Grain Ships Burning in Black Sea May Foreshadow Hunger in Global South
Americans overlook uncontrolled naval warfare that now paralyzes ‘the Persian Gulf of grain.’
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JAMES BROOKE
Berkshire County, Massachusetts
James Brooke is a Contributor for the Sun.
Mr. Brooke has traveled to about 100 countries reporting for the New York Times, Bloomberg, and Voice of America. He reported from Russia for eight years and from Ukraine for six years, coming home in 2021.
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Ahead of Zelensky’s White House Visit, Some MAGA Cheerleaders, in Turnaround, Emerge as Backers of Ukraine
Trump now indicates that he thinks that Kyiv has an edge over Russia in the long-running war.
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Ukraine, Seeking To Bring War to Every Russian, Torches ‘Russia’s Amazon’
‘Striking at the most sensitive part of the comfort zone of ordinary imperial patriots and supporters of Putin,’ is how a Ukrainian official describes the tactic.
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Firing of Ukraine’s Defense Minister Shocks Nation, Delights Foes
Russian war bloggers are celebrating the removal of a young Ukrainian who had put Russia’s war effort on the back foot.
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Ukraine’s Drones Blockade Crimea, Forcing Russia To Close Key Grain Export Corridor
Gas in Crimea hits $16 a gallon.
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Today Trump Meets Zelensky, Who Now Seems To ‘Have the Cards’ as Ukraine’s Military Prospects Brighten
Putting Putin on the back foot is key to forcing the Kremlin to accept real peace talks, an official at Kyiv says.
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Russians Seethe Over Hours-Long Gas Lines as Putin Shrugs
As increasingly accurate Ukrainian drones knock out refineries across the country, public pressure is growing for a negotiated end to the war.
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Moscow Loses Its Grip as Ukrainian Drones Change the Regional Balance of Power
Former Soviet Union states are going their own way.
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By Sea, by Air, and Now by Land, Ukraine Tightens Noose Around Russia-Occupied Crimea
Military cargo has dropped by 71 percent on the main ‘Novorossiya’ highway linking mainland Russia with Crimea, the commander of Ukraine’s drone unit says.
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Back to the USSR, Russians Wait in Gas Lines — and Fume
While ‘Ukraine is bravely holding the frontline,’ the European Commission president says, ‘Russia’s fatigue is openly showing.’
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Russia, Escalating a Thousand-Year-Old Feud, Sets Afire Cathedral at Kyiv in Drone Strike
Putin, reeling from battlefield setbacks and oil refinery bombings, fights back by targeting Ukrainian culture.
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Putin Plays Tough, but Cracks Appear
Could Russia end up as a Chinese province?
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