The War in Ukraine Has Changed—Here’s the Big Picture
We take a macro look at the pressure points shaping Ukraine’s war: Russia’s apparent focus on electricity transmission, the Dnipro crossings that connect Kyiv and the eastern battlefield, and the defe...
11 Okt 29min
Trump Announces a Ceasefire—Zelenskyy Had No Idea
FACT CHECK: I examine President Trump’s Truth Social declaration of an immediate Russia-Ukraine energy ceasefire—and the central problem with it: Ukraine said it had not been informed, Russia offered ...
11 Okt 12min
Trump Makes a Deal With Putin—Then His Own Side Pushes Back
I examine the backlash to Donald Trump’s reported agreement with Vladimir Putin to temporarily ease sanctions on Russian diesel exports—an amount described as roughly a week or less of U.S. diesel nee...
11 Okt 16min
3rd Data Center Struck--It is a Trend Now
I examine reports that Ukrainian FP-1 drones struck a third Yandex data center in four days, this time in Vladimir, and the strategic consequences if Russia’s largest digital-services ecosystem is los...
11 Okt 15min
Trump’s Russian Diesel Deal Has a BIG Problem
FACT CHECK: I examine Trump’s claimed diesel arrangement with Vladimir Putin: more than 300,000 tons released immediately, followed by additional volumes for the global market. The moral stakes are gr...
10 Okt 14min
Trump Calls for a New President in Ukraine
BREAKING NEWS: TRUMP: UKRAINE NEEDS NEW PRESIDENT. I examine Donald Trump’s statement that Ukraine should get “a new president” after Volodymyr Zelensky criticized the reported U.S.-Russia diesel arra...
10 Okt 19min
Trump Lifted Sanctions; Zelensky Imposed UKRAINIAN Sanctions
I examine the reported Ukrainian drone strikes on two critical Russian oil-logistics targets: the NZNP Rostovsky oil-products export terminal in Rostov-on-Don and the Transneft-linked pumping and stor...
10 Okt 16min
Trump Lifts Sanctions on Russian Diesel—But There’s a Catch
Donald Trump says Russia will supply diesel to U.S. and global markets following a discussion with Vladimir Putin, raising immediate questions about sanctions enforcement, Russian refinery capacity, a...
9 Okt 22min
