Trump Sends a New Message to Putin

The President toughens his stance with more arms for Ukraine. It took six months, but President Trump seems to have concluded that Vladimir Putin doesn’t want peace in Ukraine. The Russian will have a “lovely” talk with the President “and then the missiles go off that night,” Mr. Trump said…

Countering Russian Cruise Missiles and Long-Range Drones

Russian long-range drone and cruise missile developments, production increases, and Western interceptor capabilities. Over the past week, Russia has launched over 1,800 Geran-2 (the indigenized version of the Iranian Shahed-136) alongside decoy long-range drones. This marks a sharp increase in the average intensity of long-range drone attacks per day, peaking…

Massive US Sanctions on Russia?

US President Donald Trump, apparently fed up with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, promised on July 14 to renew arms supplies to Ukraine and threatened to impose sanctions on countries trading with Russia if no ceasefire is reached within 50 days. The economic sanctions pledge appears to be a U-turn…