In November, We Will Be Ready to Present the Final Document for the Second Peace Summit – Address by the President

25 October 2024 – 20:51

I wish you health, fellow Ukrainians!

I have just held quite an extensive meeting with the military, intelligence, the NSDC Secretary, Government officials, and the Office, following a recent meeting with civil society representatives. At that meeting, we discussed the issues that currently limit Ukraine’s potential and how they can be resolved. In particular, I have given instructions to establish a format for a Technology Stаff – a special format to increase the modern capabilities of our Defense and Security Forces. The highest priority is, of course, drones. Including those capable of intercepting “Shahed” and other strike UAVs. In general, many purely military issues were discussed. I also instructed the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine, together with the Security Service of Ukraine, to specifically address the issue of releasing civilians from Russian captivity. So far, the results in this regard are insufficient. We have also worked on some necessary legislative changes, and on sanctions policy, on our diplomacy. I will hear the results in a couple of weeks.

Today, I have also met with the new ambassadors of the partner states. I accepted their letters of credence. Representatives of Finland, Brazil, Ireland, Montenegro, Iceland and Lithuania. I spoke with each of them. We will be grateful for the joint work aimed at supporting our people, international law, and aimed at bringing a just peace closer.

Also today, a conference was held based on the Peace Formula point of one of the fundamental conditions for ending the war and preventing new aggression, namely the withdrawal of the occupying army from the territory of Ukraine. This is what is really necessary to restore justice. The conference was attended by representatives of more than 50 countries and international organizations. Quite a broad representation. Yesterday in Latvia, in parallel with the Summit of our Crimea Platform, a conference was held on another point of the Peace Formula, the one dedicated to the full implementation of the UN Charter, and more than 60 countries and international organizations took part in that conference. Starting from August and up to November, all the points of the Peace Formula are worked out within the framework of such conferences – all of them with good representation of the world. There have already been meetings on nuclear safety, energy, food, and environmental security – following the Kakhovka dam explosion and all the Russian strikes. In other words, all aspects of Russian aggression will be included in a separate document, which should become a substantive framework for the second Peace Summit. A step-by-step path to peace. Now, at the end of October, another very important conference will be held on humanitarian aspects – the release of prisoners and the return of deported children. After that, in November, we will be ready to present the final document for the second Peace Summit. I am grateful to everyone who helps. I thank our team, primarily the Office, for organizing this work with partners. Ukraine was the first to propose a comprehensive and realistic way to end the war – it happened more than two years ago – the Peace Formula. Based on the UN Charter. And we managed to unite representatives from all parts of the world to implement the Formula. We held the inaugural Peace Summit – a very successful one. One hundred countries and international organizations attended. We must do everything to ensure that the next Peace Summit is held, which will put an end to the war – a just end. One that will reliably guarantee the security of our state and people.

And one more thing.

Now, at all levels of our state, preparations for the coming months should be underway. The heating season. Winter. A lot of work in the energy sector – protecting facilities, working on system stability. Regions are preparing, communities are preparing. The army is preparing. And in addition to these systemic things, there are decisions that can be made directly to support people. I have instructed the Government to launch a new program as of December 1, which will be tangible for every family in Ukraine. E-support for all our people – adults, children, every family – in Ukraine. One thousand hryvnias per person – that’s several thousand hryvnias per family, and the money can be spent on Ukrainian goods and services, including utilities and electricity. Tickets, this is Ukrzaliznytsia. Ukrainian medicines. I have also given instructions that this money can be spent on Ukrainian books and cultural services. It can be donated to the military – to volunteers, for drones. The Cabinet of Ministers must work out all the details and present all this to the people. I expect this to happen soon. On December 1, people should have money.

Glory to Ukraine!

Yemen:

So? And?

A little while ago, we discussed this thing about anonymous U.S. officials fearing that permitting Ukraine to strike critical military targets in Russian territory could motivate the Kremlin for “horizontal escalation,” such as assisting Houthis in their attacks on… pic.twitter.com/qPWiCI5fKK

— Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 (@IAPonomarenko) October 25, 2024

So? And?

