As billions are poured into the war in Ukraine and leaders warn of a conflict that could reach every home, this episode explores how war is being extended, monetized, and used to reshape entire nations.
• https://ronpaulinstitute.org, by Larry C. Johnson
On the night of 28–29 December 2025, Russia's Defense Ministry and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov claimed that Ukraine launched 91 long?range drones at a presidential state residence in Novgorod region, northwest of Moscow.
There were no substantial breakthroughs in the latest Trump-Zelensky talks on Ukraine peace at Mar-a-Lago resort on Sunday, and fresh reporting on Monday reveals why.
descripton: Ukraine's Vladimir Zelensky was back in DC over the weekend to once again make outrageous demands of the United States: NATO-like security guarantees for 50 YEARS...and more money. The US, Ukraine, and Europe are all negotiating with each
Notwithstanding the historic fluidity of borders, there is no case whatsoever that Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was "unprovoked" and unrelated to NATO's own transparent provocations in the region.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has confirmed that Ukraine and Washington are in talks about holding elections, after earlier this month he much belatedly said while under pressure from Trump that he's ready to allow national elections, so long as they
Here we go again. The Donald recently offered a constructive 28-point plan that implicitly and correctly identified America's Homeland Security interest in Ukraine as nichts, nada, nugatory and nyet.
• https://ronpaulinstitute.org, by Moon of Alabama
The negotiations over the weekend between the U.S., Ukraine and Europe about the parameters of a ceasefire or peace agreement with Russia were surreal.
...the walls are closing in and his foreign media allies are jumping ship out of desperation to retain some of their credibility after years of deifying him.
...As Peace Talks Continue. "I am grateful for a very focused, constructive discussion... Ukraine is determined to keep working in good faith with the American side..."
Ukrainian Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov declared that his nation will become a "sovereign AI state" after partnering with Nvidia to create the world's first government development LLM project by 2030.
The majority will be funneled through the EU's Ukraine Facility mechanism. "It will now be key to rapidly reach a clear commitment on how to ensure that the necessary funding for Ukraine will be agreed at the next European Council meeting in Dece
A Ukrainian MP recently made an unsubstantiated claim that there were 400,000 open and ongoing cases of desertion from the Ukrainian military since the invasion by the Russian Federation in 2022. It may have been hyperbole, or they may have had a sou
Zelensky's chief of staff, Andrii Yermak, has submitted his resignation - the highest level official to fall amid the massive graft probe which has brought rare international embarrassment on the Zelensky government.