Vladimir Putin has done something that at first glance seems wholly out of character.
The US president’s comments suggest he is growing frustrated with his inability to strike a quick peace deal to end the Russia-Ukraine war,which he promised in the election campaign.
Australia confronts the greatest ever threats to its security,yet our bloated defence aristocracy is intellectually stunted. We need urgent action – and that includes a debate on the introduction of national service.
The blundering Signal chat may be the least of the Trump administration’s dangerous moves. As a former senior spy put it,“we’re shooting ourselves in the head,not the foot”.
Speaking in Paris at the so-called Coalition of the Willing summit,British Prime Minister Keir Starmer accused Vladimir Putin of “playing games and playing for time”.
Vladimir Putin is desperate to exploit the Arctic to help provide a lifeline to Russia’s flagging economy. It won’t be easy.
With a deal to access Ukraine’s critical minerals now on the backburner,the US president said American ownership of the country’s power plants would offer “the best protection”.
The Russian president may have already broken the promise he made during a two-hour phone call with his US counterpart overnight.
The US president cast himself as the Putin-whisperer – the only guy who “gets” the Russian leader. But now,the situation risks seriously embarrassing Trump.
A temporary ceasefire is on the table,but both sides seem unwilling to make large concessions and have red lines that they insist cannot be crossed. Here is what’s at stake.