Ukraine

Trump met Zelensky in Italy before the pope's funeral
International News

What’s Happening With Ukraine?

April 29, 2025 fwstaff
By David Sole Anyone following the war in Ukraine knows one thing for sure – President Donald Trump has not fulfilled his promise to “end the war in 24 hours.” Not before his inauguration nor […]
AES supporters
International News

Alliance of Sahel States Officials Travel to Moscow for Joint Summit

April 20, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe In December 2023, three countries in West Africa, formed the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) with Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger coming together to proclaim their commitment to building an independent existence […]
Targeting of US donated HIMARS weapons was entirely in US military control.
Domestic News

A Peek Behind the Curtain

April 3, 2025 fwstaff
By David Sole The New York Times has finally pulled back the curtain, just a bit, that has hidden the true nature of the Ukraine war as a proxy war directed by and for US […]
European Court of Human Rights rules against Ukraine in Odessa massacre of 2014
International News

New Russian Gains in Ukraine War

March 15, 2025 fwstaff
By David Sole The hard reality of Ukraine’s mounting military losses is not likely to be reversed by Donald Trump’s promotion of a ceasefire. Ukraine provoked this conflict in accordance with a U.S./NATO plan to […]
Zelensky and Trump meeting at the White House
International News

Political Shifts Dominate Ukraine War

March 10, 2025 fwstaff
By David Sole While the Russian Federation military continues to push back Ukrainian forces on many fronts, dramatic new political events may end up deciding this proxy war’s outcome. A remarkable televised meeting took place […]
U.S. and Russian delegations open talks in Saudi Arabia
International News

Trump wants to break China-Russia alliance

February 23, 2025 fwstaff
By David Sole Much attention has been paid to the initiation of peace talks between the US and Russia that began in Saudi Arabia on February 18. The various issues around the Ukraine war were […]
Austrian State Treaty signed 1955 guaranteed neutrality
International News

Prospects for a US-Russia Peace Deal on Ukraine

February 20, 2025 fwstaff
By David Sole High level U.S. and Russian delegations met on February 18 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. They set themselves the tasks of finding “a peace settlement for Ukraine as well as to ‘explore the […]
Will Trump and Putin negotiate an end to the proxy Ukraine war?
International News

Trump, Putin and Ukraine

February 18, 2025 fwstaff
By David Sole The much-reported phone call between US President Donald Trump and Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin can be looked at from three perspectives. The February 12 call lasted about one and a half […]
Zelensky, speaking to the WEF called for 200,000 foreign troops to prop him up in Ukraine
International News

Trump cuts some Ukraine aid, danger of wider war continues

January 29, 2025 fwstaff
By David Sole On Monday, January 20 US President Donald Trump issued an executive order freezing all foreign aid programs. This was one of a flurry of orders in his first day in office following […]
Soldiers of Ukraine’s 155th Mechanized Brigade in France - many later deserted
International News

Ukrainians Sick of Fighting in U.S. Proxy War with Russia

January 12, 2025 fwstaff
By David Sole It should come as no surprise that more and more Ukrainians are getting tired of fighting Russia as proxies on behalf of the U.S. and European Union nations. After almost three years […]