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"A sanctions architecture built with Ukraine, not just for it, would finally close the gaps Moscow continues to exploit," writes international security and stability expert Mariya Chukhnova in her recent op-ed.
How fragmented sanctions prolong the war and empower Russia’s defense industry
About the author: Mariya Chukhnova is an international security and stability expert at The Critical Mass, an international security think tank based in Alexandria, Virginia.
Nearly four years into R...
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December 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
"A sanctions architecture built with Ukraine, not just for it, would finally close the gaps Moscow continues to exploit," writes international security and stability expert Mariya Chukhnova in her recent op-ed.
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That information Hegseth shared on the Signal chat derived from a classified email that Gen. Michael “Erik” Kurilla, then the commander overseeing U.S. operations in the Middle East, had sent through secure channels to senior defense officials.
The Pentagon’s top independent watchdog has determined that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated security protocols designed to protect U.S. troops by using a personal device to share sensitive operational details on the unclassified messaging app Signal. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Watchdog finds Hegseth violated Pentagon protocol in ‘Signalgate’ affair
The Defense Department inspector general finds Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated Pentagon protocol in use of Signal to share highly sensitive U.S. attack plans, according to officials who have s...
www.washingtonpost.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
That information Hegseth shared on the Signal chat derived from a classified email that Gen. Michael “Erik” Kurilla, then the commander overseeing U.S. operations in the Middle East, had sent through secure channels to senior defense officials.
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Russia has centralized a system of training pilots, ramping up production, and hunting Ukrainian drone operators and the networks that support them. Ukraine says that shift is rapidly eroding Ukraine’s early edge in drone warfare and poses a growing threat to its ability to hold the line.
'Russians really scale'— How Moscow built a drone system that now threatens to end Ukraine’s front-line aerial dominance
Russia has centralized volunteer drone units like Rubikon into a professional system that is eroding Ukraine’s early edge in UAV warfare and threatening its front lines.
kyivindependent.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Russia has centralized a system of training pilots, ramping up production, and hunting Ukrainian drone operators and the networks that support them. Ukraine says that shift is rapidly eroding Ukraine’s early edge in drone warfare and poses a growing threat to its ability to hold the line.
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MORE Breaking on MS NOW: Pete Hegseth refused an interview request for the Pentagon Inspector General's investigation into Signalgate, according to two sources who read and were briefed on report.
Hegseth would not turn over his phone, a source who read the report told MS NOW.
Hegseth would not turn over his phone, a source who read the report told MS NOW.
Breaking on MS NOW: The Signalgate report contradicts Pete Hegseth's claims he did nothing wrong. It shows he "violated policy by using a non-approved device," a source who read the report says.
Hegseth failed to preserve records. The report says he put the operations and service people at risk.
Hegseth failed to preserve records. The report says he put the operations and service people at risk.
December 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
MORE Breaking on MS NOW: Pete Hegseth refused an interview request for the Pentagon Inspector General's investigation into Signalgate, according to two sources who read and were briefed on report.
Hegseth would not turn over his phone, a source who read the report told MS NOW.
Hegseth would not turn over his phone, a source who read the report told MS NOW.
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1. BREAKING
President Trump says he is granting a pardon to Democratic Congressman Henry Cuellar and his wife Imelda.
Federal prosecutors said they accepted around $600,000 from an oil-and-gas company wholly owned and controlled by the government of Azerbaijan and a bank in Mexico.
President Trump says he is granting a pardon to Democratic Congressman Henry Cuellar and his wife Imelda.
Federal prosecutors said they accepted around $600,000 from an oil-and-gas company wholly owned and controlled by the government of Azerbaijan and a bank in Mexico.
December 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
1. BREAKING
President Trump says he is granting a pardon to Democratic Congressman Henry Cuellar and his wife Imelda.
Federal prosecutors said they accepted around $600,000 from an oil-and-gas company wholly owned and controlled by the government of Azerbaijan and a bank in Mexico.
President Trump says he is granting a pardon to Democratic Congressman Henry Cuellar and his wife Imelda.