A little while ago, we discussed this thing about anonymous U.S. officials fearing that permitting Ukraine to strike critical military targets in Russian territory could motivate the Kremlin for “horizontal escalation,” such as assisting Houthis in their attacks on global navigation.

So, did not crossing yet another “red line” help prevent what Russia is doing now?

Did the Kremlin appreciate the fact that Ukraine is not allowed to use Western weapons to strike Russian ammo depots, airbases, logistics, fuel storages etc?

Did yet another “red line” work to make Putin “de-escalate”? Last week, did that stop him from involving North Korea in war to exterminate Ukraine?

How many more times does Putin have to spit in the West’s face so that anonymous U.S. officials finally realize that the religion of “escalation management” does not work and that the Kremlin is and will always be doing anything and everything it can regardless of the West’s destructive self-restraint.

We keep wasting time, resources, and, most importantly, lives to delusional tactics of trying to reason with the maniac and wait for Jesus to come back and deliver us from Putin.

North Korea:

South Korean intelligence says Pyongyang might only have enough spare ammunition stocks to supply fascist Russia for another 3 months. Might that be connected to the decision to send combat troops to war in Ukraine? Anyway, Russia could be short of shells as early as January. https://t.co/R8r7j8qvw0

— Euan MacDonald (@Euan_MacDonald) October 25, 2024

Here’s the full text of the quoted tweet:

🤬🇰🇵 Only 30% of shells fired by the Kremlin’s forces recently were Russian-made. Of the remainder, 60% came from North Korea and 10% were Iranian-made, – Bloomberg

🚀 Pyongyang has sent approximately 8 million rounds since August last year, the analysis showed. About 100 Hwasong-11 missiles as well as Bulsae-4 anti-tank weapons have also been detected on the battlefield in Ukraine for the first time.

One of Russia’s useful idiots in the US:

We now know why right-wing influencer Black Insurrectionist deactivated his account last week.@AP tracked him down and realised not only is he white, he’s millions in debt, accused of defrauding business partners, and the FBI previously raided his home.https://t.co/4LrTbTDQdk https://t.co/Okf1ZRnwkj

— Shayan Sardarizadeh (@Shayan86) October 25, 2024

From The AP:

WASHINGTON (AP) — “Black Insurrectionist,” the anonymous social media persona behind some of the most widely circulated conspiracy theories about the 2024 election, can be traced to a man from upstate New York.

He’s also white.

With a profile photo of a Black soldier and the tagline “I FOLLOW BACK TRUE PATRIOTS,” the account on the platform X amassed more than 300,000 followers while posting dubious claims about Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. Some were amplified by former President Donald Trump, his running mate Ohio Sen. JD Vance, and their Republican allies in Congress. The most salacious claims have come in the closing weeks of the campaign.

Last month, the account posted what Black Insurrectionist claimed was an affidavit from an ABC News employee, alleging Harris was given questions in advance of the network’s debate with Trump — which ABC News vigorously disputed. Trump approved, though, declaring, “I love the person.” More recently, Black Insurrectionist posted a baseless claim alleging inappropriate behavior between Walz and a student decades ago, a falsehood that U.S. intelligence officials said sprang from a Russian disinformation campaign.

The reach that the Black Insurrectionist account attained with assistance from Trump and his allies demonstrates the ease with which unverified information from dubious sources can metastasize online to shape public opinion. The speed and scale of disinformation has been an animating force in the presidential campaign, with the potential to affect the outcome in a close election.

The Black Insurrectionist account is linked directly to Jason G. Palmer, who has his own questionable backstory, starting with the fact that he isn’t Black, according to an Associated Press review of public records, open source data and interviews with a half-dozen people who interacted closely with Palmer over the past two decades. The records and personal accounts offer a portrait of an individual who has repeatedly been accused of defrauding business partners and lenders, has struggled with drug addiction and whose home was raided by the FBI over a decade ago. He also owes more than $6.7 million in back taxes to the state of New York.

