The war between Russia and Ukraine is still underway. Russia held what the West is calling a sham referendum annexing chunks of the Donbas and some of the contiguous areas.

Today I spoke with President Zelenskyy to underscore that the U.S. will never recognize Russia’s purported annexation of Ukrainian territory.

I reaffirmed my commitment to continue supporting Ukraine, including through today’s new $625 million security assistance package. pic.twitter.com/0ZP2uopn4n

— President Biden (@POTUS) October 4, 2022

Canada & our allies stand united in refusing to recognize Russia’s fake, false and sham-like referenda in Ukraine. I rose in the House of Commons to condemn Russia and support Ukraine. You can watch my full speech below. https://t.co/ZyoRsVBkat

— Rob Oliphant (@Rob_Oliphant) October 4, 2022

“Over the past two decades, it is Russia that has invaded neighboring countries; interfered in other countries’ elections; used chemical weapons to attempt to assassinate opponents of the government, and done so on foreign soil.” U.S. Department of State Secretary Blinken pic.twitter.com/tsoruv1Y8y

— USEmbassyTirana (@USEmbassyTirana) January 11, 2022

I couldn’t have said it better than @SecBlinken: Putin’s “elections” in eastern Ukraine are a complete sham.

America continues to stand with the Ukrainian people – and we will never recognize Ukrainian territory as anything other than part of Ukraine. https://t.co/RBCs38HsV9

— Rep. Adam Smith (@RepAdamSmith) September 27, 2022

In recent days, the Ukrainian military has been on the offensive and is getting deeper and deeper into territory that had been seized previously by the Russians.

CNN: A startling development. Ukraine’s retaken ~1/4 of Kherson region. Russia’s now in retreat on 2 fronts. This is exceptionally damaging for Russia. They’re going thru the charade of rubber-stamping annexation of territory that’s falling back into Ukraine’s hands hour by hour. pic.twitter.com/vcplXT06vc

— 🇺🇦Paula Chertok🗽🇺🇦 (@PaulaChertok) October 4, 2022

There is battlefield momentum behind the Ukrainians right now, and the U.S. government is sending more military assistance.

Today the US authorized $625 million in new military assistance to Ukraine. This will bring total U.S military assistance for Ukraine to more than $16.8 billion since Russia launched its assault against Ukraine on February 24.

— Franz-Stefan Gady (@HoansSolo) October 4, 2022

Meanwhile, Elon Musk tweeted a peace plan.

Twitter Storm: @elonmusk Proposes #Peace Plan for #Ukraine-Russia Conflict
By @andrewliberty23 https://t.co/uFSavIZ0QL via @epochtimes

— Emel Akan (@mlakan) October 4, 2022

Reporter: “Is the admin concerned that @elonmusk is spreading Russian propaganda?”

Jean-Pierre: “Could you be more specific?”

Reporter: “This weekend, he put out this whole peace plan…” pic.twitter.com/2bugq8DV2s

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) October 4, 2022

If they break through to the Donbas region, you’re looking at a 20 to 30% chance of a tactical nuclear weapon being used.

According to a report in The New York Post, Russian President Vladimir Putin is preparing a series of nuclear weapons tests near the Ukrainian border; the Kremlin is planning to test so-called “doomsday” Poseidon nuclear torpedo drones, NYP adds. https://t.co/VYqo18Qojl

— NewsRadio WHAM 1180 (@WHAM1180) October 4, 2022

Biden went from “build back better”
to

“Go broke gassing up your car and hope Moscow doesn’t fire nukes at us”

Real fast

— Buck Sexton (@BuckSexton) March 25, 2022

General David Petraeus previewed what he sees as the U.S. response with NATO to Russia going nuclear.

Russian President Vladimir Putin faces an “irreversible” situation amid the country’s land grab in Ukraine, retired Army general and former CIA chief David Petraeus tells @JonKarl.

“He is losing.” https://t.co/8YXfmb08Zn pic.twitter.com/nF2UmvkgPo

— ABC News (@ABC) October 3, 2022

What does the former general and CIA director think the Russian response to that would be, exactly?