Federal prosecutors said they accepted around $600,000 from an oil-and-gas company wholly owned and controlled by the government of Azerbaijan and a bank in Mexico.
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🇪🇺❗️The EU is adding Russia to its blacklist of countries at high risk of money laundering and financing terrorism, - POLITICO.
December 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
🇪🇺❗️The EU is adding Russia to its blacklist of countries at high risk of money laundering and financing terrorism, - POLITICO.
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Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region, the Holy Presentation Church after Russian bombing.
Self-proclaimed defenders of Christianity and traditional values on full display.
Self-proclaimed defenders of Christianity and traditional values on full display.
December 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region, the Holy Presentation Church after Russian bombing.
Self-proclaimed defenders of Christianity and traditional values on full display.
Self-proclaimed defenders of Christianity and traditional values on full display.
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Ruttе:It’s important that the peace process is there.Hopefully,it will lead to results…The best way to put pressure on the Russians is:
• One is making sure that the Russians understand that the flow of weapons into Ukraine will keep going
• And secondly,making sure that the economic sanctions bite
• One is making sure that the Russians understand that the flow of weapons into Ukraine will keep going
• And secondly,making sure that the economic sanctions bite
December 3, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Ruttе:It’s important that the peace process is there.Hopefully,it will lead to results…The best way to put pressure on the Russians is:
• One is making sure that the Russians understand that the flow of weapons into Ukraine will keep going
• And secondly,making sure that the economic sanctions bite
• One is making sure that the Russians understand that the flow of weapons into Ukraine will keep going
• And secondly,making sure that the economic sanctions bite
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⚡️ Ukraine strikes Druzhba oil pipeline again, HUR source says, despite Hungary, Slovakia's appeal.
"The Russian oil network... will continue to explode and burn," a source told the Kyiv Independent.
"The Russian oil network... will continue to explode and burn," a source told the Kyiv Independent.
Ukraine strikes Druzhba oil pipeline again despite Hungary, Slovakia's appeal, HUR source says
"The Russian oil network...will continue to explode and burn," a source told the Kyiv Independent.
kyivindependent.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:03 PM
⚡️ Ukraine strikes Druzhba oil pipeline again, HUR source says, despite Hungary, Slovakia's appeal.
"The Russian oil network... will continue to explode and burn," a source told the Kyiv Independent.
"The Russian oil network... will continue to explode and burn," a source told the Kyiv Independent.
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One thing we can bank on: the optics of this trip will not be great. Lots of CEOs, Macron-Xi strolling in gardens to harp music. I’ll live with that if Macron delivers a stark warning behind closed doors about the risk of the EU market closing to China.
Macron greeted by Wang Yi upon landing in Beijing
"Macron was accompanied by a delegation of more than 80 people, including nearly 40 chief executives from sectors ranging from energy to aviation."
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"Macron was accompanied by a delegation of more than 80 people, including nearly 40 chief executives from sectors ranging from energy to aviation."
www.scmp.com/news/ch...
December 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
One thing we can bank on: the optics of this trip will not be great. Lots of CEOs, Macron-Xi strolling in gardens to harp music. I’ll live with that if Macron delivers a stark warning behind closed doors about the risk of the EU market closing to China.
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🇩🇪🇺🇦🇺🇸 German General Christian Freuding says the most unsettling change in Europe isn’t happening on the battlefield but in Washington, - The Atlantic
The direct lines he once had to U.S. defense officials “day and night” have been “cut off—really cut off.”
The direct lines he once had to U.S. defense officials “day and night” have been “cut off—really cut off.”
December 2, 2025 at 9:23 AM
🇩🇪🇺🇦🇺🇸 German General Christian Freuding says the most unsettling change in Europe isn’t happening on the battlefield but in Washington, - The Atlantic
The direct lines he once had to U.S. defense officials “day and night” have been “cut off—really cut off.”
The direct lines he once had to U.S. defense officials “day and night” have been “cut off—really cut off.”
