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Non-bailable warrant issued against Sonakshi Sinha in a fraud case, accused of not attending event after charging Rs 37 lakh

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Non-bailable warrant issued against Sonakshi Sinha in a fraud case, accused of not attending event after charging Rs 37 lakh

Actress Sonakshi Sinha has landed herself in a legal trouble, as a non-bailable warrant has been lodged against the actress under the fraud case. Sinha has been accused of not turning up to an event in Delhi for which she had charged Rs 37 lakh.

It all started when Bollywood actress Sonakshi Sinha did not attend an event in Delhi for which she was invited as a chief guest. Reportedly, Sonakshi was signed for the ‘India Fashion and Beauty Awards’ event for which she charged a whopping amount of Rs. 37 lakh. According to a news report, event organiser Pramod Sharma asked the ‘Dabangg’ actress for his money back after she failed to attend the event.

The awards show was organised by Sharma at Delhi’s Siri Fort Auditorium on September 30, 2019. For the event, Sonakshi was approached through Abhishek Sinha, operator of Talent FullOn Company and Exeed Entertainment. In the deal, Rs. 28 lakh, 17 thousand were paid to Sonakshi Sinha in four instalments in June whereas Rs. 5 lakh were paid to the company as commission.

After a written agreement, the actress had shot promotional videos for the event but did not turn up for it finally. Sharma alleged that Sonakshi’s manager refused to refund him the money. He even tried to reach the actress multiple times but did not get a reply back from her side.

A complaint of fraud was then filed by Pramod Sharma in Katghar police station, Moradabad. After the case was filed, Sonakshi had reportedly visited the station in Moradabad to record her statement. However, after her continued absence, a non-bailable warrant has been issued against the actress in the fraud case. The ACJM court in Moradabad has ordered Sinha to appear on April 25, 2022, for a hearing.

After the case was registered, the case was taken up by the Moradabad court. But Sonakshi Sinha had obtained a stay order from the High Court last year. But as the six months have passed since the stay was ordered, the stay order has expired as per rules, and therefore the court issued the warrant to the actress.

Sonakshi Sinha last appeared on the silver screen in 2017, in ‘Ittefaq’ which was a box-office failure. She recently wrapped her Da-Bangg tour with Salman Khan and others.

Newly elected Chennai mayor meets Bishop Ezra Sargunam who had said “Punch Hindus in their face and make them bleed”

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Newly elected Chennai mayor meets Bishop Ezra Sargunam who had said “Punch Hindus in their face and make them bleed”

R Priya, after being elected as the mayor of the Chennai Corporation, met with controversial Bishop Ezra Sargunam immediately after becoming the mayor. On Friday, Priya was chosen unopposed to the position of Chennai Mayor in an indirect election. Priya, 28, was nominated as the DMK’s Mayor contestant for the Chennai Corporation on Thursday, March 3.

Soon after she was sworn in as the mayor, she went to meet Bishop Ezra Sargunam who is well known for his hate of Hindus. Photos of Priya with Bishop Ezra went viral over social media after she met him. Many people shared the photos alleging that she is a member of the Otteri ECI Church in Tamil Nadu.

A Twitter account with the name Indu Makkal Katchi wrote (@Indumakalktchi), “*Mayor of Chennai* is a member of *Ottery ECI Church*. She Went to visit *Bishop Ezra* to receive his blessings Now, any doubt on Gopalapuram connection – Crypto. This is total injustice to Dalit community.”

Another user named Karthik Gopinath (@karthikgnath) wrote, “Chennai Mayor Priya seeks blessings from the rabidly anti Hindu missionary yesra sargunam. For folks who are unaware, this is the guy who said he is irritated just to hear the word Hindu and would want to punch the face if any one uttered the word Hindu. ?”

Who is Bishop Ezra Sargunam?

Bishop Ezra Sargunam is a divisive Christian preacher from Tamil Nadu. He has close relations with the DMK and has backed them on various occasions, particularly during elections. He is well-known for his intense animosity towards Hindus and his proclivity for church planting. A video showing him addressing a gathering of people and asking them to beat up anyone who says Hinduism is a religion went viral in June 2019.

