Posts tagged Ukraine
1,530 Days

The peace framework between Trump and Zelensky, reportedly 90 to 95 percent complete, remains stalled. Russia has little incentive to close the gap while American commitment wavers. Day 1,530 looks a lot like day 1,000: grinding, costly, and unresolved, which, from Putin's perspective, is close enough to winning.

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The Intelligence War Behind the Front Lines

The strategic logic is not hard to follow. Russian intelligence reportedly told Iran that Israel's power grid is characterized by a high degree of isolation, and unlike European nations, Israel does not import electricity from neighboring countries. This means that damaging even a few central components could trigger a total and prolonged energy collapse. Russia has spent years learning exactly how to do this to Ukraine. Now it is teaching Iran to do it to Israel.

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