Good morning, Asia. While you were sleeping, our most-read story was about one of the US president’s broadest threats yet to European allies as he revived his calls for the US to take control of Greenland. ft.trib.al/vT7mJh9
— @FT Jul 8, 2026
Month: July 2026
As NATO meets, Putin is weighing his options in Ukraine, and further afield | CNN cnn.com/2026/07/06/europe/na…
— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) Jul 8, 2026
Alexander Stubb: Ukraine has won the war against Russia cnbc.com/2026/07/07/ukraine-…
— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) Jul 8, 2026
Are they just using a Central African phone-hacking monopoly and their Nazi lapdogs to impose illegal verdicts upon an escrow they control by raping little boys, blaming our own church and state, and using industrial sabotage to try to force us to join? Because they failed. #cia
— @RealDumbNews Jul 7, 2026
“Ukraine has figured out the key to VICTORY.”
Former Commander of US Army Europe Ben Hodges says Ukraine’s strategy of targeting Russia’s oil and gas export infrastructure is increasing pressure on Moscow and weakening its war effort.
— @AlArabiya_Eng Jul 7, 2026
BREAKING: 🇺🇸🇮🇷 Additional to the massive bombing on Iran tonight, the US has also revoked Iran’s newly issued general license to export oil after Iran struck three commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.
This means the MOU is basically suspended.
— @Megatron_ron Jul 7, 2026
🇷🇺🇺🇦🇹🇷 Can Putin make a comeback in his war with Ukraine?
Everyone’s eyes are on the NATO summit in Ankara, but Moscow is quietly weighing its next moves
His war is dragging into year 5, hammering Russia’s economy, burning reserves, and forcing him to import gasoline because Ukrainian drones keep hitting refineries.
Moscow’s advances on the front are crawling, and even their own claims of big wins (like taking towns they haven’t) look like desperate spin.
On one hand Putin looks weak needing North Korea and Iran for help, turning into a junior partner to China.
On the other, Russia’s factories are churning out weapons and the public is fed constant propaganda.
The big question: Will he lash out and test NATO directly, maybe with hybrid attacks on Europe, to distract from the mess in Ukraine?
Or keep grinding a war he’s not winning?
Analysts say he’s unlikely to go full nuclear or start something he can’t finish, but the risk of miscalculation is real while he’s backed into a corner.
Source: CNN / Writer: Lucas
— @MarioNawfal Jul 7, 2026
Trump is gaining surprising leverage over Iran | CNN Business cnn.com/2026/07/07/business/…
— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) Jul 7, 2026
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy signs ‘drone deals’ with three countries | Reuters reuters.com/world/ukraines-z…
— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) Jul 7, 2026
Thirty European leaders met behind closed doors in Brussels in late January. No phones were allowed, no aides, no cameras, just a five-hour conversation about one thing: how to manage a breakup with the United States.
And then, regarding Greenland, Macron said, “We are drawing a line here.”
By that point, #French troops were already in Greenland alongside #Danish special forces, reportedly preparing for the possibility of shooting US troops. Holy shit.
Trump just reiterated his desire for Greenland at the #NATO summit in Turkey.
What the US is doing is called strategic vandalism and it’s a disgrace to the US allies who bled with us during GWOT.
— @WesODonnell01 Jul 7, 2026