“Assurances, not guarantees”: Expert warns new US-Ukraine deal doesn’t obligate allies to fight if Russia attacks again
Assurances sound like guarantees. They're not.
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Venezuela proved Trump thinks like Putin—and Europe needs new allies
Trump called Putin "genius." Then he followed the playbook.
Russia’s 2026 plan: Draft 261,000 year-round, ignore war crimes tribunals, continue war indefinitely
Putin formalizes permanent mobilization after 135,000 the fall call-up.
Zelenskyy pushes back on Trump’s Putin claims: “He doesn’t want Ukraine’s success”
Hours after Donald Trump claimed Russia wants to help rebuild Ukraine and supply it with cheap electricity, Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Fox News he doesn't trust Vladimir Putin and believes the Russian leader is simply avoiding Western pressure.
Trump built Russia a kill switch. They’re already using it.
Zelenskyy warns Russia is preparing to strike Kyiv government buildings using the fabricated "attack on Putin's residence" as pretext. The same playbook Russia used in September.
Putin reviewed all 20 points of peace plan with Trump, Zelenskyy confirms
After weeks of dismissing the proposal, Putin reviewed it with Trump. Zelenskyy's response: words must match actions.
“One of the stupidest things he’s ever said”: Trump faces blacklash for claiming “Russia wants Ukraine succeed”
Zelenskyy raised eyebrows, smiled: His viral reaction said it all.
Zelenskyy: Ukraine may enter into talks with Russia in January
Ukraine is coordinating a "coalition of the resolute" meeting in Paris for early January while simultaneously preparing for talks with Trump and European leaders—all before any potential dialogue with Russia
Why Russia’s war machine may have peaked: new ISW assessment says Moscow can’t build momentum due to lack of reserves
With no extra troops to shift across sectors, Russia keeps trading one front for another, exposing dangerous vulnerabilities.
Putin tells Russian businessmen he wants all of Donbas but may swap other captured territories
Russia may be willing to trade some captured Ukrainian territory but not Donbas, President Vladimir Putin told business leaders this week
US senators condemn Russia’s Christmas strikes that killed civilians across seven Ukrainian cities, despite Zelenskyy’s ceasefire proposal
Even World War I had Christmas truces. In 2025, Russia refused.
“Propaganda is ready”: Russia may be preparing escalation on NATO’s eastern flank with checkpoints and control in 2026, says expert
Expert says Russia may seize Suwałki Corridor in 2026 to blackmail the Alliance.
Putin clings to phantom victories as generals feed him battlefield fiction, FT says
Western officials believe flawed battlefield briefings have convinced Russia’s president he can win outright, causing him to reject seemingly favorable peace terms offered by Donald Trump.
If China invades Taiwan, it may push its “junior partner” into attack on Europe, says Rutte
The US won't abandon Europe, he insists.
Russia spends $2.7 billion weekly on war against Ukraine, total war costs exceed $195 billion in 2025
Russia's military spending this year is 20% higher than planned.
Ukrainians forced to kill Ukrainians: Russia makes occupied Ukrainians choose between debt and killing their own people
Moscow's Donbas strategy: turn Ukrainians into soldiers, send them to the front line.
Putin said “no more wars if you respect us.” Criminologists have a name for this formula.
Criminologists call it "neutralization." Hitler used it at the Reichstag in 1939. We caught Putin using it in 2015. He's still at it.
Putin and Gerasimov inflate battlefield wins, but ISW data exposes the gap
ISW says Gerasimov claimed 50% of Kostyantynivka; verified data shows 1.6%.
Putin confirms Russia still wants all of Ukraine and won’t be satisfied with US-proposed peace plan, ISW says
He again referred to wide areas of Ukraine as “historically Russian,” including territories not currently under Russian occupation.
Erdoğan asks Putin to take back Russian S-400 SAM systems in move to win Trump’s favor
Ankara hopes returning the anti-air system will reset ties with Washington and lift US sanctions on its defense sector, per Bloomberg.