US President Trump expects to ascend to heaven if he brokers Russia, Ukraine peace
Positioning himself as a “mediator in chief” has been one of Trump’s major objectives so far in his second term. He boasted to Zelenskiy during their sit-down on Monday, August 18, that he was responsible for “six deals” in various world conflicts this year alone.
EU leaders join Zelenskiy at meeting with Trump to press for Ukraine to ‘become a steel porcupine’
Speaking to CBS on Sunday, Rubio said both Ukraine and Russia would have to make concessions to reach a peace deal and that security guarantees for Ukraine would be discussed on Monday. He also said there would have to be additional consequences for Russia if no deal was reached.
Scramble for Africa enters new age as Russia skirts Western sanctions to ramp up its military footprint
At first, mercenary groups with an arms-length relationship to the Kremlin entered the fray in Africa. But increasingly, Russia is deploying its military might, and intelligence services, more directly.
Ukraine and Russia trade massive missile and drone attacks as both deny targeting civilians
Over the weekend, Zelenskiy said Ukraine had developed a new “drone missile” that had been used to attack Russia and was more powerful and faster than other hardware in Kyiv’s arsenal. Interfax news agency cited Russia’s defence ministry as saying on Monday its forces used high precision weapons to strike important energy infrastructure in Ukraine which it said supported the military-industrial complex.
Russia tightens hold on Sahel region and Africa’s west coast as US scrambles to retain disgruntled allies
Niger’s closer ties with Russia come a month after senior US officials visited Niger and expressed concern over the country’s potential relationships with Russia and Iran. Following the meeting, a spokesperson for Niger’s military, Colonel Amadou Abdramane, criticised the “condescending attitude” of the Americans for denying the Nigerien people the right to choose which countries they partner with.
Russian military on the backfoot as it is pummelled by Ukrainian forces in Kursk region
Ukraine pummelled two Russian regions with drones on Tuesday as its ground forces tried to smash through defensive lines in a bid to carve out even more territory in its biggest attack on Russian territory since the war began. Ukrainian soldiers crossed the Russian border, about 530 km (330 miles)...
How after clearing their TNT stocks US and Nato relied on imports from Ukrainian for missile making but Russians easily cut off supplies
Besides the plant in Poland, production of TNT is now concentrated in China and India. Customs records examined show at least 1,200 tonnes of TNT were exported from India in 2023 and 2024 to arms makers that supply Western forces. India also shipped large volumes of the explosive fillers RDX and HMX to Poland’s Nitro-Chem.
Report: Failure by US, NATO to prepare for war against Russia is down to military leaders, Pentagon officials, defence contractors and politicians
In the years between Russia’s 2014 seizure of Crimea and its 2022 invasion, for example, repeated warnings from top NATO commanders and from officials who operated or supervised US munitions plants went largely unheeded. They advised their governments, both publicly and privately, that the alliance’s munitions industry was ill-equipped to surge production should war demand it. Because of the failure to respond to those warnings, many artillery production lines at already-ancient factories in the United States and Europe slowed to a crawl or closed altogether.
