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riversedge

(79,983 posts)
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 11:16 PM 4 hrs ago

Russia Strikes Ukraine Hours After Trump Bragged About Deal With Putin

Source: new republic



Donald Trump boasted about getting Vladimir Putin to agree to a pause in hostilities.
Edith Olmsted/ February 3, 2026/11:50 a.m. ET


You’ll never guess which country launched a massive attack just hours after President Donald Trump announced yet another supposed temporary ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.

Sitting at his desk in the Oval Office Monday, Trump repeated his claim that Russian President Vladimir Putin had “agreed” to pause Moscow’s repeated strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, as the temperatures in Europe dropped dangerously low.

“I asked him if he wouldn’t shoot for a period of one week, no missiles going into Kyiv or any other town, and he’s agreed to do it, so it’s something,” said Trump, the king of wishful thinking—or more just utter bullshit................

Trump had initially claimed there would be a weeklong ceasefire during a Cabinet meeting Thursday, sparking some confusion in Kyiv about when the pause would actually begin, or what it would entail. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov clarified that Russia had only agreed to pause strikes until February 1 “in order to create favorable conditions for negotiations,” which are set to resume Wednesday in Abu Dhabi.






Read more: https://newrepublic.com/post/206078/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-ukraine-attack



Gee. Putin made a pinky promise (or so Trump claims) Trump but then broke his promise.

What will Trumpy do now???

Russia Strikes Ukraine Hours After Trump Bragged About Deal With Putin
Donald Trump boasted about getting Vladimir Putin to agree to a pause in hostilities.

newrepublic.com/post/206078/... via @newrepublic.com

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Russia Strikes Ukraine Hours After Trump Bragged About Deal With Putin (Original Post) riversedge 4 hrs ago OP
Shocking SheltieLover 4 hrs ago #1
So much for getting a Nobel for brokering peace between Russia and Ukraine. marble falls 4 hrs ago #2
My goodness! A cynic might conclude Don and Vlad are just lying thugs struggle4progress 3 hrs ago #3
Shouldn't everyone know by now that Hey Joe 3 hrs ago #4
Trump will just say "Oh, you thought I meant right now? No, I wouldn't tell you that!?! AZJonnie 2 hrs ago #5
Trump was the best investment Putin ever made fujiyamasan 2 hrs ago #6
Putin attacked a maternity hospital on Sunday, as well as a bus of coal miners muriel_volestrangler 1 min ago #7

struggle4progress

(125,661 posts)
3. My goodness! A cynic might conclude Don and Vlad are just lying thugs
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 11:40 PM
3 hrs ago

instead of believing their dreamy-eyed stories of peace

AZJonnie

(3,144 posts)
5. Trump will just say "Oh, you thought I meant right now? No, I wouldn't tell you that!?!
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 01:02 AM
2 hrs ago

Maybe in the next two weeks, that's all I'm going to say!"

fujiyamasan

(1,422 posts)
6. Trump was the best investment Putin ever made
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 01:03 AM
2 hrs ago

Cheap too. What an ROI.

Let’s not give Putin all the credit. This nation is full of ass holes that liked what Trump promised. Even a lot of Ukrainians liked him.

Not sure I give a fuck about any of it anymore.

muriel_volestrangler

(105,798 posts)
7. Putin attacked a maternity hospital on Sunday, as well as a bus of coal miners
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 03:34 AM
1 min ago
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143609438

Why the fuck was Trump hallucinating on Monday about a ceasefire?
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