Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social

17 hours ago

MORE: The Kremlin is engaged in a delicate balancing act between feigning interest in negotiations to Trump and conditioning Russian society to accept nothing short of Putin's desired full victory in Ukraine, no matter how long it takes. isw.pub/UkrWar08072025

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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social

17 hours ago

NEW: Putin may have used his meeting w/ US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff to propose a long-range strikes moratorium, which would allow Russia to stockpile long-range drones & missiles and renew devastating large-scale strikes against Ukraine after the moratorium expires. 🧵(1/3) isw.pub/UkrWar08072025

Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social

15 hours ago

In this age of geopolitical chaos, sovereignty is important. But not in the way that Brexists were talking about.

open.substack.com/pub/arthursn...

The sovereignty myth

America First reminds us that sovereignty means a lot more than legislation

Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social

14 hours ago

The point here is that, once again, Putin has Trump where he wants him, begging for direct meeting.

Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social

15 hours ago

We’ve gone from talking about American ultimatums & deadlines to ‘Let’s have a summit.’ Our latest report from Moscow for @BBCNews on the day the Kremlin announced that Vladimir Putin & Donald Trump would meet “in the coming days.”

Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social

14 hours ago

Good morning world, on Day 1262 of Russia's ongoing genocide in Ukraine.

It's Tump D-Day - will it tariffs or TACO? Putin hopes a promise of a meeting will delay action.

By the way, remember "within 24 hours"? Trump has now completed 200 days in office. This is THE daily🧵

Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social

13 hours ago

One thing that must keep in mind--when it comes to sanctioning Russia, its not a case of Trump doing a TACO. He never intended to sanctions Russia and wants to deal with Putin--and does not care about Ukrainians being killed. He is doing what he wants--not chickening out.

Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social

9 hours ago

A convicted felon says will meet with an indicted for war criminal to discuss the invasion the UN declared illegal.

It's not a "peace summit", it's a criminal conspiracy.

John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social

8 hours ago

I can’t even…

Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social

14 hours ago

Head of NASA Sean Duffy intends to destroy a satellite that collects key data on carbon dioxide and plant health, by causing it to burn up in the atmosphere. The U.S. Dept of Agriculture and private agriculture firms use the data to forecast crop yield, drought conditions and more.

Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose

The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.