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North Korea
Trump Slaps Tariffs on Australia’s Remote Penguin-Filled Islands
The Heard and McDonald Islands are an Australian possession, which is also facing the same new US 10% tariffs as Canberra.
April 3, 2025
Ukraine
Bessent Says Ukrainian Delegation Soon in US to Sign Resources Deal
The US treasury secretary also claimed that the deal “is the exact same deal” despite it being different from earlier draft agreements.
April 3, 2025
Ukraine
Despite US Sanctions, Putin’s Envoy Lands in Washington for High-Level Meeting
Dmitriev’s visit to the US is the first by a senior Russian official since travel sanctions were imposed after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
April 3, 2025
Ukraine
Russia Left Off Trump’s Tariff List as Sanctions ‘Preclude Any Meaningful Trade’ – White House
Ukraine faces a new 10% “base” tariff on its goods.
April 3, 2025
Ukraine
OPINION: Chaos Man
Trump delights in trampling international laws and ignoring economic or political agreements without concern for commitments or consequences.
April 2, 2025
US
US National Security Advisor Waltz Reportedly Uses Personal Email for Sensitive Work Against Protocols – Media
The latest revelation once again put the security practices of top US security officials into question following the Signal scandal.
April 2, 2025
Ukraine
Washington Might Step Up Pressure on Kyiv, Moscow to Try End War – Officials
Unnamed US officials said Washington’s anger has shifted from Kyiv to Moscow in recent weeks, and it’s eyeing additional measures to begin pressuring Moscow.
April 2, 2025
Putin
Putin Sends Envoy to Washington as Trump Pressures Kremlin Over Ceasefire Delay
Kirill Dmitriev’s visit to the United States will be the first by a senior Russian official since travel sanctions were imposed after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022.
April 2, 2025
Ukraine
Zelensky: Future American Arms Transfers to Ukraine Will Be Only for Cash
US arms to Ukraine are still arriving but the pipeline looks like it will go empty soon. A few made-in-USA weapons are badly needed for Ukraine’s war effort, but mostly there are alternates.
March 31, 2025
Ukraine
Not LOL but LMAO – Ukrainian Internet Rips Into Trump Admin Signal Message Gaffe
Wartime Ukraine says Signal is a fine messaging platform if you know how to use it and that Matt Waltz’s bomb-the-Houthis chat group was a bunch of noobies.
March 27, 2025
Ukraine
Ukraine Peace Talks – Trump Blew a Winning Hand
In Moscow I think there is disbelief, joy even, at how amateurish the US negotiation is.
March 27, 2025
War in Ukraine
Trump Administration’s Ideological War With Europe
Perhaps the most shocking shift has been on Russia and Ukraine
March 26, 2025
Security
‘I Share Your Loathing of European Freeloading’ – Details Emerge of US Security Text Breach; Emojis From Moscow
The classified Signal chat the Trump team sloppily sent to the press included slamming Europe as “freeloaders”; Witkoff was receiving the top-secret messages during a meeting at the Kremlin.
March 26, 2025
War in Ukraine
‘They Have Been Left to Die Out’: Yale Lab Tracking Ukrainian Children to Shut Down by Friday, If Not Saved
It’s not too late for the program to be saved, a former official said of the unit.
March 25, 2025
Security
‘This Is Going to Require Some Explaining’ – Trump Team Mistakenly Sends War Plans to Journalist
National Security Adviser includes editor of ‘The Atlantic’ in a group Signal chat, planning a bombing of Yemen. Russia has tried to hack the same type of encrypted texts between Ukrainian officials.
March 25, 2025
Zelensky
Senior UK Military Officials Label Starmer’s Ukraine Peacekeeping Plan ‘Political Theater’
Discussions on forming an international peacekeeping force have been complicated by the fact that “no one knows what the mission is,” The Telegraph reports.
March 24, 2025