🚨 KEY POINTS:
1️⃣ Putin's "Easter Pause" – Russian troops halt major ops, but is this a TRAP or PATH TO PEACE?
2️⃣ Zelensky's Dilemma – Extend ceasefire (and lose Western arms?) or FIGHT ON & RISK U.S. ABANDONMENT?
3️⃣ CNN Leak: Witkoff’s "Kellogg FREEZE" Plan – Backchannel talks to LOCK borders at current lines (No Crimea return!).
4️⃣ Alex Christoforou’s Intel – "Biden wants OUT before 2024 elections – even if it means SACRIFICING Ukraine."
🌐 GEOPOLITICAL EARTHQUAKE:
Moscow’s Win: Russia keeps 20% of Ukraine + Crimea forever.
Kyiv’s Nightmare: No NATO entry, no EU funds – just FROZEN CONFLICT.
U.S. Betrayal? Secret deal exposes Biden’s 2024 Exit Strategy.
📌 VIRAL HASHTAGS (20+):
#PutinCeasefire
#ZelenskyBetrayed
#KelloggFreeze
#UkraineFrozenWar
#BidenExitPlan
#CNNLeak
#TheDuranExpose
#ChristoforouIntel
#EasterTruce
#NoReturnOfCrimea
#WitkoffMission
#RussiaWins
#UkraineAbandoned
#2024ElectionDeal
#ShadowDiplomacy
#WestBackstabsKyiv
#CeasefireTrap
#WW3Dodged
#GeopoliticalQuake
#TrendingAlert
1️⃣ Putin's "Easter Pause" – Russian troops halt major ops, but is this a TRAP or PATH TO PEACE?
2️⃣ Zelensky's Dilemma – Extend ceasefire (and lose Western arms?) or FIGHT ON & RISK U.S. ABANDONMENT?
3️⃣ CNN Leak: Witkoff’s "Kellogg FREEZE" Plan – Backchannel talks to LOCK borders at current lines (No Crimea return!).
4️⃣ Alex Christoforou’s Intel – "Biden wants OUT before 2024 elections – even if it means SACRIFICING Ukraine."
🌐 GEOPOLITICAL EARTHQUAKE:
Moscow’s Win: Russia keeps 20% of Ukraine + Crimea forever.
Kyiv’s Nightmare: No NATO entry, no EU funds – just FROZEN CONFLICT.
U.S. Betrayal? Secret deal exposes Biden’s 2024 Exit Strategy.
📌 VIRAL HASHTAGS (20+):
#PutinCeasefire
#ZelenskyBetrayed
#KelloggFreeze
#UkraineFrozenWar
#BidenExitPlan
#CNNLeak
#TheDuranExpose
#ChristoforouIntel
#EasterTruce
#NoReturnOfCrimea
#WitkoffMission
#RussiaWins
#UkraineAbandoned
#2024ElectionDeal
#ShadowDiplomacy
#WestBackstabsKyiv
#CeasefireTrap
#WW3Dodged
#GeopoliticalQuake
#TrendingAlert
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00:00Over 400 people now have been arrested, 100 have been charged, some in relation to online activity, and a number of them are already in court.
00:09This is my video update on this Sunday afternoon, April the 20th, coming to you from Nicosia, Cyprus.
00:20Happy Easter to everybody that is celebrating Easter.
00:25Christos Anesti, Christos Voskres.
00:28Let's talk about some news.
00:31And let's start things off with Putin's announcement of an Easter ceasefire.
00:39A ceasefire that took effect yesterday at 6 p.m. and will last until April the 21st at midnight, about a 30-hour ceasefire.
00:54This is what Putin ordered for the Russian military, this pause in fighting.
01:02And when Putin announced this ceasefire, the Collective West media, they lost their minds.
01:13They absolutely lost their minds.
01:17What is Putin up to?
01:19What is his game?
01:21What is his angle?
01:23What kind of 5D chess is this?
01:26How dare Putin all of a sudden call a ceasefire?
01:30What's going on?
01:32That was the Collective West mainstream media yesterday when Putin announced a ceasefire.
01:38CNN, they have an article with the title,
01:40The Real Strategy Behind Russia's Sudden Truce Announcement.
01:45So in this article, CNN is trying to figure out what kind of trickery is this from Russian President Vladimir Putin.
01:54Is he trying to pull a fast one on the Ukraine military?
02:00Is he trying to win favor with U.S. President Trump?
