“He didn’t soften the substance,” one senior EU official said of Rubio speech #MSC2026. “But he softened the delivery. And that makes it easier to listen.” 👇 www.rferl.org/a/rubio-warn...

NEW! U.S. lawmakers move to 'drain' Putin’s war chest with bipartisan plan to crush Russian oil trade The DROP Act, introduced by Rep. McCaul and others, targets global 'shadow fleet' and third-party middlemen as Washington demands an end to the bankrolling of Kremlin’s brutality

NEW!! 🚨 U.S. approves $185m in military spare parts for Ukraine to boost ‘battlefield effectiveness.’ State Dept tells Congress the Class IX parts will streamline repair cycles for U.S.-supplied vehicles, helping Kyiv maintain high operational rates while reducing costs. 🇺🇸🇺🇦

NEW!!! US Lawmakers Target Russian Mercenary Groups as Terrorist Organizations READ 👇 www.rferl.org/a/us-target-...

NEW!! Rubio Heads To Munich Conference, Bratislava, And Budapest As Allies Look For Reassurance 👇 www.rferl.org/a/rubio-us-e...

No VP visit for Tbilisi, but plenty of room on the Cap Hill. 🏛️ “Russian Dream" has cost Georgia its seat at the strategic table, replaced by a hearing on state-sponsored repression. You don’t wanna miss this Helsinki Comm briefing on the GD crackdown next Wed 👇

NEW!! russian Strikes On Ukraine Test Diplomacy As US Congress Presses For Action 👇 www.rferl.org/a/russian-strikes-ukraine-test-diplomacy-us-congress/33668141.html

Some personal news: Re-enlisting with @RFERL as Senior Washington Correspondent. 🇺🇸🇪🇺 From DC to the frontlines of Ukraine, Central Europe, Caucasus, and beyond – I’ll continue to cover the forces reshaping the transatlantic vanguard DMs open for tips. Let’s break some news. 🗞️

NEW!! Proof, Not Promises: Ex-Ambassador Eyes Trump’s Claimed Russian Pause With Skepticism As Trump says Putin agreed to halt attacks during a deep freeze, a former US Ambassador to Ukraine calls it a “good first step” – if Moscow actually follows through 👇 www.kyivpost.com/post/69063

NEW!!! OSCE invokes ‘Moscow Mechanism’ over Georgia human rights crisis Twenty-three nations trigger rare expert mission to investigate increased concerns over media freedom, civil society and the rule of law in Tbilisi odihr.osce.org/news/odihr/6...

NEW!! Trump’s ‘Very Good Things’ Meet Ukraine’s Very Cold Reality As US-brokered peace talks inch forward, Russia pounds Ukrainian cities – and $250 million in emergency US energy aid sits stranded in Washington limbo. 👇 www.kyivpost.com/post/68905

Talking Peace, Dropping Bombs: Ex-Ambassador Warns Putin Stalling Trump to Buy Time www.kyivpost.com/post/68832

Abu Dhabi Thaw: US Officials Sell ‘Prosperity Plan’ to Kyiv, Moscow as Diplomatic Ice Breaks US-led talks between Kyiv & Moscow have produced a rare opening and a commitment to meet next week. Skeptics warn that the “momentum” is hollow without a firm security backstop www.kyivpost.com/post/68716

NEW! Fragile Front: Trump Dispatches Vance to South Caucasus to Solidify Peace Deal Donald Trump is betting on a signature foreign policy win in the South Caucasus, even as Georgia is sidelined and Azerbaijan’s opposition faces a fresh wave of arrests 👇 www.kyivpost.com/post/68688

NEW!! ‘Message Written in Fire’ – Kyiv Shaken by Massive Missile Barrage Amid Trilateral Peace Summit As diplomats in Abu Dhabi seek ceasefire, Moscow clarifies its opening position with drones and ballistic missiles. 👇 www.kyivpost.com/post/68687

BREAKING!!! Pentagon's new defense blueprint just dropped and it classifies Moscow as a localized risk rather than a global peer, urging a ‘calibrated’ troop presence in Europe to free up resources for the Indo-Pacific. media.defense.gov/2026/Jan/23/...

NEW!! U.S. Helsinki Comm to discuss Georgia’s anti-Western pivot next week With nearly all major opposition leaders jailed or exiled, a bipartisan panel will examine the evolving tactics used by 'russian dream' to crush pro-EU sentiment and move Georgia closer to the orbit of Moscow and Beijing

NEW!! Trump Floats ‘Forever’ Greenland Deal as Europe Draws Red Line 👇 www.kyivpost.com/post/68610

NEW!! ‘Last Mile’ Moves to Desert: Ukraine Peace Talks Hit Abu Dhabi After Midnight Kremlin Huddle 👇 www.kyivpost.com/post/68609

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NEW!!! Zelensky Dashes to Davos for High-Stakes Trump Huddle As the two leaders prepare to meet, advocates warn of a “diplomatic ambush” where Trump could use aid as leverage to force a Ukrainian capitulation. 👇 www.kyivpost.com/post/68531

NEW!! Art of the Arctic: Trump’s Greenland Blink How NATO’s whisperer and a jittery bond market talked the US president off the ledge – for now. 👇 www.kyivpost.com/post/68530

NEW!!! ‘Pressure, Not Appeasement’ – European Lawmakers Warn US Congress Against Cutting Ukraine Loose www.kyivpost.com/post/68445

NEW!! Trump Teases, Allies Bristle: Inside White House Briefing That Put Greenland, NATO on Edge 👇 www.kyivpost.com/post/68444

