Europe Is Pulling Canada and Ukraine Into a New Security Bloc
Europe may be getting larger—but not through traditional EU expansion. In this video, I examine Ursula von der Leyen’s proposal for a new European Security Council that could include Ukraine, Canad...
16 Sep 27min
A Putin Insider Paid for Don Jr.’s Wedding—What Did He Want?
A Russian oligarch with close ties to Vladimir Putin reportedly spent hundreds of thousands of dollars hosting Donald Trump Jr.’s post-wedding celebration in the Bahamas. The payment itself has bee...
16 Sep 23min
ANOTHER Russian General Eliminated (and MORE).
I examine reports that Russian Major General Anton Grunas, commander of the 4th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade, was killed in occupied Donetsk Oblast on September 12. Grunas had personally briefed Vladi...
16 Sep 16min
Europe’s Map Is Lighting Up—Is Russia’s Hybrid War Spreading?
I examine a rapidly worsening set of security incidents across Europe: a Russian jet-powered drone hit a Kyiv–Warsaw train two kilometers from Poland, while Italian Typhoons on NATO’s Baltic air-polic...
15 Sep 27min
Estonian Leader Returns From Ukraine’s Front Line: NATO Isn’t Ready
I interviewed Estonian Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Marko Mikkelsen after his frontline visit to Ukraine. We examine drone warfare, Ukraine’s air-defense needs, Russia’s military adaptation, NATO d...
15 Sep 22min
Trump Claimed an Energy Deal—UKRAINE HIT ANOTHER RUSSIAN REFINERY
rump said Ukraine and Russia had agreed to stop striking energy targets. But Ukraine struck the Syzran refinery, while Russian drones hit gas stations in Kyiv. I examine what was struck, what each gov...
15 Sep 15min
Putin’s War Is Splitting the Kremlin—And Squeezing Russia Dry
I examine reported Kremlin divisions over the Ukraine war, Russia’s wartime budget and inflation pressures, post-election mobilization risks, EU sanctions divisions, NATO security concerns, and Ukrain...
14 Sep 24min
Trump Thinks He Has Leverage on Zelensky—But Zelensky Has His Own
I examine Trump’s demand that Zelensky stop striking Russian diesel refineries, the global diesel market, Ukraine’s shrinking U.S. leverage problem, and Kyiv’s proposed energy and maritime ceasefire. ...
14 Sep 14min
