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Morning Intelligence – The Gist Ukraine’s president has bluntly proposed that “the current front lines should be the basis for talks,” freezing Russia’s 1-million-strong invasion where it now occupies roughly 18 % of Ukrainian territory(reuters.com). European leaders in Washington back Kyiv, warning that any deal struck under fire would echo the 1953 Korean armistice—stopping bullets,…

Evening Analysis – The Gist Global markets recoiled after the Alaska summit where Donald Trump urged Kyiv to accept a cease-fire that mimics Russian terms while hinting at lifting sanctions to unlock joint U.S.–Russia Arctic drilling. European leaders scrambled to back Ukraine, yet the absence of a cease-fire kept oil near $66 and pushed defence…

Morning Intelligence – The Gist A day after the Anchorage summit, a sketch of Vladimir Putin’s “peace” plan has surfaced: Russia keeps Donetsk and Luhansk, freezes the Kherson-Zaporizhzhia line and demands NATO renunciation and Crimea recognition, dangling only limited withdrawals in the north.(reuters.com, ft.com) Kyiv reacted with grief and fury as images of a red-carpet…

Evening Analysis – The Gist The Alaska summit put spectacle before substance. Donald Trump emerged praising Vladimir Putin’s “constructive spirit,” yet offered no cease-fire, instead echoing Moscow’s call for a “comprehensive peace” that would freeze Russian gains on the ground. European leaders publicly backed Ukraine within minutes, but privately fear U.S. drift—hence Berlin and Paris…

Morning Intelligence – The Gist Good morning. Overnight, Belgrade’s student-led uprising escalated as riot police fired tear-gas and armoured vehicles into crowds across five Serbian cities, wounding at least 75 officers and arresting 114 people; protesters answered with flares at landmarks still scarred by NATO’s 1999 bombs. (reuters.com, apnews.com, ansa.it) President Vučić blames “foreign-inspired hooligans,”…

Evening Analysis – The Gist The Trump-Putin encounter opening tonight at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson is less a photo-op than the first real test of whether Washington can still co-shape Europe’s security order. For the first time since 2019, the two presidents sit alone while artillery still pounds Kharkiv and Russia hints at nuclear-arms talks. Markets…

Morning Intelligence – The Gist Good morning. Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will sit down in Anchorage at 11:00 a.m. local time today—the first U.S.-hosted U.S.–Russia summit since 2007 and the first Trump-Putin meeting since Helsinki 2018. The White House slotting just six hours on the ground suggests a choreographed photo-op more than a Reykjavik-style…

Evening Analysis – The Gist Good evening, Ukraine’s long-range drones ripped through Russian rear areas again today, wounding at least 16 civilians in Rostov-on-Don and Belgorod and igniting a fire at Volgograd’s Lukoil refinery—just 24 hours before the Trump-Putin cease-fire summit in Alaska.(reuters.com) Kyiv’s strategy is unmistakable: move the battlefield deep inside Russia to erode…

Morning Intelligence – The Gist Europe’s late-night video call with Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy was less a courtesy check-in than a last-ditch attempt to firewall Kyiv’s interests before Friday’s Alaska summit with Vladimir Putin. Berlin insisted on a pre-summit ceasefire and “robust” security guarantees, while Zelenskyy warned that ceding territory would be unconstitutional and…

Evening Analysis – The Gist Geneva’s overnight draft of the UN plastics-treaty quietly deletes every article on production caps and toxic additives, bowing to a petrochemical bloc led by Saudi Arabia, the U.S. and Russia. They have pulled negotiations back to the 1990s mantra of “recycle more,” despite data showing only 9 % of plastic…