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Daily Memo: Ukraine’s European Backers Get Weak in the Knees

Paying for it. Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said it would be ā€œprematureā€ for Rome to participate in NATO’s program to buy U.S. weapons...

Daily Memo: Productive and Unproductive Meetings

U.S.-Russia talks. Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov and the presidential special envoy on foreign investment and economic cooperation, Kirill Dmitriev, held talks with U.S....

Daily Memo: Russian Presence on the Ukraine Border and the Red Sea

Security zone. Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the Russian military’s North Forces Group to create a security zone along the border with Ukraine during...

Daily Memo: Ukraine Talks, Pakistan on Gaza Security

Ukraine's take. U.S. and Ukrainian negotiators held talks in Miami, Florida, on Friday, focused on the U.S.-brokered peace proposal with Russia. According to a...

Daily Memo: Putin in Central Asia, Syrian Unrest

Regional talks. Russian President Vladimir Putin is in Kyrgyzstan for a three-day visit. He met on Wednesday with President Sadyr Japarov to discuss bilateral...

Daily Memo: Ukraine Moves Ahead, Canada-India Uranium Deal

Getting closer. Ukraine has agreed to a U.S.-brokered peace deal with Russia with only "minor details to be sorted out," CBS News reported. It...

Daily Memo: Ukraine Peace Plan Progresses, Gaza Plan Falters

Progress toward peace? Ukrainian and U.S. negotiators met in Geneva and discussed changes to Washington’s 28-point plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war. According to...

Daily Memo: Details Revealed on US Plan to End War in Ukraine

Washington's vision. Ukrainian lawmaker Oleksiy Goncharenko revealed on his Telegram channel what he says is the U.S.-drafted 28-point plan to end the war with...

Daily Memo: Israel and Russia Bolster Their Presence in Syria

Israel in Syria. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Israeli troops deployed to the buffer zone in Syria. Accompanied by the Israeli foreign minister,...

Daily Memo: New Ukraine Plan, US-Saudi Deal

Ukraine proposal. The United States is working with Russia to develop a new plan to end the war in Ukraine, Axios reported. The 28-point...

Daily Memo: Zelenskyy Headed for Turkey, Russia-Syria Talks

Ukraine update. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will travel to Turkey on Wednesday to push for renewed negotiations on ending the war with Russia. U.S....

Daily Memo: Explosion on Polish Railway, Iran’s Water Crisis

Unprecedented. An explosion on a Polish rail line on Sunday was an ā€œunprecedented act of sabotage,ā€ Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said. The blast,...

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