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Q: What would it take to force Zelenskyy and Putin to sit down together, maybe with you?

Trump: It’s going to happen, but it should have happened 3 months ago. 1/
Q: Are you closer today to secondary sanctions on Russia?

Trump: We're looking at that whole situation. It could be that we'll have to put secondary sanctions.

Q: Sooner than 50 days?

Trump: Maybe, yeah. 2/
Trump on the expiring nuclear arms reduction agreement between the U.S. and Russia in 6 months:

That's a big problem for the world when you take off nuclear restrictions.

That's not an agreement you want to expire. We're starting to work on that. 3/
Trump: Hamas pulled out of negotiating in Gaza. It was too bad. Hamas didn't really want to make a deal. I think they want to die, and it's very bad. 4/
Q: Macron said France will recognize the Palestinian state. Is it counterproductive?

Trump: What he says doesn't matter. It's not going to change anything.

He's a very good guy, I like him, but his statement doesn't carry any weight. 5/
Q: What do you think of the trade deal with the EU?

Trump: We have a 50/50 chance, maybe less, of making a deal with the EU. It'll be a deal where they have to buy down their 30% tariffs. 6/
Trump: We made a deal with Japan. Japan is putting up $550B to lower their tariffs, and they are also open for free trade with the U.S.

Maybe we get such a deal with the EU. 7/
Q: Do you think that the Supreme Court's ruling on presidential immunity would apply to Obama?

Trump: It probably helps him a lot. He's done criminal acts, but he has immunity. 8X

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Jul 27
Russia is using abducted Ukrainian children as poker chips - The Times.

Daria Zarivna, adviser to Zelenskyy’s chief of staff presented Russia a list of 339 abducted Ukrainian children.

Russia privately suggested trading them for POWs. 1/ Image
Kyiv says at least 19,546 Ukrainian children were taken by Russia. Only 1,399 have been returned.

Ukraine and the US demanded the return of abducted children on the March Saudi summit to test Putin’s willingness for peace.

He refused.

2/
Trump’s administration shifted toward supporting Ukraine.

Russia shocked them with proposal to trade children for prisoners.

Zarivna visited Washington and secured bipartisan House and Senate resolutions for the unconditional return of abducted children.

3/
Read 7 tweets
Jul 26
British AS90 howitzers are helping Ukraine’s 3rd Assault Brigade hold Izyum.

Barrels are firing 8 times more than they were built for, still preserve accuracy.

Ukrainians have adapted to drone warfare and are using precise strikes to stop Russians — NYT. 1/ Image
AS90 crew killed 5 Russians in trenches with 6 fast rounds, then dodged a FPV drone. Operator “Bear” said: “That’s good work, guys. Surgical.”

Another strike broke up a 30-man assault, “none of them wanted to come back,” said crew leader "Skrypa". 2/
Crew fires AS90s guns up to 8,000 rounds.

The 3rd Assault Brigade holds Izyum for over a year as other fronts retreat.

Crews say AS90 beats the Soviet Msta-S in armor, space, and recoil control. 3/
Read 6 tweets
Jul 26
Russia has failed every major ally in the Middle East - Syria, Hezbollah, Iran.

Moscow offered no military aid, no retaliation when Assad fell, the US bombed Iran, and Israel hit Hezbollah.

Putin offers nothing beyond oil and gas, writes McFaul & Milani in Foreign Affairs. 1/ Image
When Assad’s regime collapsed in December 2024, Russia offered asylum but gave no support. Rebel forces entered Damascus without resistance. Russian troops withdrew from their bases in days. 2/
In June 2025, Israeli and U.S. forces bombed Iran’s nuclear sites. Iran sent its foreign minister to Moscow. Putin condemned the attack — but provided no weapons, no defense systems, no intelligence sharing. 3/
Read 8 tweets
Jul 26
The US now uses lasers to down attack drones. Ukraine is testing them too.

The Economist: Each shot costs <$10 vs $100K+ per missile. In 2024, a 20 kW US LOCUST laser downed Iran drones at a Mideast base.

Ukraine’s Tryzub laser destroyed Russian FPV drones in April 2025. 1/ Image
Israel also used its Lite Beam system to shoot down dozens of Hezbollah drones in 2025.

Footage shows a 10 kW laser tracking targets and burning them mid-air. The full-power Iron Beam (50 kW) is nearly ready to reinforce Iron Dome. 2/
Laser weapons are effective against mass drone attacks: they strike instantly, need no ammo, and can shoot down 10+ drones in a row if powered and cooled. 3/
Read 6 tweets
Jul 26
China doesn’t want Russia to win the war in Ukraine. Nor does it want it to lose.

Alexander J. Motyl in The Hill: Beijing benefits from a Russia that is isolated from the West, and subordinate to China. It supplies cheap energy, accepts trade terms and poses no regional risk. 1/ Image
If Putin wins, he could start new war — against Kazakhstan or a NATO state. China would face a stronger, more assertive Kremlin.

If he loses, Russia risks elite infighting, separatism in the Caucasus or Siberia, and instability across China’s border. 2/
Wang Yi, China’s foreign minister, told EU’s Kaja Kallas that China can’t accept Russia losing.

But a prolonged war in Ukraine that weakens Russia suits Beijing. It drains Russian resources, and keeps Moscow too preoccupied to pursue its own foreign policy. 3/
Read 5 tweets
Jul 26
Oleksii Sobolev is Ukraine’s new Minister of Economy, Environment, and Agriculture.

Trusted by international partners, respected by business, and effective in getting things done.

Also, he teaches at KSE — and we’re proud of it.

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Sobolev, 42, is from Kyiv. He holds a degree in Finance from Kyiv National Economic University. He started his career at Ernst & Young and later managed assets at Dragon Asset Management.

2/
He entered public service after the Revolution of Dignity. In 2018, he became head of — a platform for transparent state asset auctions. After the full-scale invasion, he joined RISE Ukraine, a coalition for transparent reconstruction.

3/Prozorro.Sale
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