02:05Has he run out of weapons?
02:07Has he finally run out of weapons and now he needs a 30-day pause in fighting in order to replenish the shovels and the washing machine chips?
02:18What is Putin's angle?
02:19That was what CNN was asking in this article, trying to figure out in this article.
02:27Well, I've got some thoughts as to why Putin announced a ceasefire, an Easter ceasefire.
02:38Because it's Easter?
02:42It's Easter and Putin decided to announce an Easter ceasefire.
02:47And the Russian military is in a dominant position on the front lines.
02:53And they're in a very strong position and the Ukraine military is in a very weak position.
02:59So even if the Ukraine military does not reciprocate, does not call a ceasefire,
03:07the Russian military can absorb a unilateral, let's say a unilateral pause in fighting for 30 hours.
03:15So that's why he called a ceasefire, because it's Easter.
03:21The most important day on the Christian calendar.
03:24Definitely the most important day on the Orthodox Christian calendar.
03:30So that was the big announcement from Putin.
03:35And at first, the Green Goblin, he did not like this announcement from the Russian president.
03:44This ceasefire announcement.
03:46And he said that this is some sort of trickery from Putin.
03:50And Ukraine was not going to announce a ceasefire.
03:53But then it looks like Alensky must have received a call from someone somewhere.
04:00Maybe someone in Washington.
04:04Most likely someone in London or Paris.
04:08Probably Paris.
04:10Maybe 10 Downing Street.
04:12I don't know.
04:12And they ordered Alensky to also call a ceasefire.
04:19And that is what Alensky ended up doing.
04:23So at first, he said, no ceasefire.
04:26This is some sort of Putin-Russian trickery.
04:29And then a couple of hours later, he said, OK, ceasefire for Ukraine as well.
04:34This is what Alensky said.
04:36And I quote, if Russia is now suddenly ready to really join the format of complete and unconditional
04:44ceasefire, Ukraine will act in a reciprocal way, as it will be from the Russian side.
04:51Silence in response to silence.
04:54Strikes in response to strikes.
04:56Alensky stated, adding that if the truce holds, Kiev is ready to extend it beyond the 30-hour period.
05:03So it wasn't enough for Alensky to reciprocate the ceasefire call from Russia to say, OK, we'll also call the ceasefire.
05:16Here, Alensky had to had to one up Putin in Russia because of of media optics.
05:23Right.
05:23You can't let Russia get get the better of you when it comes to to the PR media optics.
05:29So if Putin calls a ceasefire, well, OK, fine, we'll also call the ceasefire.
05:37But you know what else?
05:39We'll we'll request that the ceasefire be extended beyond April 21st.
05:46How about that, Putin?
05:48I see your ceasefire and I call an extension beyond April 21st.
05:55And what kind of extension is Alensky calling for?
05:58Unconditional ceasefire.
06:01If Russia calls a ceasefire until April 21st, well, let's extend the ceasefire.
06:08An unconditional ceasefire is what Alensky is saying.
06:12Ah, that unconditional ceasefire.
06:15So that was the statement from the Green Goblin trying to push for an unconditional ceasefire.
06:26No doubt that he got the call from from Paris or London.
06:32When he says unconditional ceasefire, that's that's Stalmer and Macron words right there.
06:39I wouldn't be surprised if this statement was written by Macron's staff and handed to Alensky, the script handed to the Green Goblin.
06:49So CNN, they are reporting on the framework, the U.S. framework to end the Ukraine war.
07:01They're they're they're providing some additional detail as to what's going on with this framework that Rubio presented to to the UK, to Germany, to France and to Ukraine and Paris last week.
07:19And CNN is reporting that the framework is indeed calling for a freeze on the front lines.
07:32Which which which would mean that.
07:39When Bloomberg reported that Russia would control the four territories.
07:50What Bloomberg was was meaning by that was the four territories.
07:57So I had I had I had some questions about Bloomberg's reporting specifically to the four territories.
08:07I wasn't quite sure if if when Bloomberg met Russia would control the four territories that would be conceded to Russia in this in this proposal framework.
08:20I wasn't sure if I wasn't sure if it meant up to the front line or if it meant the entirety of the territories as is laid out in the Russian Constitution, the entirety of Zaporozhye, Herson, Donetsk and Lugansk.
08:37Well, it looks like, according to CNN and their source, that Russia is going to control the four territories up to the current front line.