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...und wieder einmal aus mehrfach gegebenem Anlass: Das Narrativ um die "Vorgeschichte" zum russischen Einmarsch in der Ukraine ist absurd: diese belastet Russland, nicht die Ukraine.
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Die “Vorgeschichte” zum russischen Krieg gegen die Ukraine auf dem Prüfstand – INVED
Wie eine verdrehte Erzählung die russische Aggression relativiert – Russlands militärische Aggression gegen die Ukraine begann bereits 2014, die hybriden Angriffe noch viel früher.
inved.eu
December 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
...und wieder einmal aus mehrfach gegebenem Anlass: Das Narrativ um die "Vorgeschichte" zum russischen Einmarsch in der Ukraine ist absurd: diese belastet Russland, nicht die Ukraine.
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✈️💥 The number of aircraft incidents in Russia has quadrupled in a year due to sanctions and the lack of domestic spare parts production, — Novaya Gazeta Evropa
800 malfunctions resulting in flight cancellations or emergency aborts were recorded, compared to just over 200 such incidents in 2024.
800 malfunctions resulting in flight cancellations or emergency aborts were recorded, compared to just over 200 such incidents in 2024.
December 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
✈️💥 The number of aircraft incidents in Russia has quadrupled in a year due to sanctions and the lack of domestic spare parts production, — Novaya Gazeta Evropa
800 malfunctions resulting in flight cancellations or emergency aborts were recorded, compared to just over 200 such incidents in 2024.
800 malfunctions resulting in flight cancellations or emergency aborts were recorded, compared to just over 200 such incidents in 2024.
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FPV blows up the positions of the Russian drone operators.
December 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
FPV blows up the positions of the Russian drone operators.
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💥😎 Ukraine Conducts Record Strikes on Russia’s Oil Infrastructure in November.
Ukrainian forces used drones at least 14 times against Russian refineries in November 2025.
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Ukrainian forces used drones at least 14 times against Russian refineries in November 2025.
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Ukraine Conducts Record Strikes on Russia’s Oil Infrastructure in November — Bloomberg
Last month, Ukraine carried out a record number of attacks on Russia’s strategic oil infrastructure. According to Bloomberg, Ukrainian forces used drones at l
theukrainianreview.info
December 2, 2025 at 8:26 PM
💥😎 Ukraine Conducts Record Strikes on Russia’s Oil Infrastructure in November.
Ukrainian forces used drones at least 14 times against Russian refineries in November 2025.
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Ukrainian forces used drones at least 14 times against Russian refineries in November 2025.
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🛳️ Besiktas Shipping, the Turkish owner of an oil tanker that was damaged near Senegal's coast last week after being hit by four external explosions, said on Tuesday that it was ceasing all shipping operations involving Russian interests, - Reuters
December 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
🛳️ Besiktas Shipping, the Turkish owner of an oil tanker that was damaged near Senegal's coast last week after being hit by four external explosions, said on Tuesday that it was ceasing all shipping operations involving Russian interests, - Reuters
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Sudan's military government has offered Russia its first naval base in Africa,the WSJ reported.
Under a 25-year proposal presented in October, Moscow would have the right to station up to 300 troops and dock four warships, including nuclear-powered ones, at Port Sudan or another Red Sea facility.
Under a 25-year proposal presented in October, Moscow would have the right to station up to 300 troops and dock four warships, including nuclear-powered ones, at Port Sudan or another Red Sea facility.
December 2, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Sudan's military government has offered Russia its first naval base in Africa,the WSJ reported.
Under a 25-year proposal presented in October, Moscow would have the right to station up to 300 troops and dock four warships, including nuclear-powered ones, at Port Sudan or another Red Sea facility.
Under a 25-year proposal presented in October, Moscow would have the right to station up to 300 troops and dock four warships, including nuclear-powered ones, at Port Sudan or another Red Sea facility.
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NATO is reportedly preparing a “Plan B” if U.S.-led peace efforts on Ukraine fail, Svoboda reports. Eight alliance diplomats say Europe doubts any deal is possible. If talks collapse, the fallback is clear: more weapons for Ukraine, stronger economic support, and tougher sanctions against Russia.
