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Putin Demands Elections—Then Rejects the Ceasefire
I examine the sharp contrast between Zelensky’s offer to hold elections under a 60-day ceasefire and the Kremlin’s refusal—paired with Dmitry Peskov’…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
Trump Threatens to Cut Ukraine’s Weapons AND Intelligence.
I examine reports from the Financial Times, the Kyiv Independent, The Economist, The Telegraph, and Bloomberg that the Trump administration has threa…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
It was A DIFFERENT NIGHT for Ukrainian Strikes
I examine a night in which reported Ukrainian long-range drone activity disrupted Moscow-area aviation while Kyiv appeared to avoid Russian oil refin…
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Putin’s Economy Is Sinking—Then Trump Steps In
I examine the reported Trump-Putin diesel arrangement against the backdrop of Ukraine’s long-range campaign against Russian refining. Ukrainian offic…
2 weeks, 2 days ago
The War in Ukraine Has Changed—Here’s the Big Picture
We take a macro look at the pressure points shaping Ukraine’s war: Russia’s apparent focus on electricity transmission, the Dnipro crossings that con…
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Trump Announces a Ceasefire—Zelenskyy Had No Idea
FACT CHECK: I examine President Trump’s Truth Social declaration of an immediate Russia-Ukraine energy ceasefire—and the central problem with it: Ukr…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
Trump Makes a Deal With Putin—Then His Own Side Pushes Back
I examine the backlash to Donald Trump’s reported agreement with Vladimir Putin to temporarily ease sanctions on Russian diesel exports—an amount des…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
3rd Data Center Struck--It is a Trend Now
I examine reports that Ukrainian FP-1 drones struck a third Yandex data center in four days, this time in Vladimir, and the strategic consequences if…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
Trump’s Russian Diesel Deal Has a BIG Problem
FACT CHECK: I examine Trump’s claimed diesel arrangement with Vladimir Putin: more than 300,000 tons released immediately, followed by additional vol…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
Trump Calls for a New President in Ukraine
BREAKING NEWS: TRUMP: UKRAINE NEEDS NEW PRESIDENT. I examine Donald Trump’s statement that Ukraine should get “a new president” after Volodymyr Zelen…
2 weeks, 4 days ago