Trump renews sanctions threat against Russia over slow progress toward peace – POLITICO
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy earlier Friday accused Moscow of dragging out peace talks in a bid to hold…
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 22, 2025
Grace Mappes, Daria Novikov, Olivia Gibson, Justin Young, Anna Harvey, and Kateryna Stepanenko with Nate Trotter August…
Trump’s peace bid flops as Kremlin says no plans for Putin-Zelenskyy summit – POLITICO
He sowed further doubt Friday, claiming that Zelenskyy was the one not willing to negotiate by refusing to…
Trump ‘very angry’ at Ukraine hitting Russian pipeline feeding Orbán – POLITICO
In his note, Orbán wrote that “just before the historic meeting between President Trump and [Russian President Vladimir]…
Without the US military, Ukraine security guarantees may do little to deter Russia
As Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy came out of talks in Washington this week, photos captured him smiling alongside…
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 21, 2025
Olivia Gibson, Daria Novikov, Jessica Sobieski, Justin Young, Jennie Olmsted, Karolina Hird and Frederick…
Ukrainian strikes on Russian pipeline risk entangling EU
“The Druzhba oil pipeline is taking a rest,” boasted Major Robert “Madyar” Brovdi, commander of Ukraine’s drone forces,…
The West can disrupt Putin’s long game in Ukraine – POLITICO
This isn’t the war Russia had planned, but it’s the war it has learned to fight: one of…
The 3 countries preparing for Putin invasion for when Ukraine war ends | World | News
A Baltic state on the border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad has set out plans to defend…
Donald Tusk trashes Budapest as possible Ukraine talks venue – POLITICO
But Hungary would be an uneasy venue for Ukraine. The 1994 memorandum, signed there by the U.S., U.K.,…