In a January 2019 interview with the Christian prayer channel Jebam TV, He recalled his experience while seeking to convert Hindus during the Allahabad Kumbh Mela 50 years ago.

In 2020, Bishop Ezra Sargunam made insulting remarks at Prime Minister Modi, stating he had no right to run the country because he couldn’t live with his wife for even five days.

Speaking during the gathering, Ezra Sargunam criticized the Modi government’s policies and stated that everything he said at the event should be heard in Delhi. Making personal attacks on PM Modi, the controversial Christian preacher stated that if Modi had lived with his wife for at least 5 days, he would have experienced the challenges of daily living.

Journalist Rubika Liyaquat gets attacked by Islamists for wearing saree, bindi, bring in ‘hijab is a choice’ rhetoric

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Journalist Rubika Liyaquat gets attacked by Islamists for wearing saree, bindi, bring in ‘hijab is a choice’ rhetoric

On Saturday (March 5), TV journalist Rubika Liyaquat was attacked by Islamists on social media for sporting a saree, bindi and gajra. She had posted a picture wherein she was seen driving a car in a saree.

In a tweet, she wrote, “Why do people think when a woman is all ready and decked up, she shouldn’t be on the drivers’ seat… make no mistake, steering should always be in your hand whether you are ready or not..”

Rubika Liyaquat had batted for uniformity in schools and did not endorse wearing of religious attire instead of uniform. This had irked the Islamists, who then accused her of being anti-Islam.

Screengrab of the tweet by Rubika Liyaquat

Islamists, who pretend to respect women’s right to choose what they want to wear, began drawing a false equivalence between her attire and the ongoing Hijab row in schools in Karnataka. While conveniently ignoring the fact that the journalist is not bound to wear a uniform, they targeted Rubika Liyaquat for opposing the ‘right to wear Hijab’ in schools.

One Firoz Khan remarked, “Brother, you look cool in a saree but you are naughty at the same time. You can wear a saree as per your choice but a girl can’t wear hijab as per her choice. You are talking about women’s empowerment through this tweet but mock Priyanka Gandhi. ”

Screengrab of the tweet

It must be mentioned that Islamists have been trying to create mass hysteria and elicit a violent reaction by repeating the fake news about a ‘hijab ban’ in India.

“Definitely ma’am you can drive car in make up but can’t study in #Hijab?” another Islamist made frivolous comparison.

Screengrab of the tweet

“So this same lady thinks women in hijab can’t study? Btw, the make up looks very ugly,” wrote another.

Screengrab of the tweet

“You can wear saree, gajra or bindi… but you get mad when a girl does purdah. Infidels have their unique way of doing propaganda.”

One Islamist tried to denigrate the TV by morphing a man’s picture on top of her face.

Screengrab of the tweet

Karnataka hijab controversy

Last month, some Muslim students from the PU College in Karnataka filed a petition in the High Court to allow them to attend classes wearing Hijab. They were denied entry into classes because the college management stated that the hijab is not part of the uniform and it cannot be allowed in classes. Since then, the ‘students’ have been protesting while wearing burqas.

The Muslim students had started wearing hijab and burqa to their school, college in defiance of the uniform rules since December 2021 after coming in touch with the Campus Front of India (CFI), the student wing of the Islamist outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) in October 2021. The students had admitted being in consultation with the CFI.

Subsequently, the lawyers representing the Muslim students had cited Sharia in the secular court to make a point on hijab.

Ukraine: Andhra man refuses to abandon his pet jaguars and return to India, currently living in a Bunker in the Donbas region

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Ukraine: Andhra man refuses to abandon his pet jaguars and return to India, currently living in a Bunker in the Donbas region

Regardless of the ongoing Russia invasion in Ukraine, a man from Andhra Pradesh has refused to leave the country and get back to India by abandoning his two pets. He has two big cats as pets, one of which is a Jaguar and the other a Black Panther.

