At least five people were killed, and 19 others were injured in Russian attacks against Ukraine over the past day, local authorities said on Jan. 31. The reports come a day after Trump announced that Putin agreed not to strike Ukrainian cities for a week.

„Putin has fired his missiles, and the people of Ukraine are sitting in bitter cold and darkness. And now that everything is destroyed and the missiles are used up, he sells Trump on "not firing at cities for a week" as a great, benevolent gesture. It doesn't get more cynical than that.“ Nico Lange

MAGA Concentration camps ("like Amazon, but for people").

Dems are sounding the alarm at the prospect that ICE agents will be swarming blue cities near the polls on Election Day, frightening would-be voters into staying home. "Trump is trying to create a pretext to rig the election," said Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.). www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

⚡️ Zelensky rejects Putin's Moscow invitation, signals possible delay in peace talks. "I can just as well invite him to Kyiv, let him come. I'm openly inviting him, if he dares," Zelensky said during a briefing with journalists. t.me/RBC_ua_news/...

My American colleagues and friends dislike it when I liken the course their country is on to what happened in Russia in the early 2000s. It’s a comparison that’s getting harder and harder to avoid…

"'Europe has been dependent on the United States . . .' Traut said. There was 'a strong need to build up some German and European sovereign capabilities in missile detection and interception . . . We not only want to be able to detect missiles early, we want to be able to fight them early.'"

The time has sadly come for a Nordic nuclear weapon

"The International Emergency Economic Powers Act was designed for exceptional moments. Increasingly, it is being used to bypass Congress, reframe trade as a security tool, and consolidate decision-making inside the executive branch." www.onestnetwork.com/post/trump-d...

President Trump has filed a lawsuit against the IRS, in which he demands that the IRS, which he as president controls, pay him $10 billion. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

There is an old word to describe going to a foreign power and asking for their assistance in breaking up a sovereign country — it’s treason. Canadians are standing together in defence of this beautiful land. 🇨🇦

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called on the Trump administration to respect his country’s sovereignty after a group advocating for Alberta’s secession from Canada said it has met with State Department officials about the province’s future. on.wsj.com/4q5TEhG

⚡ Russia is considering only Moscow as a potential location for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Kremlin spox says. "Discussions about other locations for the talks are inappropriate." 🔗 united24media.com/latest-news/...

'A Downing St spokesman confirmed... Starmer had discussed the “nuclear umbrella” proposal with his Swedish counterpart.' www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2... Very odd, since 1/ UK already extended guarantees to Sweden in 2022, and 2/ Sweden joined NATO in 2024 & UK deterrent covers NATO.

Why does China want so many aircraft-carriers? It is becoming clearer that the country aspires to be top gun far beyond its shores

Carney’s speech in Davos makes more sense after this: The Trump administration held three covert meetings with fringe far-right separatists from Canada’s oil-rich province of Alberta last year www.ft.com/content/11dc...

Ukraine war live: Zelensky warns Putin planning ‘massive’ attack ahead of peace talks

Is this real? Because if so I think I called it with twelve minutes to spare

"A future US administration may seek to mend the relationship... but NATO, as it has existed to date, is unlikely to be recoverable. The center of gravity of the West, as a community bound by shared security and political values, has moved away from the US to a wider Europe" cepa.org/article/a-we...

This. The quickness and efficiency of the operation does not change its illegality.

Japan is eyeing nuclear-powered submarines as more neighbors in the increasingly fraught region look to the vessels. But are they worth the costs? 👉 ebx.sh/7yOQkd

Russia's advance just hit a 9-month low. More Russians KIA than WIA due to Ukrainian drones—forcing Moscow to weigh every assault But Zaporizhzhia is now 20km from the front—FPV drone range. A city of 700k joins Kherson, Kharkiv& Sumy in the human safari zone euromaidanpress.com/2026/01/28/r...

"For more than 80 years, the US was the pre-eminent ally of Europe. The end of that alliance has seemed unthinkable, but it has nevertheless arrived, and wishing that things were different will not bring the alliance back to life." I wrote for @cepa.org on a post-US West. cepa.org/article/a-we...

The behavior of the administration toward Canada since Carney’s Davos speech continues to confirm the thesis of Carney’s speech.

This is more negative (still only marginal tho) for USD long-term than POTUS or SecTreas posts about USD swings *BRAZIL ANTICIPATES MORE ACTIVITY IN INTERNATIONAL MKT IN 2026 *BRAZIL TO ISSUE EURO BONDS TO CREATE BENCHMARK CURVE: MINISTRY *BRAZIL WILL MAKE ISSUANCE IN YUAN IN 2026: MINISTRY

More than half of the nearly 4,950 British adults surveyed Tuesday by YouGov said they would support the removal of American forces from all U.K. bases in the event of an American seizure of Greenland.