December 2, 2025 at 8:57 PM
NATO is reportedly preparing a “Plan B” if U.S.-led peace efforts on Ukraine fail, Svoboda reports. Eight alliance diplomats say Europe doubts any deal is possible. If talks collapse, the fallback is clear: more weapons for Ukraine, stronger economic support, and tougher sanctions against Russia.
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Putin:
Europe puts forward peace plan suggestions that are unacceptable for Russia.
Russia supposes Europeans will be able to return to negotiations if they take into account the realities on the ground.
My comment: Europe is an integral part of the peace negotiations
Europe puts forward peace plan suggestions that are unacceptable for Russia.
Russia supposes Europeans will be able to return to negotiations if they take into account the realities on the ground.
My comment: Europe is an integral part of the peace negotiations
December 2, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Putin:
Europe puts forward peace plan suggestions that are unacceptable for Russia.
Russia supposes Europeans will be able to return to negotiations if they take into account the realities on the ground.
My comment: Europe is an integral part of the peace negotiations
Europe puts forward peace plan suggestions that are unacceptable for Russia.
Russia supposes Europeans will be able to return to negotiations if they take into account the realities on the ground.
My comment: Europe is an integral part of the peace negotiations
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⚡️ Putin warns Russia prepared for war with Europe 'right now' before meeting US envoy.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Europe "has no peaceful agenda" and "is on the side of war."
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Europe "has no peaceful agenda" and "is on the side of war."
Putin warns Russia prepared for war with Europe 'right now' before meeting US envoy
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Europe "has no peaceful agenda" and "is on the side of war."
kyivindependent.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:50 PM
⚡️ Putin warns Russia prepared for war with Europe 'right now' before meeting US envoy.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Europe "has no peaceful agenda" and "is on the side of war."
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Europe "has no peaceful agenda" and "is on the side of war."
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US Abandons Europe In Shift Toward Moscow
YouTube video by Jay in Kyiv
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December 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Zelensky warned that there is a real threat of a renewed Russian invasion in a year and emphasized that the war must be ended in a way that prevents this from happening.
The video has subtitles.
The video has subtitles.
December 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Zelensky warned that there is a real threat of a renewed Russian invasion in a year and emphasized that the war must be ended in a way that prevents this from happening.
The video has subtitles.
The video has subtitles.
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🛳️ Video of MIDVOLGA 2 in the Black Sea.
December 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
🛳️ Video of MIDVOLGA 2 in the Black Sea.
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🇺🇦🇪🇺 Another Failed Push to Use Russia’s Frozen Assets
The loan might be blocked because officials intend to return it to Russia, as Politico reports.
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The loan might be blocked because officials intend to return it to Russia, as Politico reports.
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Another Failed Push to Use Russia’s Frozen Assets
The European Central Bank refused to support the payment of €140 billion to Ukraine against frozen Russian assets. It argued that the proposal violates the Eu
theukrainianreview.info
December 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
🇺🇦🇪🇺 Another Failed Push to Use Russia’s Frozen Assets
The loan might be blocked because officials intend to return it to Russia, as Politico reports.
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The loan might be blocked because officials intend to return it to Russia, as Politico reports.
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Above:
Putin:
In Ukraine, we are acting in a surgical manner, carefully. This is not a war in the direct, modern sense of the word.
Below:
Russia's "surgical manner" destroying a city somewhere on the frontlines.
Putin:
In Ukraine, we are acting in a surgical manner, carefully. This is not a war in the direct, modern sense of the word.
Below:
Russia's "surgical manner" destroying a city somewhere on the frontlines.
December 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Above:
Putin:
In Ukraine, we are acting in a surgical manner, carefully. This is not a war in the direct, modern sense of the word.
Below:
Russia's "surgical manner" destroying a city somewhere on the frontlines.
Putin:
In Ukraine, we are acting in a surgical manner, carefully. This is not a war in the direct, modern sense of the word.
Below:
Russia's "surgical manner" destroying a city somewhere on the frontlines.