NEW! EU Unity Key in Greenland Crisis, Says Former US Envoy As world leaders gather in Davos and EU capitals brace for US tariff threats, a former US Amb warns the Greenland crisis risks unraveling alliance unity – and handing Moscow a strategic gift 👇 www.kyivpost.com/post/68374

NEW!!! Silence from Washington Marks Latest US-Ukraine Negotiations in Miami Kyiv speaks publicly about progress while the US remains quiet, leaving details scarce ahead of Davos consultations. 👇 www.kyivpost.com/post/68296

NEW!!! Trump’s Arctic Sweetener: US Prepares ‘Puerto Rico Option’ and Century-Long Lease for Greenland, Sources tells me 👇 www.kyivpost.com/post/68295

NEW! From Washington to Tehran: ‘Ayatollah Must Go’ Says Trump as Iranians Demand Action As Tehran kills protesters, exiled Iranians – and Ukraine supporters – press the White House to “keep its promise” and act. www.kyivpost.com/post/68257

NEW!! Allies Align, Congress Revolts: Trump’s Greenland Tariff Threat Faces Broad Resistance 👇 kyivpost.com/post/68256

NEW!!! Zelensky’s A-Team to Arrive in Miami as Trump Tightens the Screws Ahead of Davos High-stakes talks could secure guarantees and an $800 billion rebuilding pact – or unravel under a Trump White House’s push for speed. 👇 www.kyivpost.com/post/68229

NEW! Putin’s Global Attrition: How Russia is Losing Friends, Allies, Credibility From Latin America to the Sahel, experts say Moscow’s muted interventions and unkept promises are eroding its influence – and even loyal partners are reconsidering ties. 👇 www.kyivpost.com/post/68157

NEW!! ‘Pressure, not patience’ – US Lawmakers Urge Trump Administration to Sink Putin’s ‘Shadow Fleet’ www.kyivpost.com/post/68155

JUST NOW!!! U.S. lawmakers urge sanctions on russia’s dilapidated shadow fleet to choke off war funds Bipartisan Helsinki Commission calls on State and Treasury Departments to blackball 100 vessels used to bypass oil price caps and threaten maritime safety 👇

NEW!! No Deal, No Retreat: Trump’s Unyielding Greenland Push Sparks Diplomatic Cold War in Arctic White House pitches NATO logic, Nordic allies push back, Congress fumes as Trump reframes the Arctic as a missile-defense prize. 👇 www.kyivpost.com/post/68086

Real NATO Crisis Isn’t Europe – It’s Washington, McConnell Warns The longest-serving party leader in US history defends the transatlantic alliance, rebukes talk of seizing Greenland, and argues that America – not its allies – has become NATO’s weak link. www.kyivpost.com/post/68084

US Lawmakers Move to Fence Off Trump on NATO as Greenland Rhetoric Rattles Allies As the White House prepares for sensitive talks with Denmark and Greenland, Congress moves to lock in a hard line on alliance unity. 👇 www.kyivpost.com/post/68013

JUST NOW!!! U.S. Senators move to block Trump from ‘annexing’ Greenland Bipartisan Senate bill would prohibit use of federal funds to seize territory of NATO allies following ‘deeply troubling’ remarks from White House

THIS!! U.S. lawmakers move to ban military action against NATO allies in bid to curb ‘inflammatory’ rhetoric Bipartisan bill would prohibit use of federal funds to invade member states as representatives seek to reassure European partners of American commitment 👇 bacon.house.gov/news/documen...

THIS!!! Sweden and Finland call for ‘full maritime ban’ on russian energy in latest EU sanctions push Top diplomats urge Brussels to tighten the screws on Moscow’s ‘shadow fleet’ and fertilizer exports in proposed 20th sanctions package. 👇

THINK ABOUT IT!! RuZZia now fighting Ukraine longer than Nazi Germany...

NEW! Trump Claims ‘Progress’ on Ukraine Peace as Allies Hedge Bets, Europe Steels Itself for Postwar Order As Trump talks peace, Europe debates troops, doubts NATO’s future and braces for a settlement shaped by uncertainty over US power and commitment 👇 kyivpost.com/post/67868

Kyiv Accelerates Diplomacy With Washington Ahead of UN Showdown, Davos Meeting As President Zelensky ramps up diplomacy, top negotiator Umerov leads Kyiv’s talks with Washington on a sensitive economic and security pact. www.kyivpost.com/post/67832

‘Raiding Putin?’ – Maduro’s Arrest Leaves Trump Facing Question Washington Can’t Ignore U.S. president dismisses talk of sending US forces after Russia’s leader even as his Venezuela operation jolts Congress, allies and adversaries alike 👇 kyivpost.com/post/67792

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NEW!! Behind-the-Scenes Peace Efforts Collide With Kremlin Attacks A near-final US-Ukraine security deal, possible Trump-Zelensky meeting, and fresh Russian strikes expose the widening gap between Western diplomacy and battlefield reality 👇 kyivpost.com/post/67719

NEW!!! russia Sanctions: Trump’s Greenlight Meets Wall of Shrugs on Capitol Hill Lawmakers talk tough on russia – but aides say the final text of the revised bill Trump supposedly approved has yet to gain agreement on both sides of the aisle. 👇 www.kyivpost.com/post/67717

NEW!!! Trump’s mass withdrawal from international organizations draws fire from top House Democrat on foreign policy @repgregorymeeks.bsky.social says exit from UN agencies and global bodies threatens US jobs, security and rule-based order

NEW!! The US Embassy in Kyiv warns of a major russian air attack in Ukraine. Warnings aren’t enough. Putin is emboldened because words come without consequences. We must do more than issue alerts – deterrence requires action.