Europe must build its own military power to survive a more dangerous world and a less reliable U.S., top EU officials warned today, sharpening a public split with NATO chief Mark Rutte over the continent’s security future.

73% of EU citizens polled think that when it comes to defence, Europe "must now rely solely on itself, without counting on the support of the United States"

ICYMI Highly recommended.

5/ Russian officials continue to indicate that Russia’s demands go beyond control of territory in eastern Ukraine, despite the Kremlin’s efforts to claim to Western audiences that Donbas is the main issue in ongoing peace talks.

NEW: The United States is reportedly pushing Ukraine to cede the remainder of Donetsk Oblast to Russia in exchange for US security guarantees.🧵(1/9) Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 27, 2026: isw.pub/UkrWar012726 Other Key Takeaways: ⬇️

Slovakia’s pro-Trump PM Fico was shaken by a meeting with the US president at Mar-a-Lago in mid-January, telling fellow EU leaders that he appeared to be “out of his mind” and “dangerous” www.politico.eu/article/dona...

Xi knows that if he tries to invade Taiwan and it fails, that's the end of his reign and of his life. So he might be tempted to micromanage the planning and execution of the invasion.

This Swedish nuclear engagement with France and the UK sounds very much like policy consultations, not a joint program -- which would destroy the Non-Proliferation Treaty, among other things. breakingdefense.com/2026/01/swed...

Again, it’s not just the Republicans. The strongest bipartisan trend in U.S. defense is the investment in exquisite technology by divesting logistics. The U.S. is building a highly-trained, well-equipped military that can’t go anywhere. It’s buying a sports car it can’t afford to drive.

The Unites States is no longer a reliable ally and Britain must make an immediate transition to war readiness if it is to protect its democracy, MPs and a former senior Nato adviser have warned

The only problem is that there is no way of telling which particular faction in the White House this source is part of. Or what kind of demented obsession their orange clown king happen to have today.

Please. This is absurd. Europe can certainly deter Russia and defend itself if its focused and determined. Perpetuating a sense of European helplessness may help Rutte bureaucratically but its 1. wrong 2. prevents action. 3. willfully blind: the US ain't coming to defend Europe.

People like Rutte have an unhealthy, subservient relationship to the US. Of course Europe should co-operate with the US in the future, but it can't be the form of vassalage that some european countries have gotten themselves into. Denmark, the UK, Canada have learned the hard way where that leads.

Trump’s America comes for #Alberta. The country must respond to this flagrant violation of Canadian sovereignty: @stewartprest.ca. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026... #Trump #Canada

🇺🇸❗️🇺🇦 The Trump administration has made it clear that US security guarantees are contingent on Ukraine's agreement to a peace agreement, which would likely require it to cede Donbas to Russia, - FT

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has accused Ukraine of attempting to interfere in the country’s parliamentary elections and has ordered the Ukrainian ambassador to be summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Budapest.

It is indeed time for Nordic nuclear weapons. PS: Denmark did not want nuclear weapons in peacetime. However, US nuclear weapons were smartly placed in Meyn 5km south of the Danish-German border and Danish defence practised using them for wartime until the end of the Cold War.

Speculation has included "everything from leaking nuclear secrets to the #US to plotting a coup & factional infighting... even rumours of a gunfight in #Beijing," said Associate Professor Chong Ja Ian. #China widespread purge of top generals. Piece from me. CLICK LINK www.bbc.com/news/article...

“If you really want to go it alone, forget that you can ever get there with 5% [defence spending]. It will be 10%,” Rutte said. “You have to build up your own nuclear capability. That costs billions and billions of €” This argument is completely absurd. Russia has an economy the size of Italy.

For decades, Nordic security rested on trust in distant guarantees. Does that trust still make sense?

⚡️ Russia is reportedly using Starlink-guided drones for the first time. 🔗 united24media.com/latest-news/...

Unfortunately, this is not up to Europe to decide. Yet another reason for why Rutte should be replaced as NATO head, or for future planning for European defense to be conducted outside of NATO structures.

A new survey has found that Europeans are feeling downbeat about the state of the world. Overall, 65 percent of those polled think their country is heading in the wrong direction. Check out where your country sits in the ranking 👇 🔗 www.politico.eu/article/euro...

Officials plan to pick an offer this spring, with Patriot, SAMP/T and David's Sling among the likely contenders.