“He’s far from African American,” said Kathleen Albano, who said her deceased husband was involved in a failed business venture with Palmer.

In emails and phone conversations, Palmer, 51, made a series of seemingly contradictory claims about his ties to the account, which was deactivated last week several hours after the AP first reached out to Palmer for comment.

He acknowledged in an email that he was involved with the account, but said that he did not create it. He also claimed to have owned it at one point before selling it in April or May to a person who he declined to identify.

“I do not know what is going on with this account,” Palmer wrote in an email last Thursday.

But in an interview on Tuesday he said he participated in making claims about Walz that were posted to the account this month. And he suggested that he worked as a “researcher” with a broader group.

“We did that with big people. National people,” Palmer said. “I have no comment on anything else regarding that.”

He also said that the account was primarily operated by a friend of his who is Black. He repeatedly declined to identify who that was, or put the AP in touch with the person.

A spokesperson for X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, did not respond to a request for comment.

The AP traced the account to Palmer based on posts made by Black Insurrectionist that included biographical details about living in upstate New York, a screenname and an email address. Those details cross-referenced with information available online that the AP tracked down with assistance from Gisela Pérez de Acha, an open source reporting specialist for the Human Rights Center at University of California, Berkley.

A video posted in March by Black Insurrectionist shows a computer screen displaying the docket of Trump’s election case in the Georgia. His initials “JP” are visible in an icon on the web browser’s toolbar. And Palmer’s email address can be seen in the corner of the screen, indicating that he used it to log into the state’s online court system.

The email address is linked to a phone number, according to opensource data provider Osint.Industries, that is listed for Palmer in New York court records. The same email is also linked to a Skype account with the username “jg palmrt,” according to the opensource data provider Epieos. Palmer’s middle initial is “G.”

Palmer also used similar iterations of the email address in the past, according to court records.

The suggestion that Palmer was involved with an account that spread falsehoods about the upcoming election was not a surprise to those who have had business and personal dealings with Palmer over the past two decades.

“He owes me a ton of money,” said Albano, whose late husband had a business relationship with Palmer. “He has a way of roping people in. I always had his number. I knew exactly who he was. But unfortunately my husband got caught up in a lot of those dealings.”

Albano said Palmer purchased a Webster, New York, home from her and her husband but failed to make payments. She said Palmer talked her husband into a investment venture to recoup the money, which also ended poorly.

“None of it materialized ever,” Albano said.

Unlike other Palmer business associates, Albano said the couple chose not to sue because “you can’t get blood from a stone.”

Palmer denied Albano’s account. He said that Albano’s late husband was his accountant and that he paid off a mortgage on the home. He denied that they ever had extensive business dealings.

In the mid-2000s, Palmer embarked on a real estate venture, buying up commercial properties in downtown Rochester. It ended with a string of lawsuits from creditors and former business partners, seeking tens of millions of dollars in unpaid loans and assets. Palmer blamed his troubles with the venture, in part, on an opioid addiction he had at the time.

Some former business partners alleged Palmer tried to seize control of buildings using documents with their signatures forged, according to court records.

In a 2020 case in Oneida County, New York, a forensic specialist conducted a detailed analysis of a document signing over an apartment complex to a company in which Palmer held a stake. The specialist concluded that “the evidence indicates that the signatures and the notary seal” were produced “by way of cut and paste or digital manipulation.”

Palmer said that it was actually his former business partner, William Mendick, who had defrauded him. The case, which was brought by Palmer, was dismissed in 2022.

Maureen Bass, a bankruptcy attorney in Rochester, said she wasn’t shocked by Palmer’s connection to an X account spreading conspiracy theories. Bass represented Wells Fargo in a commercial foreclosure case against Palmer and recalled that he once sent her old firm a lengthy email “manifesto” that accused local government officials of conspiring against him.

“It was rambling. He had been a victim of the ‘Axis of Evil.’ Politicians had done things to him, and had taken his assets,” Bass said. “So this doesn’t surprise me.”

