Ukraine Invasion: Part 58

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We’re all still here for Thread 58. Thanks to all regular contributors, especially those doing the daily hard work. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦

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I heard Trump's excitement at Putin bringing lots of business people with him. "That's a good thing, right"?
Is that what it is, a business meeting? I thought Putin had asked for the meeting to gain a ceasefire on his terms. Re-supply and re-position after his Summer offensive. I understand from here he's lost a lot of men.
I do read the thread both morning and at night, sometimes with trepidation if there's a post after midnight.

Putin has refused to allow Trump envoy Keith Kellogg into the summit because he is seen as pro-Ukraine, CNN reports.

Trump agreed.

Trump's all over the place. He thinks he's top dog but he's top appeaser. And pretty transparent with it. Never think you can judge anything he does by ordinary, reasonable or rational standards.

Starmer says the UK will deploy its airforce to police Ukrainian skies after a ceasefire has come into effect.

C4 news - there's a wild black bear patrolling the perimeter of the airport at Anchorage.
Symbolic. Well done that bear, show'em who's really boss!

What a nauseating sight that was on the red carpet.

I'm sure the top brass at the RAF are highly delighted with that.

If that happens and it's a long term commitment that's going to spread things a bit thin...be interesting to see if any of the promised increases in UK defence spending actually result in more materiel and more personnel.

I am watching it and kept shouting fall down the stairs as they came out the aeroplanes

Just quoted on BBC World Service: the Russian saying 'There's no free cheese except in a mouse trap'.
Trump as mouse.

The absolute insult of the red carpet welcome and handshake, he should have been ushered through dark corridors and back doors. Urgh, poor poor Ukraine.

Zelensky and the Ukrainians must feel physically sick watching this.

Sorry to lower the tone further but I see the orange twat has been for a spray tan in advance of his dance with the devil.

I can’t watch

I am so disgusted by Trump and his actions that I can't find the words to express my contempt for this man.

From BBC “Russian Defence Minister Andrey Belousov is asked by Russian state news agency Tass how his mood is after the Trump-Putin meeting.
“Excellent,” he says, smiling.”

Well fuck.

Anyone else watching the press conference?

Me

I can’t believe the jovial tone and comments about Ukraine throwing a spanner in the works.

Waste of time but maybe next time they will meet in Moscow

Just as the presser ended Russia began sending bombs to Ukraine.

https://bsky.app/profile/oonuch.bsky.social/post/3lwhyby6ywc26

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-august-15-2025

Key Takeaways:

• US President Donald Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15.
• Putin said nothing in the joint press conference to indicate that he has moderated either his war aims or his willingness to compromise on them and reiterated language he has used since 2021 to justify Russia's aggression against Ukraine.
• Trump stated that the United States and Russia did not come to a firm agreement about the war in Ukraine.
• Russia conducted drone and missile strikes in Ukraine in the hours before the August 15 Alaska summit, causing civilian casualties and damage to civilian infrastructure.
• Ukrainian officials continue to indicate that Ukrainian counterattacks are stabilizing the situation east and northeast of Dobropillya (northwest of Pokrovsk).
• The Russian military command is reportedly trying to redeploy forces and means to reinforce and exploit the penetration near Dobropillya but has so far been unsuccessful.
• Ukraine continued its long-range drone strike campaign against Russian military and energy infrastructure overnight on August 14 to 15.
• Ukrainian forces recently advanced near Toretsk, and Russian forces recently advanced near Pokrovsk and Velykomykhailivka.

Trump: I don't think the description 'waste of space' has ever felt more apposite. Standing under a banner proclaiming that peace is being pursued, it seemed as though peace, to him, was entirely irrelevant and forgotten about.

Trumps infatuation with Putin is laid bare for the world to see. I can’t think of a word that accurately describes the depth of injustice and the utter disgust this causes me and anyone that cares about Ukraine.

He is a vile, craven, fool.