January 2026

Jan 31, 2026

Featured • Dmitry Trenin: America First goes global, RT, Jan 30, 2026
Trenin is not just offering his personal views here. In my opinion, this is also a fair estimate of the thinking around him, It also happens to be an accurate rendering of U.S. policy as well. That policy is not, however, personal to Trump. Trump is the catalyst and communicator of a prior incipient policy change. Failure of the Ukraine gambit, the catastrophically-rising U.S. debt, and the rise of China impel this direction, given the power of various Deep State factions. Trump is an equilibration engine, not a statesmen. His inconsistencies represent not just his personal madness but also the need to reconcile the contradictions around him and in this country.

 • Ukraine hit by nationwide blackouts (VIDEOS), RT, Jan 31, 2026

 • SITREP 1/30/26: Putin Flatters Trump With Kiev-Energy Ceasefire, Simplicius, Jan 30, 2026

Jan 29, 2026

 • Unprecedented: Trump Gets Putin To Halt Strikes On Kiev For One Week In Call, ZeroHedge, Jan 29, 2026

Jan 27, 2026

 • Zelensky tells military to focus on killing Russians, RT, Jan 27, 2026

Jan 26, 2026

 • What may be the Greenland endgame?, Alastair Crooke, Strategic Culture Foundation, Jan 26, 2026

But behind the scenes – as always these days in western Europe – lies ‘Project Ukraine’. ‘Coalition of the Willing’ European members are still fixated on coercing Trump to agree that U.S. military forces will backstop European security guarantees (in the unlikely event of an Ukraine ceasefire coming into effect).

What will be the initial ‘Greenland’ endgame? Trump will ‘take’ Greenland. In the longer timeframe this may lead to the dismemberment of Europe and some European states pursuing individual defence policies. The European élites however, will be more intent on preserving NATO and the semblance of being American ‘allies’, than ‘saving Greenland’.

Jan 24, 2026

Featured • Scott Ritter: Getting it Wrong on Russia, Consortium News, Jan 23, 2026

 • Is it time to START worrying? Nuclear restraint is about to fade without a fight, RT, Jan 23, 2026
You may find this article useful. It comes from a Russian journalist and others would tell this history somewhat differently, although with heavy overlap and agreement in many places, with some of the holes at least partially filled in. It doesn't really fit exactly into Ukraine War theme here but this is the only place we can put it, and the demise of New START is indeed very important. I find most U.S. stories about this too partial to official U.S. views. Nothing is going to happen in arms control until the Ukraine War is settled -- and settled in a way that makes Russia secure enough, which will need to involve much more than a handshake. Said differently, the need for an enduring mutual peace has moved to the front of the line. Arms control will come later, as a result. Nuclear disarmament is not on the horizon. Nonproliferation can no longer be taken for granted, given what just happened in Venezuela and what is likely to happen soon in Iran. Which is: war. Given increasing U.S. thuggishness, small countries may want big deterrents.

Jan 23, 2026

Featured • Blackrock boss working on $800 billion plan for Ukraine’s economy – Witkoff, RT, Jan 23, 2026

Featured • Jeffrey Sachs: Davos - US Empire Unhinged & Europe Subordinated, Glenn Diesen, Jan 22, 2026

Featured • Hoodwinks and Hijinks: Trump 'Nabs' Greenland at Davos, Simplicius, Jan 22, 2026

Featured • Witkoff and Kushner Spend Almost Four Hours with Putin, but No Diplomatic Breakthrough, Larry C. Johnson, SONAR21, Jan 22, 2026

Jan 21, 2026

Featured • Situation Goes Critical as Kiev Begins Emptying Out, Simplicius, Jan 20, 2026

Zelensky himself announced over one million people in Kiev alone are without power, while numerous other reports give the figure as 80% of Kiev in a total outage.

Almost all of Kiev and the Chernigov region remain without electricity and heating

 • 87% of consumers in the Chernigov region are without electricity, according to “Ukrenergo”, all emergency disconnection queues are simultaneously in effect in the region, reports the regional energy company.

 • Meanwhile, a monitoring map of Kiev has appeared, where more than 80% of subscribers remain without electricity and heat.

