Link At least 15 people were killed and more than 50 injured after Russia launched a large-scale overnight missile and drone attack on Kyiv and the surrounding Kyiv Oblast, causing widespread destruction, major fires, and extensive rescue operations. The heaviest losses were recorded in Brovary district, where nine people were killed. Four more civilians died […]
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It seems quite sensible that a parallel shipping economy would be created. Nations still need the oil. Just because Europe would rather shrivel up and blow away, while becoming ever more dependent on the US and it’s costly LNG. Opting to take their own people down in the process, doesn’t mean other nations are as […]
It certainly looks like Russia is slowly cutting the Ukraine off from their Black Sea access– Once entirely landlocked, I’d expect it will be broken up.. As other nations take back their former lands. Yes, this will take years, but, it’s looking more and more plausible RT A key bridge serving as a strategic link […]
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Poland, Ukraine, Russia… Odessa
Odd the wording in this article- Maritime Executive Russia’s ministry of defense claims that its forces have struck two more ships near the port of Odesa, along with shoreside infrastructure. As the ministry often does, it claimed that the vessels were carrying arms for Ukraine’s military. Ukraine’s shipping corridor almost certainly serves the transport of […]
What else is going on in other locations? Cause Iran is not the only conflict that needs watching. More interesting reads below: Russia warns coalition of willing forces in Ukraine would be ‘legitimate military targets’ Russia on Tuesday warned that the military contingents from the so-called “coalition of the willing” in Ukraine would be “legitimate […]
Russia has been working on ways to get around this obstacle Link In recent days, Ukrainian Armed Forces have damaged three key bridges at land entry points into Russian-occupied Crimea. In the early hours of June 11, Ukraine’s Defense Forces conducted an airstrike on the bridge spanning the Crimea Canal in Armyansk, currently under Russian […]
The proposal was, in my opinion, a public relations stunt. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy proposed deeper peace talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a combative open letter on Thursday Mr. Zelenskyy floated direct negotiations hosted by Switzerland, Turkey or “countries of the Arab world,” adding that talks could not take place in Moscow or […]
*America’s LNG Boom– China enters the crisis from a greater energy resilience position *Oil Prices fall on hope for US Iran Ceasefire We wonder why it is we are unhealthy? Our fertilizer is derived from gas (Thinking about Gary, here) The war in Iran has done more than disrupt global hydrocarbon markets—it has quietly set […]
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Ukraine Is Losing the War
Interesting piece from Foreign Affairs with a surprising title to boot! Some excerpts included below; Russia controls a large swath of Ukrainian territory, and Kyiv has little chance of dislodging it, as Ukraine’s failed counteroffensive in 2023 demonstrated. To be sure, recent Russian gains have come very slowly and at significant cost; over the last […]
Responsible Statecraft Just some food for thought. For weeks the question animating the Washington D.C. commentariat has been this: When will President Donald Trump make good on his threat and launch a second round of airstrikes on Iran? So far at least, the answer is “not yet.” Many explanations for Trump’s surprising (but very welcome) […]