WAR & PEACEThe statement comes as President Donald Trump confirmed the deployment of a significant US naval presence to the Middle East, including an aircraft carrier strike group, amid ongoing protests and economic turmoil in Iran.

WAR & PEACEAndrew Korybko: The US will likely annex Greenland, despite already enjoying full freedom of economic and military action there, which neither China nor Russia will ever have.

WAR & PEACEUkraine, France and the United Kingdom on Tuesday signed a Declaration of Intent on the deployment of multinational forces to support Ukraine's defence, reconstruction, and

WAR & PEACEScott Ritter: "If the US gets away with this voiding of any meaningful Russian response, then it will feel free to escalate up to and including directly confronting Russia on the ground in Ukraine."

WAR & PEACEThe Telegraph cited a defense source as saying that it is the first official NATO Paratrooper killed in Ukraine.

WAR & PEACE"Ukrainians are being asked today to die for the mere idea that they might, just might, be protected in 20 or 30 years."