(2025-12-06). US, Ukraine underscore need for ceasefire, de-escalation. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 06 (MNA) — The US and Ukrainian delegations have stressed in a meeting the need for measures to cease hostilities and de-escalate tensions in Ukraine.
(2025-12-06). Russian Drone Strikes Escalate Tensions in Ukraine's Railway Hubs. devdiscourse.com A regional railway depot near Kyiv fell victim to a significant Russian drone and missile barrage damaging several railway carriages, according to Ukrainian state railway company Ukrzaliznytsia. No casualties were reported in the attack on Fastiv town despite extensive destruction.
(2025-12-06). Russia's repression record. CPJ Europe and Central Asia Program 
(2025-12-06). Iran's Maritime Power Play: Strategic Patterns and the 2024 Strait of Hormuz Crisis. moderndiplomacy.eu As global geopolitical attention is fixated on the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, Iran has chosen to optimize its strategic position in the most advantageous area, the Strait of Hormuz. The detention of the tanker St. Nikolas by Iran's rapid response forces from a helicopter in January 2024 (BBC News, 2025) was not the first …
(2025-12-06). An Oligarch's Guide To Ending The War In Ukraine OpEd. eurasiareview.com Here's how oligarchs play their game of geopolitical three-card monte. They attract attention by promising the moon. Then they hide their real motivations in a duplicitous shuffle of the cards. The ensuing action is a razzle-dazzle of distraction. In the end, the oligarchs win, and everyone else loses. | On the Russian side, oligarch-in-chief Vladimir Putin talks about this territory and that territory. Sure, he wants Russia to colonize more land in Ukraine. But the territory is less important than his conception of an enlarged Russian ethno-space that crowds out the European Union and NATO by asserting an ill…
(2025-12-06). Debutan victoriosos en Mundial de Boxeo, Fernando Arzola y Arlen López. cubadebate.cu El doble monarca olímpico Arlen López y el subtitular universal de 2023 Fernando Arzola firmaron las dos primeras victorias para Cuba en el Campeonato Mundial de la Asociación Internacional de Boxeo (IBA, por sus siglas en inglés) de Dubái, Emiratos àÅrabes Unidos. Arlen se llevó crédito de 4-1 sobre el turco Bayram Malkan.
(2025-12-05). Critics of Ukraine peace deal must answer: What's the alternative? strategic-culture.su By Mark EPISKOPOS and Marcus STANLEY | Join us on , , and . | Contact us: | There are tough pills for Kyiv to swallow but Russia has mad…
(2025-12-05). Czechia Suspends Funding for Flamingo Missiles Amid Ukraine's Corruption Scandal. globalresearch.ca Approximately $623,000 raised through a crowdfunding initiative in Czechia has not been transferred to Fire Point, the company that manufactures Ukraine's Flamingo cruise missiles, according to the Czech portal iDNES. The rethink came after it emerged that the manufacturer was …
(2025-12-05). Trump Ukraine Plan AOA (Alive On Arrival). popularresistance.org Despite widespread rejection and ridicule in Western media of Donald Trump's peace proposal on Ukraine being "dead on arrival" in Moscow, there was Trump's envoy and his son-in-law discussing the "dead" document for five hours until midnight on Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin. | Yury Ushakov, Putin's chief aide on Ukraine, in the official readout, said the two sides discussed several options, including territorial issues, and agreed to continue contacts. | "We did not discuss specific formulations, specific American proposals, but discussed the very essence of what is embedded in thes…
(2025-12-05). Israel shredding Gaza ceasefire while US distracted by Ukraine. responsiblestatecraft.org There is no ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, even though an
(2025-12-05). Video: Yurii Sheliazhenko on So-Called Trump Peace Plan for Ukraine. worldbeyondwar.org WBW Board Member Sheliazhenko says there are signs that Trump's plan is mainly aimed at asserting U.S. global leadership and economic interests, as well as Trump's personal interests. #WorldBEYONDWar…
(2025-12-05). How A Ukrainian Drone Strike On Russia Has Crippled Kazakh Oil Exports Analysis. eurasiareview.com By Ray Furlong and Azattyq Asia | A drone strike on an oil-loading facility off Russia's Black Sea coast has ignited a diplomatic spat between Ukraine and Kazakhstan, exposed the Central Asian country's reliance on a single oil pipeline for exports, and possibly endangered gasoline supplies in Europe. | Naval drones hit a large floating circular structure 5 kilometers out to sea near the port of Novorossiysk, where Russia's Black Sea fleet is based, on November 28. | The object was a Single Point Mooring (SPM), an offshore facility for pumping oil onto tankers. There are three SPMs at Novorossiysk. One was alr…
(2025-12-05). Russian MFA reveals nothing on Putin-Witkoff meet, rejecting Western spin. hindustantimes.com Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said the Kremlin will not disclose details of President Vladimir Putin's nearly five‚Äëhour meeting with US special envoy Steve Witkoff, stressing the talks are "focused on results, not on external appearances." She dismissed Western coverage claiming Moscow rejected US proposals, calling the conversation "useful and constructive," and used the briefing to attack the EU's "moral authority," accusing Brussels of weaponising human rights and ignoring alleged abuses in Ukraine while selectively pressuring other states.
(2025-12-05). Three years of sanctions prove John McCain wrong about Russia. strategic-culture.su By Jose NINO | Join us on , , and . | Contact us: | In March 2014, the late Senator John McCain of Arizona stood on the Senate floor and…
(2025-12-05). US Lawmakers File Resolution To Block Trump's War In Venezuela. popularresistance.org US lawmakers filed a resolution on 3 December that would block a US military attack on Venezuela unless it can win congressional approval. | The move, initiated by a group of Democratic and Republican Senators, came in response to repeated statements by US President Donald Trump in recent days claiming that a land invasion of the Latin American nation to combat drug traffickers would begin "very soon." | The president claims, without evidence, that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro heads a criminal cartel trafficking drugs by boat to the US.