John Lough: A Pause in the War Would Be Dangerous — for Putin
Days after Witkoff and Kushner floated a "win-win" settlement in Kyiv, the NATO veteran and Kremlin analyst argues Putin is still trying to negotiate…
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Russia’s Double-Tap Strikes Are Hunting Ukraine’s Rescuers
Across Ukraine, second strikes keep landing where the rescuers just arrived. Researchers say that's the point.
A Pentagon Veteran Says It’s Time to Fight Back in Russia’s Shadow War
Laura Cooper ran the Pentagon's Russia and Ukraine portfolio for eight years. She says the West has waited too long to answer the sabotage…
Russia Is Burning Millions of Ukrainian Books
Ukrainian publishers printed 13.5 million books in the first eight months of the year. Russian strikes on printing plants, warehouses and bookstores destroyed more…
Ex-CIA Ops Official: Ratcliffe’s Moscow Trip Likely ‘Intelligence Diplomacy’ in Search of a Deal
A 35-year veteran of the CIA says that CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s Aug. 25 trip to Moscow may have been at least partially prompted…
‘The Russians Are Preparing Something’ — Why the CIA Director Flew to Moscow
CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s secretive Aug. 25 visit to Moscow was meant to deliver a message to the Kremlin: “Don’t test us on Article…
The Graham Sanctions Bill: What It Would Change — and What It Would Not
The House is expected to consider the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 after it passed the Senate 86-11 this…
From the Safe House to the Tasting Room: How an American Veteran Became Ukraine’s Wine Ambassador
The story began with a shot glass and a Ukrainian officer in a safe house. In the early months of Russia’s full-scale invasion of…
A Pollster Who’s Tracked Opinion on Ukraine Since 2022 Says Americans Want Peace — But Not at Any Price
A majority of Americans want a negotiated end to Russia’s war against Ukraine, but most of them would rather see the war conclude on…
