The noose is tightening around Trump's neck as the impeachment proceedings in the US Senate bombards Senators with an avalanche of evidence of Trump trying to 'shake down' Zelensky in July of last year.
It is therefore no co-incidence that Mike Pompeo (left), US Secretary of State, whom we learn was also 'in on the act' to shake down Zelensky, is now scurrying off to Kyiv presumably, according to Ivan Yakovina,
".... one reason for Pompeo’s trip could be to make sure that “no bad surprises would come from Kyiv during the Trump Senate trial.”
“I mean no word-to-word transcripts of the relevant phone calls or other documents will leak,” he said. “If I were him I would assure the Ukrainians that they will be rewarded if nothing unexpected happens during the trial. And punished if comrade Trump’s enemies will get some sort of help or comfort from Kyiv.” (Christopher Miller (right): BuzzFeed : 22 January 2020) (my emphasis)
And as Trump's impeachment trial progresses, UNIAN reports that,
"Mortality at checkpoints set up along the line of contact between the warring sides in eastern Ukraine's Donbas in 2019 increased by 40% year-on-year. ... In 2018, nine people died at checkpoints across Donetsk region, and 15 people – in the past year." (UNIAN : 22 January 2020) (my emphasis)
This singular statistic indicates that Putin is far from trying to resolve his war with Ukraine.
As also stated by Edi Rama (right), current OSCE Chairperson-in-Office,
"The resumption of dialogue and the outcomes of the Normandy summit are steps in the right direction. Nevertheless, there is much more to be done. It is a long road ahead to lasting peace." (UNIAN : 22 January 2020) (my emphasis)
With this in mind, one wonders whether the possible meeting between Putin and Zelensky at the Holocaust memorial meetings in Israel on 23 January will be of any value in Putin moving towards resolving his war with Ukraine. (cf: UNIAN 22 january 2020)
Added to which Ulrich Oehme, of the proto-Nazi far-right AfD, Germany's largest opposition party in the Bundestag which supports Putin,
"... put forward an offer [at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)] to include "DPR-LPR" representatives into the Normandy Four talks." (UNIAN : 23 January 2020) (my emphasis)
to the utter delight of Putin.
As Der Spiegel reported in April of last year,
"The AfD, which was founded six years ago as a euro-skeptic party, has proved to be a stroke of luck for Putin. It shares the Russian president's goal of attacking the establishment. Putin wants to break the West's power by driving a wedge through it.
...
The Russian leadership sees the biggest opposition party in the Germany parliament, the Bundestag, as an ally in the war against "degenerate Europe," as neo-fascist ideologue Alexander Dugin (right) once described it." (Der Spiegel : 12 April 2019) (my emphasis)
So we have to ask ourselves,
"Of what real value will a meeting in Israel between Zelensky and Putin really be?"
(to be continued)
Youtube : 22 Jan. 2020
It is therefore no co-incidence that Mike Pompeo (left), US Secretary of State, whom we learn was also 'in on the act' to shake down Zelensky, is now scurrying off to Kyiv presumably, according to Ivan Yakovina,".... one reason for Pompeo’s trip could be to make sure that “no bad surprises would come from Kyiv during the Trump Senate trial.”
“I mean no word-to-word transcripts of the relevant phone calls or other documents will leak,” he said. “If I were him I would assure the Ukrainians that they will be rewarded if nothing unexpected happens during the trial. And punished if comrade Trump’s enemies will get some sort of help or comfort from Kyiv.” (Christopher Miller (right): BuzzFeed : 22 January 2020) (my emphasis)And as Trump's impeachment trial progresses, UNIAN reports that,
"Mortality at checkpoints set up along the line of contact between the warring sides in eastern Ukraine's Donbas in 2019 increased by 40% year-on-year. ... In 2018, nine people died at checkpoints across Donetsk region, and 15 people – in the past year." (UNIAN : 22 January 2020) (my emphasis)This singular statistic indicates that Putin is far from trying to resolve his war with Ukraine.
As also stated by Edi Rama (right), current OSCE Chairperson-in-Office,
"The resumption of dialogue and the outcomes of the Normandy summit are steps in the right direction. Nevertheless, there is much more to be done. It is a long road ahead to lasting peace." (UNIAN : 22 January 2020) (my emphasis)
With this in mind, one wonders whether the possible meeting between Putin and Zelensky at the Holocaust memorial meetings in Israel on 23 January will be of any value in Putin moving towards resolving his war with Ukraine. (cf: UNIAN 22 january 2020)
Added to which Ulrich Oehme, of the proto-Nazi far-right AfD, Germany's largest opposition party in the Bundestag which supports Putin,
"... put forward an offer [at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)] to include "DPR-LPR" representatives into the Normandy Four talks." (UNIAN : 23 January 2020) (my emphasis)
to the utter delight of Putin.
As Der Spiegel reported in April of last year,
"The AfD, which was founded six years ago as a euro-skeptic party, has proved to be a stroke of luck for Putin. It shares the Russian president's goal of attacking the establishment. Putin wants to break the West's power by driving a wedge through it. ...
The Russian leadership sees the biggest opposition party in the Germany parliament, the Bundestag, as an ally in the war against "degenerate Europe," as neo-fascist ideologue Alexander Dugin (right) once described it." (Der Spiegel : 12 April 2019) (my emphasis)
So we have to ask ourselves,
"Of what real value will a meeting in Israel between Zelensky and Putin really be?"
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