Trump Administration Reviews Nvidia H200 Chip Sales to China, Marking Major Shift in U.S. AI Export Policy 
U.S. Senators Move Toward Deal to Strengthen Military Helicopter Safety Rules 
U.S.-Russia Talks in Miami Raise Hopes for Potential Ukraine War Deal 
Putin Signals Possible Peace or Continued War in Ukraine at Major Year-End Address 
Argentina Unions Rally Against Milei’s Labor Reform as Congress Debates Key Bill 
Jared Isaacman Confirmed as NASA Administrator, Becomes 15th Leader of U.S. Space Agency 
Honduras Election Recount Delayed Amid Protests and Political Tensions 
U.S. and China Push for Ceasefire as Thailand–Cambodia Border Clashes Escalate 
U.S. House Advances GOP Healthcare Bill as ACA Subsidies Near Expiration 
Trump Expands U.S. Travel Ban to Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Sparking Economic Fears in the Caribbean 
Syria, Kurds and U.S. Race to Show Progress on SDF Integration Deal 
Italy Supreme Court Upholds Salvini Acquittal in Migrant Kidnapping Case 
UN Warns Gaza Humanitarian Aid at Risk as Israel Registration Rules Threaten NGO Operations 
Dan Bongino to Step Down as FBI Deputy Director After Brief, Controversial Tenure 
EU Delays Mercosur Free Trade Agreement Signing Amid Ukraine War Funding Talks 
Canada Signals Delay in US Tariff Deal as Talks Shift to USMCA Review 
Russia has often targeted civilians in its war with Ukraine since invading back in February. According to German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock, Moscow is attempting to eradicate the Ukrainian population in the Donbas region.
According to Reuters, in her remarks before the German parliament in Berlin, Baerbock said Russia is using a strategy to quash settlements in Ukraine’s Donbas region. Baerbock cited the tactics of Moscow as she stressed the importance of Germany sending weapons to Ukraine.
“City by city, village by village, Russian troops are destroying them from a safe distance,” said Baerbock. “First the missiles, then the warplanes with artillery, and then, when everything is flattened, the tanks roll in.”
Baerbock said Moscow is fighting a war to “depopulate and extinguish civilization” in the eastern Ukrainian territory.
Russia is looking to control Ukraine’s eastern and southern territories after failing to seize control of Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and getting driven out of northern Ukraine. Moscow launched its new offensive in the east, capturing most of Severodonetsk, which is in Luhansk.
Top officials from the US and NATO said this week that the war in Ukraine would likely end at the negotiating table. However, they noted that Ukrainians must be able to strengthen themselves to strengthen their stance in the peace talks.
In a joint press conference Wednesday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said what is happening on the ground in Ukraine will determine how negotiations will happen.
“Wars are unpredictable,” said Stoltenberg. “We are able to predict the invasion, but how this war will evolve, it’s very hard to predict. What we do know is that almost all wars end at some stage at the negotiating table.”
Stoltenberg also said that the alliance supports Ukraine’s right to defend itself while trusting Ukrainian leaders to make their own judgments on peace talks with Russia.
Blinken also echoed Stoltenberg’s comments, explaining that the West is making sure that Ukraine is able to defend itself from Russian aggression and to make sure that Kyiv has the strongest hand at the negotiating table.
Blinken also said it is hard to predict the trajectory of the war as well as how and when it will end.
