Peloni: As Europe moves further from the US with a reckless lack of awareness of their own capabilities or Trump’s patience(see below), the US Congress demonstrates a continued commitment to the keeping the graft going in Ukraine even in the continued light of US dollars being siphoned for Zelensky’s govt members as the Ukrainian war effort continues to falter. For more on this see “Swamp Moves To Hand $400 Million To Ukraine As Zelenskyy Gov’t Faces Corruption Scandal”
Thanks to Starmer, Macron and Merz, NATO is on the rocks
Stephen Bryen | Weapons & Strategy | Dec 9, 2025
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, welcomed by Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic, to participate in the meeting on peace and security for Ukraine hosted by the French president in Paris. Photo by © European Union, 2025, CC BY 4.0, Wikipedia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited London on Monday, December 8 where he met with Keir Starmer, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Emmanuel Macron, President of France and Friedrich Merz, Chancellor of Germany. Two things happened: Zelensky made it clear (and expanded on the subject on his way to Brussels after the meeting) that Ukraine would not cede any territory to Russia. At the same time, the three leaders strongly supported using seized Russian assets ($245 billion) to fund Ukraine’s war. Keir Starmer claimed that in the meeting with Zelensky they “discussed positive progress made to use immobilized Russian sovereign assets to support Ukraine’s reconstruction.” Actually, there is strong opposition in Europe to the use of Russia’s assets, led by Belgium, Italy, Hungary and Slovakia, with serious doubts expressed in France and Germany (despite seemingly acceding to Starmer). The US also is strongly opposed.
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