But the most shocking figure came from mayor Klitschko, who said that just in January alone, 600,000 residents have fled Kiev, with more being urged to flee...

Jan 20, 2026

Featured • Ukraine – The Mood Is Changing – Pep Songs Are No Longer Welcome, Moon of Alabama, Jan 20, 2026

Jan 19, 2026

Featured • Dark Kiev, Moon of Alabama, Jan 17, 2026
I hesitate to split out any teaser from this short report, which would risk separating current facts from their background. Again and again we need to say, where have all the peacemakers in the world's NGOs gone? In the so-called "anti-nuclear" community? It's a given that there are essentially no peacemakers in Congress. What about the churches? What about all the people signaling their virtue in various mobilizations and marches? What about the universities? Not a peep. Realistically, how did anyone imagine this would end? That is still unclear but now it is war, not a "special military operation." Again and again we have kept saying, the strong forces on Putin and the Russian security council are calling for stronger military action, not another fake peace so Ukraine can rearm again. Again and again we and so many wise voices have cried, "do not torment the mama bear on the doorstep of her den." For years Russia fought a very careful war, while Ukraine resorted to terrorism and false flag operations. After Ukraine, with U.S. help, targeted Putin's residence with drones during peace negotiations, and Russian-flagged vessels were seized on the high seas, the gloves have come off. Now, comfortable chickenhawks who dreamed of defeating Russia on its doorstep -- in Washington, Brussels, and European capitals -- are turning away and condemning Ukraine to death. On December 31 I predicted Ukraine would not last through 2026. I'll stick by that prediction. We'll see.

Jan 17, 2026

Featured • Vladimir Putin Puts Donald Trump and NATO on Notice, Larry C. Johnson, SONAR21, Jan 16, 2026
Putin put on a master class in diplomacy and made three critical points:

1. Criticized those countries relying on the might-makes-right principle to assert their unilateral narratives, which was a barb directed at Donald Trump.

2. Reiterated the importance of respect for international law and lamented the West ignoring Russia’s legitimate interests and a deliberate policy of creating threats to our security, including the advancement of the NATO bloc towards Russia’s borders – contrary to the public promises made to us. I want to emphasise this: contrary to the public promises made to us.

3. Reaffirmed Russia’s support for Cuba’s sovereignty and independence.

Jan 16, 2026

Featured • Russia says it awaits US response on 'important' issue of expiring nuclear treaty, Dmitry Antonov, Reuters, Jan 15, 2026
At least the door is not yet closed. Not yet. FYI, all the good liberal folks cringing about this looming end to restraints need to reexamine how Russophobic they have been over the past 4 years. What did they think would be the result of the frankly total -- as in, totalitarian -- unanimity and resulting cancellation of facts and alternative views they helped create? They didn't think, is the answer. They went along with the crowd.

 • SITREP 1/15/26: "Winter Break" Over? Russian Campaign Stirs Back to Life, Simplicius, Jan 15, 2026
I hate war reporting as if death and destruction were not the coin of it, but that is the reality. Russia will take all of those provinces eventually, and won't stop there if that leaves a major threat on its doorstep. Neither would the U.S. in the same situation. Dear Ukraine, to stop the killing, just stop. Give up those eastern lands, declare neutrality in a treaty, break your fascination with mass murderers like Stepan Bandera and all those who love Naziism today, and aim at fate like Austria. If you don't, tens if not hundreds of thousands more lives will be lost, ultimately to no purpose as far as you are concerned. In short, surrender.

 • Ukraine Reports 200,000 Soldiers AWOL, 2 Million Ukrainians Avoid Conscription, Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com, Jan 15, 2026

 • Germany’s Merz changes stance on Russia, RT, Jan 15, 2026
Along with Macron and Meloni. When in a hole....

