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West is playing Russian Nuclear roulette

9:58 02.11.2025

West is playing Russian Nuclear roulette

The Pentagon has given the White House the green light to provide Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk missiles after assessing that it would not negatively impact US stockpiles, leaving the final political decision in President Donald Trump’s hands, according to three US and European officials familiar with the matter, CNN reports. …

View from London: New oil sanctions will not stop Russia

11:41 01.11.2025

View from London: New oil sanctions will not stop Russia

Russia has long been preparing for any kind of pressure and has grown adept at evading sanctions, including those targeting its oil sector, UnHerd stresses. After months of threats, the Trump administration imposed new sanctions on Russia over its ongoing war in Ukraine, targeting Rosneft and Lukoil, the country’s two …

Bloomberg: Europe never recovered from the fall of the Berlin wall

11:40 01.11.2025

Bloomberg: Europe never recovered from the fall of the Berlin wall

The high point of 1989 kickstarted a prolonged crisis that left the continent vulnerable to Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin – the fall of the Berlin Wall was a moment of triumph but also of catharsis, an outpouring of pent-up energy that signified a break with the past but failed …

FP: Why there’s no easy button to end the Russia-Ukraine war

11:39 01.11.2025

FP: Why there’s no easy button to end the Russia-Ukraine war

Economic carrots and sanctions aren’t powerful enough to compensate Russia for giving up its maximalist aims, ‘Foreign Policy’ stresses. U.S. President Donald Trump wants a quick resolution to the war in Ukraine. But that goal has proved elusive and is likely to remain so, in part because of how highly …

The autumn of Trump's discontent – Pentagon readying thousands of Guard ‘reaction forces’ as U.S. mission widens

11:35 01.11.2025

The autumn of Trump's discontent – Pentagon readying thousands of Guard ‘reaction forces’ as U.S. mission widens

Up to 23,500 service members are being readied and trained for civil unrest missions in U.S. cities, ‘The Washington Post’ reports. The Pentagon has ordered thousands of specialized National Guard personnel to complete civil unrest mission training over the next several months, an indication that the Trump administration’s effort to …

President Xi Jinping meets with U.S. President Donald J. Trump in Busan

11:45 31.10.2025

President Xi Jinping meets with U.S. President Donald J. Trump in Busan

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping wrapped up their highly-anticipated summit after around an hour and a half on Thursday, concluding talks they hoped would quell an expansive trade fight that has shaken global markets, Bloomberg reports. Xi and Trump could be seen shaking hands at the end of the talks …

View from London: “Kyiv won’t last till spring”

11:44 31.10.2025

View from London: “Kyiv won’t last till spring”

For all the EU’s rousing words, there just isn’t the money or the will to keep defending Ukraine, Roger Boyes, ‘The Times’ observer notes. The money to keep Ukraine armed, healthy and warm is drying up. The western will to support the war is evaporating. The defence of an independent …

Trump threatens to resume Nuclear weapons testing

11:41 31.10.2025

Trump threatens to resume Nuclear weapons testing

In the middle of a high-stakes diplomatic tour of Asia, President Trump threatened on social media to resume nuclear testing for the first time in more than 30 years. He made the threat just minutes before he was scheduled to meet President Xi Jinping of China, who is overseeing one …

After ‘Burevestnik’ missile the world press is feverishly reporting on an even more powerful Russian weapon – ‘Poseidon’

11:38 31.10.2025

After ‘Burevestnik’ missile the world press is feverishly reporting on an even more powerful Russian weapon – ‘Poseidon’

Putin announces test of tsunami-making Nuclear weapon, ‘The New York Times’ reports. Vladimir V. Putin, the Russian president, said on Wednesday that Russia had successfully tested a nuclear-powered drone considered a superweapon, days after he announced the trial of a nuclear-capable missile. Poseidon, the unmanned underwater drone, is one of …

Reuters: Russia prepares to take strategic city of Pokrovsk

11:34 30.10.2025

Reuters: Russia prepares to take strategic city of Pokrovsk

Russian forces are close to taking the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk after a pincer movement almost totally encircled it while small groups of highly mobile Russian units penetrated the city, according to Russian military bloggers, Reuters writes. What is Pokrovsk? Pokrovsk is a road and rail hub in Ukraine's …

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