Ukraine News
Trump allies give Europe’s leaders reality check on Ukraine
At a meeting in Davos, NATO allies faced pushback on the idea of extending membership of the alliance to embattled Ukraine.
4 min read23 Jan 2025Trump’s Ukraine envoy has a hard climb to any peace deal
Retired General Keith Kellogg has a plan for ending the war, but the president will control the talks.
5 min read22 Jan 2025Putin’s torturers couldn’t break these Ukrainian prisoners
Former POWs detail cruel methods, including beatings and electric shocks from a field telephone known as ‘a call to Putin.’
9 min read21 Jan 2025What North Korea gains by sending troops to fight for Russia
Resources, technology, experience and a blood-soaked IOU
4 min read20 Jan 2025War in Ukraine may only intensify under Trump, says Dmytro Kuleba
The country’s former foreign minister explains the powderkeg that is three leaders in a cannot-lose standoff
4 min read19 Jan 2025Trump can make Russia pay to rebuild Ukraine
The West has frozen $300 billion of Moscow’s assets, but Europe has stood in the way of using them.
3 min read17 Jan 2025North Korean troops become cannon fodder for Russia
A chance for Ukraine and Trump to set Putin back and drive a wedge between Pyongyang and Moscow.
3 min read15 Jan 2025From very likely to less likely, brace for a grab-bag of trends in 2025
The big political shift in the US will be watched keenly, where a Trump-Musk fallout looks likely, while other parts of the world, like West Asia, will be tracked too. In business, AI and stablecoins may have the spotlight.
4 min read13 Jan 2025Diary of a dead North Korean soldier reveals grisly battlefield tactics
The troops are exposed, green, loyal—and dying by the thousands in front-line combat against Ukraine.
6 min read11 Jan 2025Kremlin-occupied Ukraine is now a totalitarian hell
The Trump administration should remember Vladimir Putin’s dark vision
4 min read10 Jan 2025Popular Topics
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