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At a European summit in Budapest, UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer assured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of the UK’s “iron-clad” support for Ukraine amidst concerns over potential shifts in U.S. aid following Donald Trump’s election victory.

European leaders, including Hungary’s Viktor Orban, emphasized the need for Europe to take more responsibility for its defense, with Orban cautioning against over-reliance on the U.S.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte warned of the threats posed by Russia and its allies, while Starmer urged Ukraine’s allies to strengthen their commitment to supporting Kyiv.

  • zante@slrpnk.net
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    9 hours ago

    “We’ll keep taxing our people and cutting welfare to the needy to fund this proxy war on Putin. We shouldn’t really be spending, have just announced a 40bn black hole in the nations finances, but this is too good a bargain to resist”

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      7 hours ago

      Yeah. Obviously, Mr. Starmer should take a sensible page from one of his predecessors.

      And then nothing went wrong.

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        5 hours ago

        The good news is that instead of cheering for death and bombs at some one else’s expense, you can volunteer to fight with Ukraine, although they prefer people with experience I think they’re increasingly flexible these days.

        Go well tough guy !

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          Something tells me they wouldn’t wan a 47-year-old who has two severe illnesses he’s dealing with and doesn’t have the energy to walk more than about 30 minutes without having to rest for two hours. And also, I’ve never fired a gun. And I don’t speak Ukrainian and I have no money for a plane ticket to get over there and I’m sure there are plenty of other reasons.

          So no, I don’t think that is the good news.

          Also, I’m not cheering death. It is not my fault that Putin invaded Ukraine. I just think he needs to be stopped because he’s a fascist dictator and letting fascist dictators take whatever countries they feel like is, in most people’s eyes, a bad thing. Your mileage may vary.

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            As an American, you are 10000 miles away. Your military industrial complex is making bank, and you haven’t committed a single soldier.

            Shut. The . Fuck. Up.

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              As a Russian, you are losing this war. You don’t get to have a vote, you’ll get conscripted against your will and will be gone within 3 months.

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                2 hours ago

                да конечно, гринтинг из сибири, товарищ

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              2 hours ago

              You do know I have control over none of that, right?

              Also, I think you need to pay attention to our civility rules in the sidebar.

              Also also, considering I am emigrating to Britain, I’ll be a lot closer to Ukraine. Where are you?

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      9 hours ago

      Tell me you don’t know how this works without telling me you don’t know how this works

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        8 hours ago

        Show me how to use popular internet words to say absolutely nothing