Russia Currently Has Battlefield Advantage, Ukraine Concedes. US Aid Is Mostly Defensive

The six-month delay on the U.S. military aid package has led to tactical disadvantages for Ukraine, says Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal. Shmyhal talks about the country's relationship with NATO and Canada's support for Ukraine during the war. Click. The U.S. aid is almost entirely defensive, and will not empower Ukraine to regain lost territory, analysts …

Ukraine Aid FINALLY Passes U.S. House

After a six-month delay due to signals from President Trump to House Speaker Mike Johnson and some of their isolationist supporters, the U.S. House of Representatives on Saturday finally passed a $60.8 billion aid bill for Ukraine. "The vote was 311–112, with all Democrats and 101 Republicans voting in favor and 112 Republicans voting against. …

Think of Ukraine’s Long-Term Future Like South Korea

BostWiki: "Why Alternative Media is WRONG about Ukraine & USA. The US spends 5% — I'll repeat 5% — of its defense budget funding Ukraine. Probably the best ROI since the USAF employed Oppenheimer." A video by New York journalist Alastair Bostwick. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eieAON86TEQ Yale Professor Timothy Snyder Says the Ukraine War needs to be considered …

What Has Happened to Hungary and Viktor Orban??

What the heck has happened to Hungary?? Its Prime Minister Viktor Orban is now allied with Russia's Vladimir Putin to spread worldwide authoritarianism?? He calls for Ukraine's surrender and says if Donald Trump is elected, the U.S. won't give Ukraine "a penny." I visited Hungary in 2016, and it seemed so proud of its long …

Ukraine In Critical Need of US Help

"Russia has been at open war with Ukraine for nearly two years and has just regained control of the key town of Avdiivka because Ukrainian troops lack ammunition. President Joe Biden is warning MAGA Republicans that “[t]he failure to support Ukraine at this critical moment will never be forgotten...History is watching,” he said. -- Heather …

1991: Shocking End of the Soviet Union

Shocking to generations that had endured the Cold War and the "long twilight struggle" between capitalism and communism, on December 26, 1991, Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev resigned and the Soviet Union dissolved. Here is a gift link from The New York Times report on that day. END OF THE SOVIET UNION; GORBACHEV, LAST SOVIET LEADER, …

Rules-Based International Order Is Under Attack in Ukraine, Middle East

After World War II, in order to prevent another world cataclysm, countries banded together to create a rules-based international order, a way to resolve international disputes, prevent territorial wars, and end or at least reduce unlimited slaughter. These rules have by no means been perfect, but a series of agreements -- the United Nations Charter, …

Russian War in Ukraine Appears Weakened By Defiant Mercenaries Conflict With Putin

A Russian oligarch, mercenary chief, and once close confident of Vladimir Putin launched a defiant military march -- some say a coup attempt -- on Moscow and Putin over the weekend. Yale University historian Timothy Snyder offers "10 Lessons from a mutiny" on his Substack. "How to understand Yevgeny Prigozhin's march on Moscow and its …

Finland Finally Joins NATO, Without Sweden

TLDR News Daily Briefing from the UK: "In today’s episode, we run through the approval of Finland’s bid into NATO after a year long process. Also, we discuss the indictment of Donald Trump; the potential trade between Russia and North Korea; & the far-right walking out on Zelenskyy in Austria." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBKVytr0Wok

The Making of Modern Ukraine, Class 1: Ukrainian Questions Posed by Russian Invasion

Yale Courses: Timothy Snyder is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He speaks five and reads ten European languages. In the fall of 2022, he taught a course on the history of Ukraine, with 21 lectures. The syllabus and …