Kumar Bandi is an Indian citizen who hails from Tanuku in Andhra Pradesh’s West Godavari district. He moved to Ukraine 15 years ago to study medicine and is now a doctor there, as well as a Telugu YouTuber.

Ram Bandi, his younger brother, was in Ukraine for furthering his studies. Kumar traveled to Ukraine with his assistance, studied medicine, and is now a doctor there.

Since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war, the lives of Ukrainians have been in jeopardy. Kumar Bandi claims to have ample contacts with senior officials in each state but he has chosen to stay in his personal bunker with his pet big cats, watching after them. He says that these animals are more important to him than his children.

Kumar has been a pet enthusiast since he was a youngster, and he used to have pet dogs, cats, and birds. He also has a YouTube channel with the name JAGUAR KUMAR TELUGU where he keeps posting photos and videos of his pets. He has uploaded several videos of the same.

When he first moved to Ukraine and began his profession as a doctor, he intended to get a Bengal Tiger or an Asiatic Lion as a pet, but the authorities denied him permission. Then he decided on a Jaguar, which is both a rare breed and an endangered species. He also obtained a license to possess a Jaguar from the authorities.

He claims that the Jaguar species he owns is the rarest in the world and that there are only 21 of them, one of which is with Kumar. “Yagwar” is the name Kumar gave to his pet male Jaguar. Kumar has been caring for the animal for the past 19 months, and in order to expand the number of these uncommon breeds, he just purchased a Black Panther (Jaguar with black fur) for the purpose of breeding between these two Wildcats.

Kumar said in one of his vlogs that he has been assisting a few Indians in getting to the country’s borders so they can be easily evacuated by the Indian authorities.

Gujarat: Congress MLA suspended for 7 days for using unparliamentary language against state Home Minister

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Gujarat: Congress MLA suspended for 7 days for using unparliamentary language against state Home Minister

Gujarat Congress MLA Punjabhai Vansh has been suspended for 7 days from the state assembly as he had used unparliamentary word ‘tapori’ for Harsh Sanghavi who is the minister of state Home Affairs in the Gujarat state government.

The budget session of the Gujarat state assembly had started on 2nd March 2022. On the third day of the session, Congress MLA Naushad Solanki had asked a question. Reportedly, he did not get a satisfactory answer from the government. Therefore he had left his seat and had sat down on the floor of the assembly.

The minister of state Home Affairs Harsh Sanghavi objected to this behavior of Naushad Solanki and said that such arrogance will not be tolerated. Then the Congress MLAs started a ruckus in the assembly. Later, the Congress MLA Punjabhai Vansh used the non-parliamentary word ‘tapori’ for the minister of state Home Affairs Harsh Sanghavi. Listening to this, the revenue minister Rajendra Trivedi intervened and asked Punjabhai Vansh to withdraw his words.

Congress MLA Punjabhai Vansh withdrew his words. But, later, the BJP state assembly whip Pankaj Desai moved a proposal of suspending him for 7 days. The proposal was passed with a majority and it was approved. So the Congress MLA Punjabhai Vansh had to walk out of the assembly.

Indian women team hammer Pakistan in Women’s World Cup by 107 runs, 11-0 in India Pakistan matches now

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Indian women team hammer Pakistan in Women’s World Cup by 107 runs, 11-0 in India Pakistan matches now

Indian women’s cricket team their Pakistani counterpart in the 2022 ICC Women’s World Cup by 107 runs in their opening fixture held at Bay Oval stadium in New Zealand. With this, Indian women team has defeated the Pakistani women team for the 11th One Day International.

Winning the toss, India Women team had opted to bat against Pakistan. After the initial setback, Indian cricket team posted a fighting total of 244 for the loss of seven wickets in their allotted 50 overs. Pooja Vastrakar scored match-saving 67 runs in 59 balls and stitched a partnership with bowler Sneh Rana who scored a fifty. The duo added 122-runs for the seventh wicket, taking India to a respectable total against Pakistan. Opener Smriti Mandhana scored 52 of 72 balls.

