Kyiv has just made its boldest diplomatic move of the war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on October 21 that Ukraine would accept a peace deal that freezes the fighting along the current front lines — and the Ukraine freeze front lines offer instantly became the centerpiece of a diplomatic sprint stretching from Oslo to … Read more
Vladimir Putin wants the three most powerful men on the planet in one room. On October 19, reports emerged that the Russian president has proposed a Putin Trump Xi summit next month with U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, with a possible Ukraine peace deal at the top of the agenda. It … Read more
Contents Trump Denuclearization Talks: What the President Announced Why the Timing Matters The Numbers Behind the Arsenals Why Analysts Aren’t Celebrating Yet Sources and Resources FAQs Conclusion Trump denuclearization talks with Moscow and Beijing are underway, according to the president himself. In a Newsmax interview released October 15, President Donald Trump said Washington is holding … Read more
Kyiv is furious, and for once the anger isn’t aimed at Moscow. The Starlink Ukraine throttling episode — a sudden, unexplained slowdown of the military-grade satellite service Ukraine’s troops depend on — erupted on Wednesday, October 14, on the very day Russia hammered the country’s energy grid with one of its heaviest attacks of the … Read more
A Bulgaria drone ship attack has turned a quiet stretch of the Black Sea into a rescue zone. Two cargo ships were struck by drones overnight off Bulgaria’s coast, and one of them — the Guinea-Bissau-flagged HS Dignity — went down. Eleven sailors are missing, five were pulled from the water alive, and Bulgaria’s government … Read more