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Evening Analysis – The Gist Washington’s hurried summit between Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Donald Trump is less about ending one war than exposing a wider strategic vacuum. Europe has already out-spent Washington on Ukraine ($49 bn versus $30 bn) yet still flew to the White House seeking U.S. res…

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, w…

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…

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…

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 leade…

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 st…

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 sti…

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 grou…

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.…

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”…