Russia is making ground why would it want a ceasefire?
https://arcg.is/1ePO1G1
JD Vance has a cousin who is much more resonable than he is
https://youtu.be/1iaBpU8FnlU?si=8_cNB2haeTnwbCLY
Ukraine seeing success in hitting energy targets in Russia with longer range drones. 10% export capacity halted plus significant supply to Moscow.
https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-dro...finery-2045758
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxKy1r9quyE
Excellent podcast with Boris Johnson about Putin, Ukraine and Trump's approach to the war.
Well worth an hour.
In which you learn something about the power dynamics .. or as the kids would say "who's your daddy" ....
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/politics/g...nt/ar-AA1BaH5uDonald Trump was left humiliated as he waited over an hour for his phone call with Vladimir Putin. The Russian dictator was addressing the annual congress of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs in Moscow before he laughed off a warning that he was leaving it late for his call to the US president.
Putin appeared in no rush to get to the Kremlin for the call while the union's leader Alexander Shokhin looked at his watch. He said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov had announced the timing was before 6pm in Moscow.
Putin replied: "Don't listen to him! That's his job." Shokhin, a former Putin Deputy Prime Minister, said: "Well, I don't know. Now we need to see what Trump says about this..."
Putin then said: "I didn't mention Trump. I was talking about Peskov," as he seemed relaxed at his lax timekeeping. The Putin entourage eventually left the conference, which was held at the Moscow International House of Music, some 20 minutes drive from the Kremlin, at around 5pm.