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Russia
OPINION: Witkoff’s Latest Mission to Moscow: Rewarding Russian Aggression Won’t Bring Peace
Putin wants Ukraine’s surrender, not peace. Trump seems ready to accommodate him.
Dec. 2, 2025
War in Ukraine
Russia Starts Mounting Air-to-Air Missiles on Shahed Drones, Say Analysts
Russia likely intends to use the missiles to attack planes and helicopters hunting unmanned aircraft such as the Shahed.
Dec. 2, 2025
Russia
Huge Fire in Russia’s Oryol Region After Suspected Drone Strike on Refinery
A suspected Ukrainian drone strike ignited a major fire in Livny, Oryol region, likely hitting a refinery as Russian authorities report new attacks on energy facilities.
Dec. 2, 2025
Ukraine
Rubio Calls German Counterpart as Merz Rejects ‘Dictated Peace’ for Ukraine
German pushback on “dictated peace” comes as Marco Rubio ducks NATO’s gathering of foreign ministers, sending Deputy Secretary Christopher Landau to Brussels instead.
Dec. 2, 2025
Energy
Pacific Island Enables Sanctions-Busting Russian ‘Shadow Fleets’
Without ever setting foot in the palm-fringed micro-state, foreign ship owners can pay Maritime Cook Islands to sail under its star-studded flag.
Dec. 2, 2025
War in Ukraine
Driver in Canada Who Hit Ukrainian 7-Year-Old With Car Sentenced to a Year
The child was a refugee whose family had moved to Montreal in 2022 to escape the unprovoked Russian invasion of their homeland. Canadians grieved her en masse.
Dec. 2, 2025
Ukraine
Two-Track War: As Zelensky Hunts for Guarantees, Trump’s Fixer Lands in Moscow to ‘Waste Time,’ Analysts Say
European capitals fear the Witkoff-Putin meeting is less about peace and more about locking the US into a diplomatic holding pattern. Analysts warn the envoy is being played.
Dec. 2, 2025
White House
Witkoff ‘On His Way’ to Moscow, White House Says
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that the US administration is “very optimistic” that Trump’s envoy will reach a deal with Putin to end Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Dec. 1, 2025
Belarus
EU to Sanction Belarus Over Smuggler Balloon Violations of Lithuanian Airspace
President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen described the balloon incursions as “hybrid attacks” after meeting with the Lithuanian president on Monday.
Dec. 1, 2025
Ukraine
Ukraine Pushes for Deeper Defense Integration at EU Brussels Meeting
At a high-level EU meeting in Brussels, Ukraine pressed for deeper industrial integration, expanded air-defense support and a funding mechanism based on frozen Russian assets.
Dec. 1, 2025
Zelensky
Zelensky Says ‘War Must End as Soon as Possible’ After Macron Meeting, Miami Talks
Zelensky met France’s Macron in Paris as Kyiv sought to secure European backing for a US-supported peace plan that some EU states fear could force excessive concessions to Russia.
Dec. 1, 2025
Europe
BBC Probe Finds Possible Chemical Weapon Use in Georgia Protests
Georgian riot police may have used “camite,” a WWI-era chemical, against Tbilisi protesters last winter, with hundreds reporting prolonged symptoms beyond typical crowd-control effects.
Dec. 1, 2025
Europe
Ireland to Host Zelensky for First Official Visit and Economic Forum
The Ukrainian president will make his first official visit to Ireland on Dec. 2, holding talks with PM Micháel Martin, addressing the parliament, and opening the Ireland-Ukraine Economic Forum.
Dec. 1, 2025
Culture
OPINION: In Memoriam: Tom Stoppard, Playwright, Human Rights Champion – a Personal Tribute
I was fortunate to have known Stoppard in the 1970s when he was active defending Soviet dissidents, political prisoners, and victims of political abuse of psychiatry, including Ukrainian ones.
Dec. 1, 2025
Putin
Kremlin Says Putin to Meet US Envoy Witkoff Tuesday Afternoon
The pair will meet after American and Ukrainian officials held negotiations on a US plan that Washington wants to be a basis to end fighting between Moscow and Kyiv.
Dec. 1, 2025
Europe
Ukraine’s Zelensky in Paris Seeking Support as Trump Pushes Plan
The diplomatic flurry after nearly four years of war comes as Kyiv battles military pressure and reels from a domestic corruption scandal that forced Zelensky to remove his close aide.
Dec. 1, 2025
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