Uncle Sam Does UkraineMike Whitney
The Ukrainian president said that during his first call with Trump he underlined the need for a ceasefire and sanctions on Russia as well as the importance of Kyiv's allies not reaching agreements with Russia without Ukraine. "I am very focused, it is a challenging ...
They have taken advantage of the current Russia-Ukraineconflict to weaken Russia so that Russia is no longer a source of anxiety or a long-term threat. We also know, as US senators have said themselves, that in any military conflict, the US army forces have a lot to gain through offering...
A sudden uprising in Russia was over too fast to have any immediate impact on the war in Ukraine, but it exposed a fragility in Moscow that Kyiv will seek to exploit, experts have said. They noted that the rebellion itself, by the head of a mercenary group, was actually a by-product ...
"The implicit message to the U.S., the EU, and the G7 is that they now will have to reap what they have sown; if prices spike because of EU sanctions and the price cap on Russia, OPEC+ is not poised to move quickly to resolve the production shortfall," Raad Alkadiri of the Eura...
“I want that bloodshed to stop,” the president said, adding his view that Ukraine would likely have to forfeit its aspirations to join NATO, seen by Putin as a threat. “It’s too early to say what’s going to happen,” Trump said. The Hill: Trump’s Russia-Ukraine moves unnerv...
Biden announced the U.S. is banning Russian oil imports, saying Americans will not be part of subsidizing Putin's war with Ukraine. Biden, who noted many allies may not be in a position to join the U.S. in the ban, said this is part of an ongoing effort to cripple Russia's ...
All these events combined have forced Russia to bolster security and scale back celebrations across the country, underscoring the fact that its "special military operation" in Ukraine is not proceeding according to Putin's script. WHAT DID PUTIN SAY THIS TIME? ...
What is needed for the West to finally find the courage and the intellectual strength to have the kind of ‘Russia strategy’ that is needed today and that would be based not on the fear of Putin’s madness, not based on the fear of an escalation of the war, not based on the fear ...
However, higher oil prices have recently sent the cost of Moscow’s supplies above the price cap, the International Energy Agency said in an August report. Oil revenue fell 23% in the first half of this year but Russia still earned $425 million a day from oil sales, according to the Kyi...