Day 1,386: EU countries’ ambassadors agree to end Russian gas imports by end of 2027

EU countries’ ambassadors agree to end Russian gas imports by the end of 2027. As Trump states that Ukraine is losing the war, no reports suggest significant changes on the battlefield, CNN... Read more »

Supporting Trump’s Ukraine peace plan while hoping he walks away

US President Donald Trump in Brussels, on May 25, 2017. (Thierry Charlier/AFP via Getty Images) U.S. policy choices are forcing Europe into a strategic moment it long tried to avoid. As Washington... Read more »

Mirage of energy sanctions against Russia

An aerial view shows the tanker Boracay, part of Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet,” off the coast of Saint-Nazaire, France, on Oct. 1, 2025. (Damien Meyer / AFP via Getty Images) About the... Read more »

X vs. EU: Who Controls Control

Mykola Filonov, public figure, journalist   The European Commission fined Elon Musk’s X platform for violating EU transparency rules. In response, the X administration denied the EC access to the control panel... Read more »

Day 1,378: Russia likely preparing to reject peace proposal, ISW says

The Geneva draft of peace plan was refined, Zelenskyi says after Ukraine, U.S. officials meet in Florida. Russia is likely preparing to reject a peace proposal, ISW says. Russia is making gains... Read more »

165 days trapped on Ukraine’s front line

Ukrainian soldiers Oleksandr Aliksieienko and Oleksandr Tishaiev after leaving their positions in Zaporizhzhia Oblast on Oct. 28, 2025. (Courtesy of Oleksandr Tishaiev) Just last year, the battlefield in Ukraine was most dangerous... Read more »

Day 1,379: Kremlin rejects U.S.-Ukrainian peace proposal, ISW says

Putin rejected the U.S.-Ukrainian peace proposal during a meeting with the US delegation in Moscow, ISW says. The EU is blacklisting Russia for money laundering, Politico says. The number of combat engagements... Read more »

Pope Leo Cautions Trump Strategy Could Undermine Transatlantic Unity

Following his meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky at Castel Gandolfo on Tuesday, Dec. 9, Pope Leo XIV told reporters he preferred not to comment extensively on the newly released US National Security... Read more »

Ukraine wants whistleblowers. How is it strengthening their protection?

A collection of placards are displayed during an anti-corruption demonstration in Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 31, 2025. (Mykhaylo Palinchak/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) About the author: Hanna Novosolova is Chief Specialist at... Read more »

Day 1,385: Zelenskyi rules out ceding land to Russia, WP says

Zelenskyi’s declaration that Ukraine will not surrender land could mark the collapse of Trump’s plan, WP said. The U.S. is trying to peel Zelenskyi away from the European leaders so they can... Read more »