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The President of the United States, Donald Trump, declared that he agreed to reduce tariffs imposed on Chinese imports, following a meeting with the President of China, Xi Jinping, in South Korea. According to the Axios website, the decision comes in exchange for Beijing’s commitments to buy American soybeans, to allow the export of rare minerals, and to combat fentanyl trafficking. A possible trade truce between the world’s two largest economies would be welcomed with relief by the business environment, investors, and consumers. Speaking to journalists aboard Air Force One, en route to Washington, Trump announced that tariffs on Chinese…

President Vladimir Putin has reportedly given an ultimatum to General Valeri Gherasimov, the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian army, to capture the city of Pokrovsk by mid-November. According to agents of the “Atesh” movement, which includes officers from one of the Russian military groups, dissatisfaction with Valeri Gherasimov’s activities is growing in the Kremlin. According to the publication’s sources, the Kremlin is extremely dissatisfied with his activity, the constant failures on the front, and the distorted presentation of the real situation. It is assumed that Gherasimov has provided Putin with false reports several times, including about the…

The Russians are using infiltration tactics into Ukrainian positions more frequently than before, intended to cause chaos, say Ukrainian frontline soldiers, according to Business Insider. Guided by drones, small groups of soldiers sneak across the front lines and create increasing problems for Ukrainian defenders. Their missions vary: capturing key positions, which they are tasked with holding until reinforcements arrive; disrupting Ukrainian defense by unmasking drone operators or planting mines near Ukrainian positions. This tactic of the Russians, initially sporadic, is now commonly encountered, says Artem, an officer in the 3rd Army Corps. Infiltrations have “become the main combat tactic” in…

The war in Ukraine is turning into a farce. But, behind this curtain, Russia’s real desperation is becoming increasingly visible. Lord Palmerston once joked that in the war between Denmark and Prussia in 1864, only three people understood why it started: one died, one went mad, and the third forgot. If that conflict ever seemed the height of strategic absurdity, Russia’s war against Ukraine has surpassed even that, writes geopolitical strategist Mark Brolin in an article for The Telegraph. Let’s analyze the behavior of the main actors. Let’s start with Putin’s team, which sought to demonstrate strength and strategic skill…

Donald Trump has asked American military leaders to resume testing of American nuclear weapons to keep pace with other countries, such as Russia and China, according to the BBC. The instructions of the US President come after Trump criticized Russia for testing a nuclear-powered missile. “Considering the testing programs of other countries, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our nuclear weapons on equal terms”, Trump wrote on social networks, just before meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea. The United States holds more nuclear weapons than any other country, said the White House Leader.…

China is increasingly restricting the export of drone components to Ukraine. Beijing is also putting an end to the attempts of the Ukrainian defense industry to import Chinese electronic components through allied countries, such as the Baltic states and Poland, according to n-tv.de. “The Chinese government is now even banning the delivery of components to these countries, because it knows that they will then end up here, in Ukraine,” said Yurii Lomikovskyi, co-founder of Iron, a network of Ukrainian and international defense companies, according to the aforementioned source. The Beijing government is deliberately restricting deliveries to undermine Ukrainian drone production.…

The Belgian Minister of Defense, Theo Francken, has warned Russia about the severe consequences of an attack by the aggressor state against any European city. “We will wipe Moscow off the face of the Earth” if this happens, warned the defense minister from Brussels, in an interview for a local newspaper. The Belgian official said he is confident that Putin “will not dare” to launch a missile against Belgium, according to The Moscow Times. Western intelligence agencies have previously repeatedly warned that the Kremlin intends to attack one or more NATO countries in the coming years. Franken believes that a…

The Kremlin’s refusal of an armistice and the recent failure of the peace summit in Budapest outline an increasingly gloomy perspective: the war in Ukraine will continue for years to come, but in a different form than the world has known since 2022. Vladimir Putin seems convinced that time is working in his favor. In his vision, Russia would slowly but surely exhaust Ukraine’s resources until societal collapse, and a potential “victory” would justify, in the eyes of his own people, the devastation he himself has caused, writes The Wall Street Journal. For Kiev, however, the moment does not resemble…

The European Union is ramping up pressure on reluctant member states to agree to new loans for war-torn Ukraine, telling them that if they do not want to accept the use of frozen Russian assets, they will have to foot the bill themselves, reports Politico. The idea of new loans is rejected by the majority of EU governments. For this reason, the Commission wants to pressure them to approve the use of Russia’s frozen assets. The European Commission is fully aware that its Plan B – financing Ukraine’s defense through eurobond loans – is even worse for the governments of…

On the Ukrainian front, the expression “обнуление” – “reset” – has become synonymous with execution. In the jargon of Russian troops, “to be reset” means to be shot by your own, because you refused to go on a “suicidal attack”, because you drank a bottle of vodka, or simply because a superior decided that you don’t deserve to breathe anymore. A new report by the independent Russian publication Verstka reveals who the executioners within the Russian army are and how the repressive system that executes its own soldiers, often without any trial and without any consequence, operates. Beaten, shot, thrown…