Realpolitik not rhetoric: Witkoff’s Ukraine peace plan is generous to Kiev
It didn’t take long for the predictable chorus of indignation to make itself heard.
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Russia-Poland relations plummet further after war graves ‘desecration’
The Russian authorities have removed sculptures of Polish military symbols adorning the graves of Polish officers at the Katyn cemetery in western Russia.
Brussels must not let the ‘deeply, deeply corrupt’ Ukraine join the EU
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has had a brutal few weeks.
Poland closes Russian consulate after sabotage of railway lines
Russia’s consulate in the Polish city of Gdańsk has been closed in retaliation for explosions on railway lines, Poland’s foreign minister Radosław Sikorski…
Ukraine must get rid of kleptocrats before the West can help rebuild
The plans that President Trump has been carefully developing to force a reasonable peace upon Russian President Putin after his nearly four years of unsuccessful…
Too big to fail? Saving Ukraine would cost Europe almost $400 billion
In the history of ideas around war and strategic confrontation, there are strokes of genius, grave mistakes, and everything in between.
On Ukraine, neither expropriation nor Tomahawks will make Putin blink
There is something faintly delusional in the present strategy of the West against Russia.
Maritime sanctions against Russia have backfired badly
If an uninsured Russian rust-bucket goes down off your coast causing massive environmental damage and loss of life, it will be easy to point the finger of blame.
Poland’s Sikorski hopes Ukrainians ‘destroy pipeline supplying Hungary with Russian oil’
Polish foreign minister Radosław Sikorski has said he hopes that Ukrainian forces succeed in destroying an oil pipeline that supplies Hungary with Russian oil.
EU and US to ramp up Russia sanctions over Putin’s ‘dishonesty’ in peace efforts
The European Union and the US promised a fresh wave of sanctions against Russia for its relentless invasion of Ukraine, with Washington accusing Russian President…
‘We can’t militarily beat Russia, but we can economically ‘, Belgian defence minister says
According to Belgian defence minister Theo Francken, Ukraine and Western counties won't be able to defeat Russia in the field.
Putin, brace yourself: Trump has other moves now, starting with Tomahawks for Zelensky
The failure of the Russian government to give the slightest encouragement to President Trump that it was worthwhile having another meeting about the Ukraine War…
EU lawmakers show lukewarm support for Trump’s peace initiative
EU leaders have given a lukewarm welcome to US President Donald Trump and his efforts towards peace in Ukraine.
EU foreign affairs chief unhappy with Putin visit to Hungary
EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas has criticised the prospect of Russian President Vladimir Putin visiting Hungary for peace talks on Ukraine.
Machiavelli, Keynes, and using Russia’s frozen assets to arm Ukraine
“Men more quickly forget the death of their father than the loss of their property,” Machiavelli wrote in his classic treatise, The Prince.
Poland hands over 16-year-old Ukrainian accused of working for Russia
Poland has transferred to Ukraine a 16-year-old Ukrainian who was allegedly involved in organising terrorist attacks for Russia.
Poland accuses Russians of plot involving ‘corn tins filled with explosives’
Polish Government prosecutors are investigating an alleged Russian plot involving cans labelled as corn, filled with explosives smuggled into Poland.
Hungary PM Orbán slams Polish PM Tusk for saying conflict in Ukraine is ‘our war’
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has attacked his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk for declaring that the conflict in Ukraine is “our war”.
‘Don’t whine if we shoot your planes down’, Poland’s Sikorski tells Russia at UN
Russia should not “whine” if its planes get shot down while violating NATO airspace, Poland’s foreign minister Radosław Sikorski told the country at the United…
UN to hold emergency meeting over Russian fighter incursion of Estonian airspace
Estonia said the UN Security Council would hold an emergency meeting on the violation of the country's airspace by Russian fighter jets, an incursion condemned by…
The EU sanctions on Russia have had no effect on Putin’s economy
Eighteen! That’s the number of sanction packages which have been passed on Russia by the European Union since the expansion of the Russo-Ukrainian War in 2022.
Poland embarrassed for ‘misleading UN’ on damage from drone incursion
A Polish home badly damaged during a Russian drone incursion into Polish territory is now being reported to have been hit by a falling rocket fired from one of the…
Poland arrests two Belarusians who allegedly flew drone over official buildings
Poland’s State Protection Service (SOP) spotted and "neutralised" a drone flying over government buildings in central Warsaw.
Hysterical reactions over Russia’s drone incursion are a disservice to NATO
Europe’s war-party has been hard at work online trying to stir up some kind of “Article 5 response” (i.e.
MEPs ‘regret EU military strategy in Ukraine’, they say – by mistake
Absent-minded MEPs passed a stern motion criticising their own European Union's failed "militaristic strategy" in Ukraine - many of them by mistake.
‘Coalition of willing’ pledge ‘reassurance force’ for Ukraine if peace deal secured
More than two dozen countries have pledged to join a force to deploy in Ukraine after any eventual peace deal with Russia, aiming to deter Moscow from again attacking…
More cold water poured on von der Leyen plane GPS jamming story
Big holes have started to appear in a widely reported story about the plane carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to Bulgaria, which reportedly…
Peace in Ukraine requires a territorial fudge
There is much scepticism, on all sides, about the possibility of a breakthrough in Donald Trump’s diplomacy to end the Ukraine war.
Polish President bars Tusk government representation from White House meet
Poland's President Karol Nawrocki has decided to visit the White House without any government representatives in his delegation.
Slovakian PM snubs EU with Putin meeting
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is to meet President Vladimir Putin in China, highlighting Bratislava’s resistance to EU efforts to cut energy ties with Russia.