08:48In other words, we're going to have a freeze.
08:51The the collective West, the United States, Ukraine, they will concede that Russia controls the four territories up to the front line freeze.
09:02And that's going to be the the the territorial control that Bloomberg was talking about.
09:13That's what they're talking about with Moscow controlling the four territories, not the entirety of the of the territories, which is a nonstarter.
09:20If you're the the Russian Federation and President Vladimir Putin, there is no way that you can accept this because the Constitution will not allow you to accept this.
09:35What Russia called for in the June 2024 Istanbul plus terms is that the entirety of those four regions are are to become part of Russia and any Ukraine presence in those four regions would have to leave.
09:54So it looks like, according to CNN source, that that is not the case, we're talking about a hard freeze.
10:02That's what we're talking about. Freezing the front line, whatever Russia, whatever Russia has, that's what they keep, whatever they don't have, even if it is in those four territories that remains with with Ukraine.
10:18And that's that's that's the the plan that was presented to the allies and to Ukraine in Paris.
10:27And that is what, according to CNN, Kellogg is going to discuss in detail in London next week with the Europeans and with the Ukrainians.
10:38And that is what Witkoff is going to discuss in Moscow next week, because CNN also revealed that Witkoff is going to make another trip to Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
10:50This is going to be his fourth meeting with Putin and he is going to discuss the framework proposal and he is going to discuss the issue with the freeze and the four territories and try to get Putin to agree to this freeze.
11:13And to the to the to the four territories, front line demarcation, let's call it a demarcation, which Putin will not be able to agree to.
11:28He's going to tell Witkoff, no, in a diplomatic way, in a very diplomatic way, Russia is going to have to turn down this this proposal, reject the proposal, which means that this is very much.
11:43Uh, uh, uh, Kellogg, uh, ceasefire proposal.
11:49It is a hybrid between Witkoff and Kellogg, but it's absolutely leaning more towards towards Kellogg's April 2024 ceasefire plan.
12:01The Europeans will in London next week, though, they'll probably agree to to this plan, to this proposal.
12:07I imagine they'll sign up to this and, uh, and Ukraine, I would, I would say that Ukraine, even though Alensky has said, uh, many times that he will not be able to, to agree to any proposal that gives up territory.
12:24I imagine that Ukraine, given the position that they are in the desperate, uh, position they are in, they can probably be convinced to sign up to this framework.
12:35And we are getting, uh, reporting also from CNN, which says that the United States is going to absolutely pressure Ukraine to, to agree to, to this framework.
12:48Will Witkoff be able to convince the Russian president to, to not consider the entirety of the four regions as part of, as part of the Russian Federation and agree to a freeze on the current frontline?
13:04Not going to happen.
13:05Not going to happen.
13:07Here's the map that CNN had in, uh, in the article.
13:10So they're actually showing what will most likely be the, uh, the map of, uh, of the plan that they're, that they've put together and they're going to be presenting to, uh, to Russia and what they'll also be showing to the Europeans and the, the Ukrainians.
13:26So the plan also does not have any, uh, security guarantees.
13:34CNN also revealed that there will be no U.S. security guarantees.
13:38What happens with the Europeans is a whole nother story, but in this, in this framework proposal, there will be no, uh, U.S. security guarantees, uh, either.
13:52And, um, I think that's pretty much it.
13:56Um, and if this, uh, if this agreement is not, is not accepted by, by all the parties, then Trump said he is going to, to walk away.
14:10That is what Trump said.
14:11Now, what does walk away mean for the United States, for the Trump administration?
14:17Does it mean that, that he walks away and cuts off money, weapons, and intel stops providing all of these things to project Ukraine, or does it mean that he walks away and stops, stops the money, but still provides some weapons to keep the MIC happy.
14:39And still provides some intel, most likely through the Europeans in order to keep the neocons happy.
14:46I think that's most likely what we're going to see.
14:51I can see a scenario where the Europeans accept this, this proposal.
14:58I can see a scenario where the Ukrainians are also, uh, pushed into accepting this proposal.
15:05They don't really have much choice in order to the Europeans, the Europeans don't have much choice either.
15:09So I can see them getting on board with this, uh, this Kellogg-Witkoff hybrid, uh, framework.
15:16I can see Russia in a very diplomatic way, not accepting this proposal.
15:20And then the media will spin it as, as Russia does not want peace and does not agree to, to a ceasefire and says no to Trump.