If you click through and see his picture, we’re back to this classic:

And a bit more on another of Putin’s reflexively controlled assets in the US who also does not have a chin:

So the guy who has been in regular contact with Putin is now doing everything in his power to elect the candidate who promised to cut off aid to Ukraine & force them to surrender

It’s clear now more than ever: a vote for Trump is a vote for Putin

pic.twitter.com/7llSuBLlpv

— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) October 25, 2024

What the @WSJ investigation inexplicably leaves out—while confirming Elon Musk is an unregistered foreign agent of Russia and in violation of the Logan Act—is that Musk purchased Twitter with financing from the children of sanctioned Russian oligarchs. Why wasn’t this mentioned?…

— Andrea Chalupa (@AndreaChalupa) October 25, 2024

What the @WSJ investigation inexplicably leaves out—while confirming Elon Musk is an unregistered foreign agent of Russia and in violation of the Logan Act—is that Musk purchased Twitter with financing from the children of sanctioned Russian oligarchs. Why wasn’t this mentioned?

https://dw.com/en/what-do-xs-alleged-ties-to-russian-oligarchs-mean-for-musk/a-70088598

From DW:

Court documents released last week by the US District Court for the Northern District of California shed light on shareholders and investors involved with Elon Musk’s X Holdings Corp, disclosing who helped to finance his $44 billion (€40 billion) acquisition of the platform formerly known as Twitter in 2022.

The filing, obtained by the Washington Post, lists around 100 entities and individuals, including prominent Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, but also individuals that reportedly have links to Russian oligarchs.

Lawyers for the nonprofit Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press filed a motion in July asking the court to unseal the records, on behalf of independent technology journalist Jacob Silverman.

On his website, Silverman wrote that, “I believe that people have a right to know who owns a company with such a prominent role in shaping public discourse, both in the United States and around the world.”

Ties to Russian oligarchs?

One of firms listed is 8VC, a venture capitalist company co-founded by Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of intelligence contractor and data analysis platform Palantir.

8VC has invested in US defense projects with Lonsdale arguing that China’s growing influence is behind his firm’s move to back military startups.

Speaking at an event in March, Lonsdale said China is “building really advanced things that they’re starting to compete with the US.”

“That became a very scary realization to us about 10 years ago so we went hard into defense,” he said.

On the fund’s website, Denis Aven and Jack Moshkovich pop up in the staff section — the sons of sanctioned Russian oligarchs Petr Aven and Vadim Moshkovich. The former is co-founder of Alfa-Bank, Russia’s largest private bank, and LetterOne Holdings investment company. He’s been sanctioned as part of the measures imposed on Russian individuals in the wake of Russia’s war against Ukraine.

Moshkovich, meanwhile, made his fortune in the agro-industrial business with his Rusagro Group company. Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine he was sanctioned by Western countries due to his alleged ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

There is nothing to suggest that the sanctioned fathers have any financial ties with 8VC. However, their sons’ roles are likely to come under further scrutiny, as the US government is becoming increasingly wary of foreign actors’ ties to the tech industry.

The National Counterintelligence and Security Center recently released a bulletin warning Silicon Valley startups about foreign players using investment deals to exploit sensitive data.

At the time of writing 8VC had not responded to DW’s request for comment.

More at the link.

Also, as far as I know I am not related to Jacob Silverman.

I’ll have more on the traitorous Starlink Snowflake, as well as that traitor Dougan tomorrow.

