Europeans are increasingly signaling that they will not follow U.S. President Donald Trump if he advocates requiring Ukraine to give up territory or easing sanctions on Russia, according to a major poll by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR).
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Ukraine’s First Deputy Prime Minister warned on Monday that Russia is no longer testing the boundaries of international response, but is acting under the assumption that it has permission to escalate. “Russians are no longer testing the world’s limits—they believe they have permission,” she said in a statement posted to social media after a five-hour overnight attack on Kyiv that killed at least six people and injured many more.
Last night, in yet more escalation, Russia unleashed a wave of ballistic missiles and kamikaze drones on Kyiv, targeting civilian locations including apartment buildings, a university, a metro station, and other public areas. At least six civilians were killed and 19 others injured, with rescue operations still underway in the Shevchenkivskyi district and beyond. The attacks began around 1 a.m., as Kyiv residents were jolted awake by explosions and the ominous hum of drones.
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In the early 1960s, Soviet engineers arrived quietly in North Korea. Their assignment: to help build a research reactor and train a generation of nuclear scientists at a site that would eventually become synonymous with global anxiety—Yongbyon.
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With tensions in the Middle East rising, Iran’s familiar threat to close the Strait of Hormuz has resurfaced. Yet for all its frequency, the threat has never been carried out—and for good reason. Blocking the Strait would not only trigger Western retaliation, but it would collapse Iran’s economy almost overnight. Like Russia’s nuclear posturing, Iran’s warnings are not meant to be acted upon.
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Russia is covertly using Brazil as a platform to manufacture false identities for deep-cover intelligence operatives, enabling them to live undetected across the West and infiltrate sensitive institutions, according to a detailed investigation by the New York Times. The report reveals how Russian intelligence services systematically create authentic-seeming Brazilian personas, allowing operatives to pass as ordinary citizens while conducting long-term espionage abroad.
Ukraine has surpassed Russia as a trading partner for Germany in 2024, marking a milestone in economic realignment amid geopolitical shifts. According to figures cited by the Ukrainian Embassy in Berlin and released on June 21, bilateral trade between Germany and Ukraine reached €840 million last year, while trade with Russia fell to €770 million . This is the first time since 1992 that Ukraine has claimed the top spot in trade among Germany’s Eastern European partners.
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In a new statement on social media, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev appeared to suggest that foreign countries—possibly including Russia—are prepared to supply Iran with nuclear warheads. The post, which follows U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, has raised concern among analysts who view it as part of a broader Russian effort to project deterrence through escalation threats.
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