In response, Pakistan women bungled up at just 137 runs, losing their all ten wickets in 43 overs. For India, left-arm-orthodox spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad took four wickets in her 10 overs spending just 31 runs, while Jhulan Goswami took two wickets to send Pakistani player packing. Opener Sidra Ameen was the top scorer in the Pakistani team with 30 runs.

Notably, this is the 6th world cup team captain Mithali Raj is playing, becoming the first ever woman to play six world cups. Before the ongoing tournament, she had participated in the ICC Women’s world cups in 2000, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017. With this she has equalled Sachin Tendulkar’s record on the number of World Cups played.

India, who won their opening game against Pakistan, will face New Zealand in their next fixture scheduled on March 10 at Hamilton.

DMK continues politicising Operation Ganga, claims North Indian students in Ukraine are favoured by embassy staff by speaking in Hindi

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DMK continues politicising Operation Ganga, claims North Indian students in Ukraine are favoured by embassy staff by speaking in Hindi

At a time when Indians stuck in Ukraine are facing a crisis amidst the ongoing Ukraine-Russia war, the Tamil Nadu-based Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) has been caught yet again fanning the regional North-South divide even as the Indian government is putting all its effort to evacuate all the stranded citizens in the war-torn country. The evacuation of students from Ukraine is now caught in the dirty politics as MK Stalin-led DMK has now claimed that the Indian government favours North Indian students over the South Indians during the ongoing evacuation from Ukraine.

Earlier, Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin had demanded that students from Tamil Nadu should be given priority over students from other states in evacuating.

Speaking at a Times Now debate, DMK spokesperson A Saravanan claimed that the North Indian students are being given priority over others by the Indian government. However, the DMK spokesperson did not provide any evidence to back his claim.

Defending the Tamil Nadu government’s decision to send four legislators to Hungary, Romania, Poland and Slovakia to evacuate stranded Tamil students, the DMK leader said that the Stalin-led government decided to initiate its own evacuation, bypassing the centre, as there was a language barrier. The DMK spokesperson also claimed that the Indian embassy officials in Ukraine are only speaking Hindi, giving preference to North Indian students.

These alarming unverified claims being made by the DMK comes just days after a few alleged stranded students from Tamil Nadu had also made a similar claim. The alleged students had claimed that the Indian government was prioritising the evacuation of the North Indian students while making them wait for their turn despite empty seats.

In addition, the left-liberal journalists are also putting out misinformation about the ongoing evacuation process and at the same time are also peddling pro-DMK propaganda to claim that the centre has failed to evacuate the Tamil Nadu students from Ukraine and it was only due to the intervention of the Tamil Nadu government, students are being taken out of Ukraine safely.

Worryingly, the entire propaganda against the centre over the evacuation process started just after the Tamil Nadu government announced its intentions to bring back Tamil Nadu students stuck in Ukraine on its owqn. Ever since then, unverified claims have been made on social media platforms that the centre is discriminating against Tamil Nadu students by giving preference to the South Indian students.

Another point to note is that the other four states in the south – Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Goa, have no qualms about the evacuation process being carried out under the coordination of the Ministry of External Affairs. However, it is strange that it is only the DMK-led Tamil Nadu government, an ally of the Congress party, that has problems with the centre over evacuation.

MK Stalin uses the Russia-Ukraine war to fan the North-South divide in India after Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Union of States’ remark

Last week, the DMK, an ally of the Congress party, had used the Russia-Ukraine war to fan the North-South divide in India. After the DMK-led government decided to send four legislators to Europe to help Tamil Nadu students, MK Stalin, the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, tried to pull a PR stunt by sharing a letter that he had written to the External Affairs Minister urging him to help the Tamil students with more alacrity than other students. 

At first glance, this letter looked like a cheap PR student by the Tamil Nadu government in alliance with the Congress party, however, several wondered if there is more than meets the eye given the statements being made by Rahul Gandhi himself.

On March 3, MK Stalin had written to External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar requesting to “increase the number of Tamil students to be evacuated from Ukraine by focussed intervention”. He had claimed that number Tamil students evacuated is less compared to overall evacuations, and therefore more Tamil students should be brought back.

