Trump does not want peace, he does not want security, he does not care about lost lives and he does not want to work with Europe. He wants to help Putin/Russia and make as much money as possible. That is all this is. Everything else is a steaming pile of BS.

Only once people admit that the entire Ukraine-Russia negotiations process being orchestrated by the USA/Trump is first and last a sham designed to help Putin as much as possible (and provide massive payoffs to the administration), will people be able to discuss it honestly.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Hungary's FM just begged Croatia for Russian oil—despite Hungary having a pipeline for non-RU crude

The real emergency isn't energy. It's the discount.

MOL buys Russian crude cheap, sells refined products at EU prices. But savings never reach Hungarian drivers—they fund Orbán's patronage network

Weekend Update #172: Is Ukraine Causing More Russian Losses Than Putin Can Replace? Rubio, Russia, Ukraine And The European Reaction: A Notable Ukrainian Reaction To Developments In The War

Free weekend update is out. The leading story is Ukrainian claims that for two months now Russian losses have significantly exceeded replacements. If that is happening, it will prove a major problem for the Russian military going forward. Armies rarely tread water. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

Navalny was poisoned with exotic frog toxin, five Western nations confirm Five European countries have confirmed that Navalny was poisoned with epibatidine — a high-potency neurotoxin derived from South American poison dart frogs. Traces of the toxin were found in tissue sa...

Navalny was poisoned with exotic frog toxin, five Western nations confirm

Multiple labs have independently analyzed biological samples taken from Alexei Navalny’s body and found epibatidine, a highly toxic alkaloid sourced from a South American poisonous frog.

Trump being a Russian asset - blackmailed by Putin for his "acts" is getting a lot of wind...

Trump Helps Putin Kill Ukrainians: A Case Study Update: Since this piece appeared Donald Trump confirmed just how much he is in Putin’s pocket.

Hi All, I sent out two pieces yesterday in another crazy day. The second, last night was how Trump has, once again, helped Putin kill and freeze Ukrainians. It’s free and I even had to update it this morning after Trump defended Putin's war crimes last night. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

NEW: RU resumed its combined missile & drone strike campaign against UA energy infrastructure on the night of February 2-3, after the moratorium on energy infrastructure strikes.

Read the Feb 3, 2026 Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment: isw.pub/UkrWar020326

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Epstein's sex empire was 'KGB honeytrap' The release of more than three million new documents relating to the late sex offender gives credence to claims made by senior security officials: that Epstein was working on behalf of Moscow.

If true, this could explain a lot: Epstein’s mysterious money; the wire transactions to former Soviet states; Trump’s submissiveness around Putin.

It's seemed clear to me since Trump's first term that his relationship with Putin is not based on kompromat, but on Trump's admiration of Putin's control of Russia, & his wish to impose a similar personalist system on the US. The depressing thing is how little pushback he faces from US institutions.

Europe & Ukraine can keep flattering Trump, hoping that he won't stop the US selling weapons to UA or Europe, or supplying intelligence. They must not for an instant think that Trump is on their side. This is basically like Czechoslovakia being forced to give up its defences in the Sudetenland.

Here is a temperature map (in celsius) of the USA today, during what is being called the "Big Freeze". Ukraine was colder than this basically every day from Jan 5-23. And thanks to the USA helping Putin, the country was starved of heat and power.

Khodorkovsky, Kasparov, Kara-Murza, Sobol, and Tolokonnikova named to Russian opposition delegation at PACE The composition of the Russian opposition delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has been approved. According to a press release made public earlier today, the list o...

Khodorkovsky, Kasparov, Kara-Murza, Sobol, and Tolokonnikova named to Russian opposition delegation at PACE

The “Platform for Dialogue with Russian Democratic Forces” includes 15 participants from Russia, 5 of whom represent its indigenous peoples.

Becoming clear that Kremlin strategy now seems to be focused on keeping Ukraine’s allies chasing phantom negotiations, providing "diplomatic" cover while Russia destroys Ukraine.

No new sanctions, no additional pressure on Russia, attacks continue.

Zelenskyy warns: Europe keeps reliving its own failures while threats multiply (key points from Davos speech)

Ukrainian President warned that Europe is trapped in a pattern of indecision and delay — repeating the same discussions year after year, while threats grow stronger.

Freeonis nails “it’s not my fault”

Every day is a Russian day of shame.

Trump's speech included a line that any non-US NATO policymakers breathing a sigh of relief today should note: he doesn't see the point of defending territory the US doesn't own. Which would seem to rule out Article V.

"Every time #Russia wages war, a familiar chorus rushes in to explain why the aggressor is not truly to blame, and why even mass atrocities must be 'understood' rather than condemned."

Can we speak the truth on this? Trump has been "unable to end the war" because he has failed to bully and threaten Ukraine into accepting a deal that would make Putin happy.

Important perspective from Greenland.

“You are welcome in Europe”.

Good speech.

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We're getting very close to what Anders describes.
Normal, civilised US citizens need to understand it's their system that is sick, not just one man.
In pretty much every other democracy I can think of, doing a January 6 number would have meant imprisonment and being barred from public office.

Basically Trump is threatening to sanction NATO unless NATO commits suicide.

And people still think he might sanction Russia. He is doing Putin’s work.

You cannot back Donald Trump and support Ukraine. Trump has helped Putin by starving Ukraine of air defense (which the Russians understand). Trump is helping Putin freeze Ukrainian cities, turn off Ukrainian lights and, ultimately, kill Ukrainians.
And he has been doing this for almost one year.

What too many people refuse to admit is while they search around frantically for signs that Trump will help Ukraine, what has really happened is that Trump has protected Putin while the Russians have criminally attacked Ukrainian civilian life. This foolishness must stop now.

What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?

Weekend Update #167: Lets Be Honest, We Are Taking Advantage Of The Ukrainians The Graham-Blumenthal Tango Of No Meaning; The Ukrainian Strategic Air Campaign Is Making A Difference: But Probably Needs More

Hello all, just sent out my free weekend update. A special one as it’s from Ukraine. It’s clear being here that we are all taking advantage of the Ukrainians. They are fighting for their lives, and we are safe and sound behind them. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

Former Trump envoy Keith Kellogg: “Zelenskyy is a tough son of a bitch. He's stubborn. He has his opinion. He's unafraid to say that. He knows how to use media.

“We in the United States have not seen a leader like him since Abraham Lincoln.”

Der Spiegel nailed a future prediction with a publication cover, published on 4 February 2017 (Issue No. 6/2017).

The cover headline “AMERICA FIRST” corresponds to Donald Trump’s inaugural slogan.

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