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Trump backs down again, giving Russia another two weeks to attack Ukraine with impunity before he will continue taking any action. He said today in the Oval Office he would make a decision in two weeks when he expects to “know the attitude of Russia and, frankly, of Ukraine.”.

RT @maxseddon: A day after Trump hinted the US could boost Ukraine's offensive capabilities against Russia, Putin makes an unannounced trip….

RT @propublica: On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout. On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old e….

RT @FT: Zelenskyy rebukes Russia’s demand to be involved in security guarantees

RT @AmbJohnBolton: Russia has not changed its goal: drag Ukraine into a new Russian Empire. Moscow has demanded that Ukraine cede territory….

RT @FT: Breaking news: The FBI has raided the home of John Bolton, who served as Donald Trump’s national security adviser during his first….

Russian FM Lavrov makes clear that there’s no Putin-Zelensky bilateral meeting planned nor is one happening anytime soon: “There is no meeting planned. And I'm not challenging this, but you -- you cannot, cannot, I think, understand what I am saying. Putin is ready to meet with

RT @maxseddon: Lavrov is getting wheeled out on a daily basis to say nyet to Trump's push for a meeting at this point. It's as if Russia do….

“Kissing ass the way Zarubin does is disgusting even to many people in pro-Kremlin media.”. Do read (and Google translate if necessary) this excellent profile of Putin's personal "reporter.".

Zelensky's evening address: "The Russians knew exactly where they lobbed the missiles. We believe this was a deliberate strike specifically on American-owned property here in Ukraine, on American investments. A very telling strike. As is this entire massive attack – right as the.

RT @FT: Russia has targeted Ukraine’s cities and hit a US-owned consumer electronics factory, only five days after Donald Trump's meeting w….

RT @AndyHunder: Overnight, Russian missiles attacked one of the largest American investments in Ukraine – Flex – an active member of the Am….

Trump suggests Ukraine should "play offense." Of course, would be better placed to do so with more longer range American arms flowing to Kyiv. Remember, as we @FT first reported in July, Trump asked Zelensky if he could hit Moscow and St Petersburg.

Wholesale petrol prices in Russia have hit record highs this week and the fuel is in short supply in several regions as a result of Ukrainian drone strikes on refineries, @NastyaStognei and @fabrice_deprez report.

“One of the missiles struck a major American electronics manufacturer in our westernmost region, leading to serious damage and casualties.”. Not the first time either. Russian air attack destroyed a Boeing facility in Kyiv in June: Trump has said that US.

“Serhii K was part of a group of people who used a yacht to set off from the German Baltic port of Rostock, according to German prosecutors. The group planted explosive devices to attack Nord Stream 1 and 2, causing damage to three of the four pipelines and rendering them.

RT @FT: Ukrainian man arrested in Italy over Nord Stream attacks

RT @LindseyGrahamSC: During the course of the Russia-Ukraine war, Russia has kidnapped over 19,000 Ukrainian children. Stealing children fr….

RT @maxseddon: Lavrov says Russia wants a veto on any future security guarantees for Ukraine. EU efforts to develop Article 5-like arrangem….

Russia has said it will only agree to security guarantees for Ukraine that give Moscow an effective veto over any future effort to defend Kyiv, pouring cold water on US efforts to broker a peace deal. via @maxseddon.