In February 2022, Rahul Gandhi – the scion of Gandhi Parivar ignited a massive debate in the country by questioning the very idea of India as a ‘nation’. Speaking in the Parliament on the motion of thanks to President’s Address in Lok Sabha, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi claimed that India was just a “union of states” and not as a nation.

In his speech, Rahul Gandhi insisted that the power arrangement between the states and the centre is of a “negotiation” and insinuated that India did not have a single national identity, instead, the idea of India rose from an agreement or a negotiation between the provincial units. The Gandhi-scion also brought the reference of Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra, imagining them to be distinct entities and asserted that the ruling dispensation treated these constitutional units as its kingdom.

In this light, the actions of Stalin appear far more sinister than a simple PR stunt as it is evident that MK Stalin has no concern for INDIAN students who are stuck in war-torn nations and are trying to make their way back as the Indian government does everything conceivable to bring them back home.

Further, he is more concerned solely about Tamil students because he seems to believe that the regional identity of these students is far more important than their national identity.

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister urges countries with special relationship with India to request PM Modi to appeal to Russia to stop ongoing conflict

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Ukraine’s Foreign Minister urges countries with special relationship with India to request PM Modi to appeal to Russia to stop ongoing conflict

On March 6, Dmytro Kuleba, Foreign Minister, Ukraine, urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop the ongoing conflict. He also asked leaders of countries which have special relationship with PM Modi to appeal to him to intervene amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict to end the war.

Kuleba was replying to queries during a televised address where he accused Russia of violating the ceasefire agreements. When he was asked about the current situation of Indian students stuck in Ukraine, he said Russia’s ceasefire violations had made it difficult to evacuate international students, including those from India.

He said, “For 30 years, Ukraine was a welcoming home for thousands of students from Africa, Asia… to facilitate their (foreign students’) movement. Ukraine arranged trains, set up hotlines, worked with embassies. The Ukrainian government is doing its best.”

He said no one except President Putin is interested in the war and those countries who enjoy special relations with India can appeal to PM Modi to reach out to Putin to stop the conflict. He said, “All countries who enjoy special relations with India can appeal to PM Modi that we call on him to continue reaching out to President Putin and explaining that this war is against the interest of all. People of Russia are not interested in it either.”

He further accused Russia of spreading misinformation on foreign students, including those from India being held hostage by Ukrainian forces. He said Russia has been trying to “win the sympathy” of the countries that have their citizens stuck in Ukraine.

He mentioned the conflict was making it difficult to evacuate foreign nationals, including India. He further added as India holds the largest share in Ukrainian agriculture exports, the conflict would affect India’s food security. He urged governments of several countries, including India, to appeal to Russia to stop the ongoing conflict.

Kuleba said the humanitarian corridors and ceasefires do not exist as Russia has violated the agreement. “We urge Russia to stop shooting to allow civilians, including foreign students, to evacuate,” he said. Stating the ongoing conflict is against the interest of all, he added, “I call on the governments of India, China, and Nigeria, to appeal to Russia to stop the fire and allow civilians to leave.”

The conflict would affect India’s food security, claimed Kuleba

Kuleba claimed the ongoing conflict would affect India’s food security during his address. He said, “India is one of the largest consumers of Ukrainian agricultural products, and if this war continues, it’ll be difficult for us to seed new harvests. So, even in terms of global and Indian food security, it’s in the best interest to stop this war.”

He further called the ‘ordinary Indians’ to put ‘pressure’ on the Russian embassy in India, demanding to stop the war. He said, “Ukraine is fighting only because we were attacked, and we have to defend our land because Putin does not recognize our right to exist.”

India’s agriculture imports from Ukraine

Agriculture imports from Ukraine majorly comprise edible oil. Ukraine is the largest exporter of sunflower oil, of which India holds a significant share. Apart from edible oil, India also imports other food items, including processed food. However, the imports were impacted severely during the pandemic. Ukraine holds the second position in terms of edible oil imports to India. Indonesia is in the first position exporting almost double the amount of edible oil compared to Ukraine’s import of edible oil to India.