France:

“We cannot leave the security of Europe in the hands of voters in Wisconsin every 4 years” says France’s Europe Minister

“Let’s get out of collective denial. Europeans must take their destiny into their own hands, regardless of who is elected 🇺🇸president” pic.twitter.com/lzclaj5VlD

— Dave Keating (@DaveKeating) October 25, 2024

Ukraine has successfully completed tests of its new HRIM-2 ballistic missile, which, according to some reports, has a range of up to 500 km and a warhead of up to 500 kg. Factories, warehouses and airfields will be its first targets… pic.twitter.com/PnYssD6TaK

— Claretta Nijhuis (@NijhuisClaretta) October 25, 2024

Kyiv:

Peaceful Russian-Iranian drones were just peacefully hitting Kyiv residential buildings tonight pic.twitter.com/78bS6bE5US

— Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 (@IAPonomarenko) October 25, 2024

Zaporizhzhia:

Aussies pushing back a Russian assault in Zaporizhzhia.

Absolute. Fucking. Legends. pic.twitter.com/j2wFi6Dc4F

— pepeppepppepep 🇺🇦🇦🇺 (@pepeppepppepep) October 25, 2024

Bucha:

Just another night in Bucha.

It’s 3 a.m. pic.twitter.com/N161zAxmjf

— Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 (@IAPonomarenko) October 25, 2024

Pokrovsk:

Mykola Leontovych, a Ukrainian composer, wrote the famous “Carol of the Bells” in Pokrovsk 120 years ago – a music heard in homes across Europe and America each Christmas. On January 23, 1921, a Soviet agent murdered him. Today, Russian forces are trying to erase Pokrovsk as well

— Tatarigami_UA (@Tatarigami_UA) October 25, 2024

Russian occupied Luhansk Oblast:

“NEMESIS” unit of the USF of Ukraine bombards Russian BUK-M3 air defence system, and 9S36 radar of the BUK-M2 air defence system with the help of heavy night bomber-drone. https://t.co/g2VGIR3i4j https://t.co/bwXFAWcobw pic.twitter.com/xZH5zbJoGt

— Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) October 25, 2024

Unmanned Systems Forces report that another Russian Buk-M3 air defense system and 9S36 radar of the Buk-M2 air defense system were targeted by Ukrainian heavy night bomber drones.

“On the night of October 25, units of the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,… https://t.co/gmDRsw5Uww pic.twitter.com/r4UJCWHEck

— Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) October 25, 2024

Unmanned Systems Forces report that another Russian Buk-M3 air defense system and 9S36 radar of the Buk-M2 air defense system were targeted by Ukrainian heavy night bomber drones.

“On the night of October 25, units of the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in cooperation with other components of the Defense Forces, as part of the implementation of tasks to detect and eliminate the enemy’s anti-aircraft defenses, hit the Buk-M3 anti-aircraft missile system and destroyed the target illumination and guidance radar station missiles 9S36 of the Buk-M2 air defense system.

The targets were located in the temporarily occupied territory of the Luhansk region, several dozens of kilometers from the front line.”

https://t.me/GeneralStaffZSU/18199

The Kursk cross border offensive:

A U.S. official told me that HUR’s intel — that a North Korean advance party has arrived in Kursk — is correct.

— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss) October 25, 2024

Compilation of destroyed Russian military equipment in the Kursk region. Video by the 82nd Brigade of Ukraine.https://t.co/f9S7g5zkac pic.twitter.com/YN13op7W8q

— Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) October 25, 2024

Kharkiv:

Kharkiv region is under almost non-stop attack of russian drones and glide bombs. Thus is how our evening looks: pic.twitter.com/UrAya7Smfa

— Kate from Kharkiv (@BohuslavskaKate) October 25, 2024

Kazan, Russia:

Putin, thrown off balance by Steve’s tremendous question, actually tells the truth about why he is waging a war against Ukraine. He essentially says he is lashing out at Ukraine because he felt he was slighted by the west. He course corrects to make it about national security.… https://t.co/gw7BIqLQnH

— Bakhti Nishanov (@b_nishanov) October 25, 2024

Putin, thrown off balance by Steve’s tremendous question, actually tells the truth about why he is waging a war against Ukraine. He essentially says he is lashing out at Ukraine because he felt he was slighted by the west. He course corrects to make it about national security. But that’s the truth. This is not about NATO. Putin felt slighted and is taking it out on Ukraine. He is saying so himself.

That’s enough for tonight.

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