After a nearly three-hour meeting in Alaska, the two leaders said they had made progress on unspecified issues. But they offered no details & took no questions from media.
Europe and Ukraine’s agencies are crucial. Steering the Alaska talks bilaterally between the US and Russia will foil the outcomes before they even start taking effect.
The dynamics between Europe and Russia have gone so south that mending fences looks like an uphill task—even as the US swings between sanctions and olive branches.
The US president did not specify what the consequences would be but has hinted at economic sanctions if the meeting between himself and his Russian counterpart in Alaska Friday does not end well.
Allies do not forget when they are publicly insulted. Future US administrations will find themselves spending enormous diplomatic capital just to bring things back to baseline.
Ukraine's top commander said Moscow's forces were changing their tactics, using smaller sabotage units in a bid to push forward with their drive through eastern Donetsk region.
The US President set the deadline earlier this month and has repeatedly voiced exasperation with Putin for continuing attacks on Ukraine despite Washington's efforts to end the war.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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