World
World Briefing: February 6, 2025
The world in focus, as seen by Canadian leading global affairs analyst Michael Bociurkiw in a quick review of the biggest news in international media today.
Feb. 7, 2025
Russia
‘Weaponization and Abuses’– Trump Administration Scraps Foreign Influence Task Force
New US Attorney General says she will dismantle units designed to enforce sanctions on Russians, catch criminal foreign agents in the US, and lay groundwork for what Trump called the “Russia hoax.”
Feb. 7, 2025
Europe
US Spy Planes Flew Over Black Sea Just Before Ukraine Hit Russian Airbase
Ukrainian and Russian sources confirm a wave of robot planes pounded a Russian military airfield. Flight tracking data points to a US Air Force recon op hours before the drones hit.
Feb. 6, 2025
Kyiv Says Captured 909 Russian Troops Over Kursk Operation
Kyiv says a key goal of its struggling operation – the largest by a foreign army on Russian soil since World War II – was to build up reserves of Russian soldiers to exchange for Ukrainian POWs.
Feb. 6, 2025
War in Ukraine
Slovaks Get Russian Gas Via Turkey
Ukraine, battling a Russian invasion since February 2022, stopped supplies to the West at the beginning of the year, dealing a blow to the heavily dependent Slovakia.
Feb. 6, 2025
Russia
Scorched Earth as a Cover for Pillaging Ukraine’s Donbas Resources
As Russian settlers replace the local inhabitants, the last remaining industrial resources in occupied Ukraine are being drained to fuel Russia’s war machine against Ukraine.
Feb. 6, 2025
US
Trump’s Transactionality Is Both Threat and Opportunity
In this current world, menaced by resurgent imperialism, we must use the transactional approach by which Trump deals with geopolitical quandaries to our advantage.
Feb. 6, 2025
NATO
OPINION: Urgent: Strengthen European Defense Capabilities Now!
A changed Washington is firing warning shots at Europe. The survival of the EU and NATO will depend on how Europeans respond and adapt.
Feb. 6, 2025
Russia
Denmark Steps Up Checks Tracking Russia’s ‘Shadow Fleet’
Several undersea telecom and power cables have been severed in the Baltic Sea in recent months, with experts accusing Russia of orchestrating a hybrid war against Western countries supporting Ukraine.
Feb. 6, 2025
Belarus
Belarus Moves to Limit Public Signs in English to ‘Protect Patriotism’
Belarus could restrict signs in English and other foreign languages as part of a move to protect the “national cultural space” and shape “patriotic attitudes.”
Feb. 6, 2025
US
OPINION: Trump Is Doing Exactly What He Promised
Why did folks expect something different?
Feb. 6, 2025
Asia
Lured by Higher Salaries, Migrants From Post-Soviet Asian Countries Work in Occupied Eastern Ukraine
Russia assists the migration of workers from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan – but some workers are then forced to fight at the front line of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Feb. 6, 2025
US
‘Time to Find a New Line of Work’ – CIA Sends Employees Offers to Resign as Trump Purges Federal Staff
As part of the new US administration’s “house-cleaning” operations, intelligence officials were told they could receive eight months of pay if they quit.
Feb. 6, 2025
Top News
Ukraine’s ‘Burya’ Remote Grenade Launcher Turret Enters Serial Production
The company manufacturing the turrets said frontline troops praised them for their accuracy, with two batches of unspecified numbers already delivered for combat use.
Feb. 5, 2025
Russian Sabotage in Norway ‘Likely’ in 2025: Norway Intelligence
NATO countries on the Baltic Sea met in Helsinki last month, looking to boost security following the suspected sabotage of undersea cables, widely blamed on Russia.
Feb. 5, 2025
NATO
Russia Behind Nationwide Blitz on Automobiles in Germany
Almost 300 cars were vandalized across Germany in a concerted campaign that was orchestrated by Russian-backed provocateurs according to Der Spiegel.
Feb. 5, 2025
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