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Trump's Ukraine-Russia peace gambit begins to unravel. Again

Trump's Ukraine-Russia peace gambit begins to unravel. Again U.S. President Donald Trump's latest push for peace between Ukraine and Russia is facing growing uncertainty, with few in Kyiv believing it can deliver a breakthrough — or even bring the three sides together for talks, the Kyiv Independent can reveal. The latest effort began in early September, when Trump's envoys traveled to Kyiv and Moscow seeking…

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What does Russia's rising military budget say about its plans for the war?

What does Russia's rising military budget say about its plans for the war? The Russian government began the month by submitting a three-year budget plan to parliament, proposing yet another increase in funding for its war against Ukraine. On the surface, the planned increase looks substantial. Russia's overall military budget is set to rise to around 17 trillion rubles (approximately $200 billion) in 2027, up from…

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Luke Harding's 'Betrayal' charts the collapse of the rules-based order —

Luke Harding's 'Betrayal' charts the collapse of the rules-based order — and who is to blame Luke Harding’s “Betrayal” begins with a turning point in the full-scale war: North Korean soldiers getting ready to join the biggest land war in Europe since 1945. It is just one more sign of a world reverting to Great Power politics, where millions of people are left hostage to a system that should have died with the last…

Ukraine 268 views 16d ago

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Kyiv now feels like a front-line city — but its resolve is holding, for

Kyiv now feels like a front-line city — but its resolve is holding, for now For much of Russia’s full-scale war, massive attacks on Kyiv came mainly at night, but that fragile division between wartime nights and relatively normal days is now disappearing. Russia has increasingly launched jet-powered attack drones toward the capital around the clock, bringing air raid alerts, air defense fire, and explosions into the…

Conflict 475 views 17d ago

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Washington should pay attention to Ukraine's new robotic

Washington should pay attention to Ukraine's new robotic counteroffensive "Imagine heavy drones flying 15 to 20 kilometers (approximately 9.3 to 12.4 miles) deep into enemy rear positions and then deploying unmanned ground vehicles, or UGVs (unmanned ground vehicles), essentially robots, that drive even deeper into the rear," writes Kateryna Lisunova, Ukrainian journalist, in her op-ed. "It sounds like science…

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