this week in Washington.

Trump is expected to host both Nikol Pashinyan and Ilham Aliyev in the White House on Friday, sources tell me
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04.08.2025 05:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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NEW!! โ€˜Theyโ€™re Wily Charactersโ€™: Trump Threatens to Sanction Russia, Warns It May Not Work

The core of Trumpโ€™s message to Putin, to be delivered through Steve Witkoff, is a call to end the violence

READ: kyivpost.com/post/57467

04.08.2025 05:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€˜Genocide Playing Outโ€™: New Files on Abducted Children Bolster Calls for Tougher Action on Russia

READ ๐Ÿ‘‰ www.kyivpost.com/post/57394

01.08.2025 15:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 76    ๐Ÿ” 29    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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THIS!!! Key Democrat Senator Jeanne Shaheen and Republican Lisa Murkowski have introduced the "Supporting Ukraine Act of 2025," a $54.6 billion aid package aimed at providing Ukraine with military assistance over the next two years.

31.07.2025 22:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
โ€˜Axis of Upheavalโ€™ โ€“ Bipartisan US Senators Join Forces to Bar Moscow, Beijing, Tehran from Americaโ€™s Oil Reserves Lawmakers draw energy red line, seeking to isolate foes from strategic petroleum in a rare bipartisan energy bill.

NEW!!! Bipartisan U.S. Senators Join Forces to Bar Moscow, Beijing, Tehran from Americaโ€™s Oil Reserves

Lawmakers draw energy red line, seeking to isolate foes from strategic petroleum in a rare bipartisan energy bill.

๐Ÿ‘‰ www.kyivpost.com/post/57273

31.07.2025 02:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

HUGE NEWS for the MEGOBARI Act!

One of three Senate holds LIFTED, sources tell me!

Onward!

#StandWithGeorgianPEOPLE

30.07.2025 12:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€˜Stop Them Coldโ€™: General Petraeus Issues Stark Warning on Path to Ukraine Peace

30.07.2025 02:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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THIS!! Senator Richard Blumenthal, a leading Democratic voice on foreign policy, says Russia should be declared a terrorist state if it fails to return kidnapped Ukrainian children.

"20,000 of them are still in russian hands," he says.

x.com/ralakbar/sta...

30.07.2025 01:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 252    ๐Ÿ” 60    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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NEW!! Senator Shaheen, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, says Trump's shorter deadline for putin "is a positive step, but long overdue."

"The President needs to match his words with real action and not let Putin cross yet another red line"

28.07.2025 23:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
โ€˜Mom, Itโ€™s My Dutyโ€™ โ€“ American Killed Fighting in Ukraine Honored in Congress An American mother tells Kyiv Post about her sonโ€™s last words before dying in Ukraine.

Brave American who died fighting for Ukraine honored in Congress. His mother tells Kyiv Post about her sonโ€™s last words before death.

www.kyivpost.com/post/57066

28.07.2025 05:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 75    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Debunking Russian propaganda:

Kremlin mouthpieces claim that Baltic countries did better in Soviet Union

FACTS ๐Ÿ‘‡

27.07.2025 15:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 39    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Lietuva planuoja prisidฤ—ti prie โ€žPatriotโ€œ pirkimo Ukrainai Baltijos ลกaliลณ kraลกto apsaugos ministrams vieลกint Jungtinฤ—se Valstijose, ministrฤ— Dovilฤ— ล akalienฤ— sako, kad ลกalis planu...

THIS!!! Lithuania Steps Up: $32 Million for Ukraine's Patriot Defenses ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป

Be like Lithuania!!!! ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ

www.lrt.lt/naujienos/li...

26.07.2025 17:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Military expert says the โ€œsaleโ€ of American weapons, rather than a no-cost transfer, benefits the US โ€œat Ukraineโ€™s expense.โ€
๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป

25.07.2025 12:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
US Calls for Full Halt to Hostilities as Ukraine-Russia Talks End Without Ceasefire Asked by Kyiv Post if the absence of a ceasefire and the continuation of Russian attacks mean Wednesdayโ€™s Istanbul meeting was a โ€œmissed opportunity,โ€ State Department echoed the White Houseโ€™s stance.

The US calls for a โ€œfull, unconditional ceasefireโ€ in Ukraine, following a third round of direct talks between Kyiv and Moscow in Istanbul on Wednesday.

The warring sides remained far apart on core issues.

www.kyivpost.com/post/56935

25.07.2025 06:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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JUST NOW!! U.S. Pledges $4 Billion Loan Guarantee to Bolster Poland's Defence and NATO East Flank

DoS Statement ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป

25.07.2025 12:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€˜War Crimeโ€™: US Senate Targets Russia Over Mass Abduction of Ukrainian Children ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿป kyivpost.com/post/56928

Senator Dick Durbin pushes amendment escalating pressure on Kremlin over alleged kidnapping of 20,000 Ukrainian minors.

24.07.2025 19:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 188    ๐Ÿ” 61    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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NEW!!! U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says EU 'really, really, really wants to make deal'

"... if they donโ€™t make a deal, youโ€™ve got a huge trade deficit, I mean, $235bn trade deficit, which means they sell us more stuff than we sell them" - Sec Lutnick says.

24.07.2025 19:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œBy invoking this so-called โ€˜Moscow Mechanismโ€™, the Netherlands and partnering countries contribute to truth-finding and accountability for Russian war crimes in Ukraine,โ€ foreign minister Caspar Veldkamp says

24.07.2025 19:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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NEW!!! Top Dutch diplomat Caspar Veldkamp says the Netherlands and 40 other members of the OSCE have requested an independent investigation into the torture and ill-treatment of Ukrainian prisoners of war by russia.

24.07.2025 19:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
โ€˜Insufficientโ€™: Retired US Colonels Cast Doubt on Trumpโ€™s New Ukraine Aid Model Speaking to Kyiv Post, military analysts explain why Trumpโ€™s arms sale to Ukraine falls short.

โ€˜Insufficientโ€™: Retired U.S. Colonels Cast Doubt on Trumpโ€™s New Ukraine Aid Model

Military analysts explain why Trumpโ€™s arms sale to Ukraine falls short.

READ! kyivpost.com/post/56926

24.07.2025 19:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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THIS!!! U.S. approves $322 million in potential arms sales to Ukraine, including HAWK missile system
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23.07.2025 21:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 47    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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The MEGOBARI Act, a vital bipartisan bill that mandates sanctions on Putinโ€™s pawns and supports Georgia's Euro-Atlantic future, is being stalled by:

๐Ÿ‘‰ Markwayne Mullin
๐Ÿ‘‰ Mike Lee
๐Ÿ‘‰ Rand Paul

My only question is WHY... this vital legislation passed the House and SFRC

23.07.2025 07:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 56    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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NEW!!! Top French diplomat calls out russia for targeting civilians in Ukraine.

Barrot: โ€œrussia isnโ€™t only leading its war of aggression on the frontline. It also deliberately targets civilians, residential areas and businesses to undermine Ukrainian morale.โ€

22.07.2025 13:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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JUST NOW!! United States Withdraws from UNESCO, Rubio announces

Full Rubio statement ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป

x.com/ralakbar/sta...

22.07.2025 12:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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