Russia Is Drowning in Grain—and Running Out of Gas
I examine Russia’s fuel shortages, collapsing Black Sea oil and wheat exports, grain glut, farm-bankruptcy risk, sanctions pressure on Aeroflot, and rising military spending. Ukraine’s strikes and blo...
9 Sep 13min
Putin’s Warships Were Supposed to Be Safe—Until Now
I examine the reported Ukrainian long-range drone strikes on Novorossiysk, where fires were reported at the naval base, military port facilities, and a fuel-oil terminal. Ukrainian officials said wars...
9 Sep 19min
Ukraine Just Secured 1,000 Patriot Missiles for Winter
I examine Germany’s announcement that it will urgently transfer PAC-2 Patriot interceptors from national stocks and pursue contracts for roughly 1,000 Patriot missiles for Ukraine through an EU-backed...
8 Sep 23min
Ukraine Bagged More Territory than Russia Did Last MONTH
I examine early reports that Ukraine’s Third Army Corps has cut a Russian salient north of Lyman after a four-month counterattack, reportedly liberating more than 200 square kilometers. If confirmed, ...
8 Sep 18min
Putin Is Betting on Time—What If Russia Runs Out First?
I examine Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner’s Kyiv meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky after the reported three-day “no-shoot” arrangement failed to stop fighting and drone activity around Kyiv Oblast. The ...
7 Sep 28min
Trump’s Envoys Are Negotiating With Putin All Wrong—Here’s Why
I examine why Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff’s win-win framing for peace talks may misread the strategic problem posed by Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine. In a press exchange, they were asked wh...
7 Sep 16min
Did Putin Quietly Print ₽1 Trillion to Fund His War?
I examine the reported pressures building inside Russia’s wartime economy: Ukrainian strikes on oil refineries, fuel shortages from Tyumen to the Moscow region, declining petroleum-product exports, an...
6 Sep 18min
Putin Had 3 Hours to Sell His Story—Now Zelensky Gets His Turn
I examine what Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner heard during their three-hour meeting with Vladimir Putin in Moscow—and the difficult task Volodymyr Zelensky faces in Kyiv afterward. Putin’s reported m...
6 Sep 22min