15:30And, uh, and then the Trump administration can walk away and they can, they can say, you know what, we're not going to give any money to the green goblin.
15:39That's done, but, but we will allow some weapons to, to flow to Ukraine and Intel.
15:47Well, we have a partnership with Europe and, uh, whatever Intel they get from Europe.
15:51It's not, it's not our, uh, our problem and Starlink.
15:56Well, Musk can, can decide on, on Starlink.
16:00I can see something like that, uh, taking place.
16:04That being the final outcome.
16:06Let me read you what CNN actually wrote.
16:08Trump administration ready to recognize Russian control of Crimea in framework to end Ukraine war.
16:15Source says the Trump administration is ready to recognize Russian control of Crimea as part of a proposal to help end to the war with Ukraine.
16:25According to an official familiar with the framework, the proposal would also put a ceasefire in place along the front lines of the war.
16:34The source said there are still pieces of the framework to be filled out.
16:41The U S plans to work with Europe and Ukraine on that next week in London.
16:47The source said the Trump administration is simultaneously planning another meeting between president Donald Trump's middle East envoy,
16:54Steve Whitkoff and Russian officials to get Moscow and Russian officials to get Moscow on board with the overall U S framework.
17:01The source said so the key sentence in this report from CNN is the part where they say the proposal would also put a ceasefire in place along the front lines of the war.
17:15The source said a freeze is what they're talking about.
17:18The proposal calls for a freeze along the front lines, the Kellogg plan from April, from April, 20, 24.
17:26So that's everything with this proposal.
17:35We'll find out next week what happens, but I think everyone knows pretty much knows how, how this is going to play out.
17:42So, uh, let's see, Wesley Clark, he gave an interview.
17:48Remember that guy, Wesley Clark, the, the U S plan to take out, what was it?
17:53Uh, seven countries and seven years or something like that.
17:58Uh, Wesley Clark, he was a commander for NATO, wasn't he?
18:01He gave an interview and, uh, he said that the key for Russia for victory in this conflict is all about capturing Odessa.
18:14That is what he said.
18:15It's all about capturing Odessa.
18:18The capture of Odessa will be a symbol of the end of the war and a de facto victory for the Russian Federation.
18:25This is Putin's strategic goal.
18:27Clark said.
18:28There's truth to that.
18:32Absolutely.
18:33There's truth to what Clark is saying that, uh, that for Russia, it's very important, uh, strategically, obviously the black sea and all of that, but symbolically, absolutely.
18:45It's important for, uh, for many Russians, perhaps even the, the Putin administration, absolutely.
18:54The Putin administration to, to capture Odessa.
19:00But, um, when someone like Clark says something like this, here's my thinking on this statement from Clark.
19:09Everyone knows that Odessa is imported for Russia.
19:11I don't think this is a big surprise.
19:14It's a big revelation.
19:16It's not a big revelation from Clark.
19:18But when someone like Clark says this, I'm thinking that, that this is, uh, Clark.
19:27Telegraphing what NATO, uh, France, UK, the collective West is planning to do.
19:36They're planning to, to go after, uh, Odessa.
19:41They're planning to try and capture Odessa for, for the collective West.
19:47Capturing Odessa is key for them because that's perhaps the only way that they will be able to, to claim victory in this conflict is if they do manage to, to capture Odessa.
20:02So I think that there's some projection going on here.
20:07That's how I see, uh, Clark's statement.
20:10He's basically saying, you know what?
20:12We're going to make a, uh, make a play at Odessa, the collective West, the UK, France.
20:17And if we can capture Odessa, if we can take control of Odessa as NATO, then we can, we can call this whole project Ukraine thing, uh, a victory for, for NATO and for the collective West.
20:31Strategically and, and symbolically.
20:34Yeah, that's, that's what I got from, uh, Clark's statement.
20:41What else?
20:42Uh, how about we talk about Iran negotiations in Rome that, uh, took place the other day, uh, the Iranian foreign minister, Araqchi and Whitcoff, uh, good, good negotiations.
20:56Uh, once again, it was Oman, uh, that was mediating in Rome and the negotiations were positive and it looks like we're going to be moving towards, uh, towards more technical, uh, meetings.
21:12And perhaps a deal here is what Araqchi posted on X relatively positive atmosphere in Rome has enabled project progress on principles and objectives of a possible deal.
21:24We made clear how many in Iran believe that the JCPOA is no longer good enough for us to them.