Operation Ganga

As per the latest information released by the Ministry of External Affairs, around 13,300 Indians have been brought back to India under Operation Ganga by 63 flights. Over 21,000 people have left Ukraine.

Israeli Prime Minister skips ‘Shabbat’ to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, amidst Russia-Ukrainian conflict

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Israeli Prime Minister skips ‘Shabbat’ to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, amidst Russia-Ukrainian conflict

A week after Russia launched a full-scale invasion in Ukraine, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Saturday.

As per reports, Bennett has been coordinating alongside Germany, France and the United States to resolve the Ukrainian crisis. Israel has offered to mediate between Russia and Ukraine on the behest of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. During his 3-hour long meeting with Putin, he pointed out how the Jewish community has been stranded amidst the conflict.

Although Israel had condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it still maintains contact with Vladimir Putin in the hopes of easing the crisis. Given that Russia provides military support to Syrian dictator Bashar al-Asssad, communication with Russia prevents accidental firing between Russian and Israeli forces.

The visit of Naftali Bennett, an Orthodox Jew, to Moscow coincided with the occasion of ‘Shabbat’ when religious Jews abstain from work and instead spend time with family. His spokesperson defended the decision by stating that Judaism permits the violation of Shabbat law, only when the objective is to protect human life.

“Saving lives comes before Shabbat is a well-known phrase among observers of Jewish law. Normally, it means that if you have an accident on a Saturday, you can take an ambulance to the hospital despite the prohibition against riding in a car, or that soldiers can protect their country on the Shabbat. This Saturday morning, it meant that Prime Minister Naftali Bennett could take a private jet to Moscow to try to convince Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop the war in Ukraine,” read an article in The Jerusalem Post.

Bennett also spoke on the phone with the Ukrainian President and French President Emmanuel Macron. Later, the Israeli Prime Minister flew to Berlin to hold discussions with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. An official informed, “They will stay in touch with the aim of obtaining a ceasefire, and this in coordination with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.”

Israel has announced on Saturday that it will set up a field hospital in Ukraine as part of humanitarian aid. sending a delegation to Ukraine to set up a field hospital in the country. (Health Ministry). It will include a delivery room, primary care clinic and wards for adults and children. The field hospital will be operated by Clalit Health Services and Sheba Medical Center.

‘We should take our planes, put Chinese flag on them and bomb the hell out of Russia’, says ex US President Donald Trump on Russia-Ukraine war

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‘We should take our planes, put Chinese flag on them and bomb the hell out of Russia’, says ex US President Donald Trump on Russia-Ukraine war

Former USA President Donald Trump has made quite a bizarre statement hinting at the bombing of Russia by America, in the guise of China. “We should take our F-22 planes, put the Chinese flag on them and bomb the shit out out of Russia. And then we say – China did it, we didn’t do, China did it, and then they start fighting with each other and we sit back and watch,” suggested Trump while speaking at a gathering in New Orleans.

It was tweeted by Josh Dawsey, a journalist with Washington Post.

On Saturday Night (GMT), Donald Trump was seen talking to his Republican National Committee (RNC) donors about the steps the US should take in response to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. Trump suggested that by Putting ‘Chinese flags’ on American F-22 range fighters, The US would be able to teach Russia a lesson without taking the responsibility for it. At the same time, that would prove as a strategy to create rift between China and Russia who have been strategic partners in countering the rise of America since the Soviet era.

Talking about the reponse of Western nations in countering the Russian agression, Trump commented that the NATO was always a ‘paper tiger’. He asked, “At what point, do we say can we not take this massive crime against humanity? We can’t let it happen. We can’t let it continue to happen,”

It has been a well known fact that Donald Trump as an American President was always a staunch critic of NATO. In his memoir, the former Security Advisor of the United States, John Bolton has written that Trump was keen to pull the US out of NATO in his 2nd term.

Bolton suggested that while Russian Prsident Vladimir Putin was aware of this, he waited for the same before finally moving forward with plans to invade Ukraine.

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