Look at Miller. That's interesting (vs. Rubio and Caine, and even Hegseth).

... supplying electricity to Ukraine from the seized Ukrainian NPP at a very low cost which can't be low. ... supplying energy (oil and gas), which the EU refused to buy and Russia has to sell to anyone at any price but not lower than production & transportation cost. What an idiot. Big trouble.

Xi drew important conclusions from Trump's crap on Ukraine and his bromance with Putin. And there is no doubt that Putin told Xi a lot about Trump. The West will be powerless to do anything serious in the event of a Chinese invasion. That is the main lesson Xi has learned.

What did they smoke?

Wut? They are all crazy.

Two hours of talking about potential Trump investments in hotels, golf resorts and crypto in Russia.

Did the United States really spend trillions of dollars on winning the Cold War, only for its president in 2025 take orders from a Russian dictator? This is an earth-shattering humiliation for America of which its reputation may never recover.

Did Zelensky learn to talk nonsense from Trump?

Moscow, Kyiv, Washington, Miami, Paris, Berlin, London, Warsaw, Brussels, Budapest: everyone seems to be talking about the Russia-Ukraine war, but each speaks as if these were all different wars. Surreal.

Does Trump even understand what he's talking about?

Wait, Trump will talk to Putin now. So, who knows, who knows...

I wrote this in 2018 but it’s worse now. We’ve created our own version of Russian oligarchy and corruption. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

To discuss some extremely serious issues of global importance ... over lunch. Mmm... what did you say?...

LOL Miller is there... Deputy chief of staff for policy and homeland security advisor. Ukraine? WTF?

Based on his reading of the Russia-Ukraine war, Trump would've blamed the Americans at Pearl Harbor for trying to shoot down Japanese planes.

Trump: "There is great economic benefits [for me, for Putin and] for Ukraine also." As we have said.

This brief video clip demonstrates the use of Unattended Ground Sensors (UGS) and Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) as part of the British Army Future Soldier vision

People need to stop saying, "This is not who we are." This is exactly who we are, and we need to stop being that.

Here we need to tell you something. Don't shoot European pianists; they are doing their best 🧵 European leaders are in an extremely difficult position. Differences in national interests, a complex economic situation, pro-Putin fifth column, and two maniacs threatening Europe - Putin and Trump. >>>

U.S. diplomacy should NOT be predicated on a merger & acquisition (M&A) mindset folks with private investors and oligarchs calling the shots. Trump regime making a mockery of what is left of western diplomacy right now — and our state department brain trust — which this regime has obliterated.

Iran on Sunday launched three domestically built satellites into low Earth orbit aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket, deepening space cooperation between Tehran and Moscow in a program Western governments say draws on technologies applicable to long-range missiles. iranintl.com/en/202512280059

Alawites served as the backbone of the Assad regime. Assad and the Kremlin have a plan to destabilize the Syrian government. That's all you need to know to understand what's going on in Syria right now.

Zelensky thinks that Trump is on the same page with him. Big mistake.

𝐋𝐚𝐯𝐫𝐨𝐯: '𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐢𝐟 𝐚 𝐓𝐚𝐢𝐰𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐩', 𝐚𝐬 𝐁𝐞𝐢𝐣𝐢𝐧𝐠’𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-as...

China: www.military.com/daily-news/2...

Yes. This. The volume of non-payments is growing, salaries are being paid late if at all, industry is suffering losses, the number of loan defaults is increasing, disaster is inevitable, it is only a matter of time. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

Also important. 🧵 What Lavrov told TASS about Ukraine. Nothing new there either, but… First, to remind: after Trump's election, Russia immediately began (as we have written many times) to drive a wedge between the US and Europe, which was the historical goal of the Soviet Union and now Russia. >>>

That is more convenient for Putin to observe how Trump performs his duties and discuss it immediately afterwards.

Important. Judging by what Chief of General Staff Gerasimov reported to Putin today, Russia intends to seize territory in three more regions of Ukraine—Sumy, Kharkiv, and Dnipropetrovsk. Initially, he called this “the task of creating a security zone.” >>>

Remember: Trump has far more personal interests in Russia than in Ukraine. You sure there is no potential for another scandal instead of a joint "peace plan"? Think twice.

GUR head Kyrylo Budanov says Russia’s objectives for 2026 are the full seizure of Donbas and Zaporizhzhia, while also pushing as deep as possible into Dnipropetrovsk region. He made the remarks in an interview with Suspilne.

And for those who do not get it, the ultimate fault is Europe’s. Europeans put their faith in the USA and did not take their own security seriously. Europe is reaping what it sowed.

The Russian government has extended the ban on gasoline exports until February 28, 2026, for all market participants, including producers. The ban on exports of diesel, marine fuel and all types of gasoil has also been extended for independent exporters.

I also wasn’t familiar with this case

There is a reason why they are called an "independent nuclear deterrent". French and British nuclear weapons are there to deter people like Trump and Vance, not just Putin and Xi. Germany, Poland, Ukraine and others also need nukes.

Amplifying feedbacks. They will be the death of us.

There are so many jokes going around in defence circles about Mark Rutte. Except it's not funny. He is bringing the office of Secretary General into disrepute. By failing to acknowledge the reality, Rutte is benefitting the adversaries whilst fooling no one at home.

4-year-old Kristina was buried today. She was killed on the morning of December 23rd when a russian suicide drone struck her apartment in the western 🇺🇦Ukrainian city of Zhytomyr. She was rushed to hospital but succumbed to her injuries a few hours later. Source: x.com/i/status/200...

When it comes time to write the history of Europe in this period, there will be one area of consensus. One of the greatest errors European states ever made, was in trusting the USA.

Putin's response to "Zelensky's 20 points" and his meeting with Trump. "My way or the highway".

Yes, this is all you really need to know about Russia's attitude, and there's nothing new about it; we write about it all the time. Putin repeats it all the time. Russia is now simply fighting for Trump's favor, contrasting the “Anchorage agreement” and the 28-point “US plan” >>>

Kyiv under heavy attack by Russian/Iranian Shahed drones - hits to residential buildings. 15 more drones currently approaching city.

US fired over a dozen Tomahawk missiles at ISIS targets in Nigeria per @idreesali114.bsky.social. Appears at least 3 of these missiles warheads failed to explode.

Obama must be the biggest foreign policy disaster since 1945. Here he is, in October 2012, mocking Mitt Romney after the governor named Russia a threat. A little bit more than a year later Russia invaded Ukraine, and Obama did nothing about it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0IW...

427.79 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 25-Dec-2025 keelingcurve.ucsd.edu

Why does no one call Russia an artificial state? The real Russia is rather small. Someone should tell Putin, Trump.

This is years before the war started and should remind us once again that Putin always wanted to take Ukraine. It also says that this war will never end with Putin in the Kremlin. It will go on until he is removed, permanently, and Russia fully dislodged. Everything else is just noise.

"Your last Merry Christmas" looks like a threat. He may have a plan for next year.

Note to @nytimes.com editors: there aren’t “territorial disputes” in Donetsk. Russia illegally invaded and is illegally occupying Ukrainian territory. Stop legitimizing the Kremlin’s framing.