21:31What is left from the deal are lessons learned personally.
21:35I tend to agree.
21:36The initiation of expert level track will begin in coming days with a view to hammer out details.
21:43After that, we will be in a better position to judge.
21:46For now, optimism may be warranted, but only with a great deal of caution.
21:51It is a pretty encouraging statement from the Iranian foreign minister.
21:59It looks like these meetings went well.
22:01The second meeting between, uh, Araqchi and Whitcoff, uh, they're finding, they're finding a way forward.
22:09And so now we're going to get into the technical meetings and who knows, maybe we have avoided, uh, a conflict between the United States and, uh, and Iran.
22:21The U S and Israel and Iran, but Reuters is reporting, not so fast, not so fast.
22:28Reuters is reporting that, uh, Israel is thinking about some sort of a limited strike on, uh, on Iranian facilities.
22:39They could not get Trump to sign up according to the New York times is reporting.
22:43I talked about this last week to, to a very big, uh, U S Israeli strike on Iranian, uh, facilities.
22:52Uh, Trump said no to that.
22:54He rejected it and he opted for diplomacy.
22:58But, uh, now we are getting reports from Reuters that Israel is thinking about a smaller scale, limited strike, uh, on Iran with no, uh, U S involvement.
23:09This is what Reuters is reporting.
23:12According to Reuters, Israeli officials are weighing a limited strike that would require minimal U S support.
23:19Unlike the larger and prolonged bombing campaign previously under consideration, West Jerusalem reportedly presented Washington with several strike options, including some with late spring and summer timelines.
23:31A senior Israeli official told the outlet that no final decision had been made.
23:35So it does look like, uh, Israel with the, the discussion about a limited strike on Iran, that they are trying to, to derail the diplomacy between the United States and Iran between, uh, Whitcoff and Araqchi.
23:53And they're probably betting that if they do initiate some sort of a limited strike on Iran, that this would inevitably, uh, pull in the United States.
24:07That's probably what's going on here.
24:11If, uh, Reuters is reporting is to be believed.
24:14So that is the situation there.
24:17And, uh, should we get to some clown worlds?
24:21Let's talk about some clown worlds and we can start things off with Fox news and, uh, Fox news.
24:40They had some, uh, some video, uh, segment of, uh, of Easter celebrations.
24:51And for some reason they were showing, uh, what was, what was going down in, uh, in Russia.
24:58I'm not sure why they had a video link of, uh, Russia celebrating the Easter services.
25:05They said, president Putin attends Easter service.
25:07So this is from Fox news.
25:08And they also had on the screen live Easter service from Kiev, Russia underneath, they have live St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican city.
25:22So they had three screens.
25:25The main one was president Putin attending Easter service.
25:30The top, the top, the top right was Easter service, Kiev, Russia.
25:37And the, the bottom right was St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican city, Kiev, Russia.
25:45Really?
25:47Okay.
25:48Fox news.
25:49Okay.
25:50If you say so, if you say so, I'm not going to argue with, uh, with Fox news there.
25:57We got some, uh, some Tik TOK, um, videos at this location, which is a good location.
26:05I guess if you're going to, if you're going to record videos, not a bad place.
26:11Beautiful church here in, uh, in Nicosia.
26:16So let's do one more clown world and we'll wrap this Easter Sunday video up and we'll talk about, uh, Joe Biden, who is, according to the New York post, he is having trouble booking speaking, uh, gigs.
26:38Yeah, I can't even, I can't even say it with a straight face.
26:45Joe Biden is having trouble booking his, uh, his speaking tour.
26:50He's asking for, for 300,000 per speech.
26:53That's his asking price.
26:55Uh, Obama, Obama's price is 400,000 per speech.
26:59And Biden is asking 300,000 per speech.
27:01And he's having a hard time booking venues for his speaking tour.
27:09Oh man.
27:12I don't know.
27:13Do I, do I need to say anything more for this clown world?
27:17Who would buy tickets to listen to Biden speak?
27:21Who would book a Biden speech at their, uh, at their location, at their venue and pay $300,000 for it?
27:32What are you paying $300,000 for?
27:36For some guy to mumble?
27:38What?
27:39Why?
27:41To yell?
27:42For some guy to whisper and then to yell?
27:45Anyway, whatever, man.
27:47Oh boy.
27:48So, uh, yeah, Biden's having a hard time 300, 300, 300 K per speech, man.
27:55All right.
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