Jan 15, 2026

 • Fantasy "Loan" for Ukraine Gets Adjusted Again as EU Faces Priorities Reality Check, Simplicius, Jan 15, 2026

Jan 14, 2026

Featured • Scott Ritter : How Close Is Putin to Escalation?, Judge Napolitano, Judging Freedom, Jan 13, 2026

Jan 13, 2026

 • Day 1,419: The Russia-Ukraine Conflict Just Surpassed Soviet War With Nazi Germany, ZeroHedge, Jan 12, 2026

 • Ukraine's Power Grid Woes Worsen, + New Oreshnik BDA, Simplicius, Jan 12, 2026
Best to ignore his take on Oreshnik engineering. He doesn't know.

 • UK to develop new deep strike ballistic missile for Ukraine, Gov.UK, Jan 11, 2026

Jan 10, 2026

Featured • Winter Strikes Kiev, Moon of Alabama, Jan 9, 2026

Featured • Kiev mayor urges residents to evacuate, RT, Jan 9, 2026

Half of the apartment buildings in the Ukrainian capital have been left without heating, Vitaly Klitschko has said.

FILE PHOTO. Firefighter crews work to extinguish flames following a Russian strike on Kiev, Ukraine. © Getty Images / Anadolu / State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Kiev Mayor Vitaly Klitschko has urged the city’s residents to evacuate, stating that some 6,000 apartment buildings in the Ukrainian capital have been left without central heating.

Klitschko blamed the “extremely difficult situation” in the city on overnight Russian strikes. Moscow has said it targeted drone production facilities, energy infrastructure, and other military-related facilities across Ukraine in response to an attempted “terrorist attack by the Kiev regime” on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s residence in late December.

“I appeal to residents of the capital who have the opportunity to temporarily leave the city, where there are alternative sources of power and heat, to do so,” Klitschko wrote on his Telegram channel, stating the overnight attack became the most “painful” for the city of three million amid the Ukraine conflict.

According to the mayor, nearly half of Kiev’s residential buildings ended up without central heating after the strikes. An unspecified number of buildings have also been hit by water supply disruptions. He said that the city’s authorities “hope” to restore central heating for “some” of the affected buildings by the evening. The situation in the city is further aggravated by heavy snowfall and low temperatures.

READ MORE: Ukrainian strikes have left 550,000 without power in western Russia – governor

In a follow-up post, Klitschko urged those residents who still have access to amenities to help less fortunate citizens and “invite them to warm up or cook food.” The mayor also reminded the residents that the capital has some 1,200 heating stations, so-called “points of unbreakability,” where people can warm up, get hot food, and charge their electronic devices.

Russia has ramped up its long-range strikes campaign against Ukraine’s military and dual-use infrastructure in recent months. According to Moscow, the ongoing wave of strikes comes in response to the continuous effort of the Ukrainian military to attack Russia’s energy infrastructure, as well as to indiscriminate strikes on civilians.

In Russia’s Belgorod Region, over half a million people were left without power after overnight Ukrainian airstrikes, according to Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov, with temperatures near freezing. In addition, over half a million were left without heat and over 200,000 were let without water and sanitation services. The city of Oryol reportedly also faced heavy blackouts.

Jan 9, 2026

 • Swift Retaliation: Putin Launches Oreshnik Strike on "Largest Gas Storage Site in Europe" in Ukraine's Lvov Region, Simplicius, Jan 8, 2026

The even bigger story is the fact that Dnipro and Zaporozhye—both cities of nearly one million people, have reportedly been without power for days...

...As stated before, while the Oreshnik ‘stole the show’ and provided a flashy spectacle, the much bigger story is Russia’s ongoing systematic campaign of taking out Ukrainian infrastructure in general. This is putting major strain on Europe, as it faces increased isolation from “daddy” US, forcing Europe to divest more and more of its citizens’ funds to up-keeping Ukraine. This pursues a simultaneous Russian strategy of destroying Ukraine while greatly weakening Europe, particularly its political leaders, who face increased pressure at home for their disastrously mismanaged public finances.

By the way, the crew of the Marinera consists of two Russians, eight Georgians and 20 Ukrainians. US Attorney General Pam Bondi added fuel to this potential conflagration when she announced on Thursday that the crew members were “under full investigation” for failing to obey U.S. Coast Guard orders and that “criminal charges will be pursued against all culpable actors.”

I don’t know who told Trump that seizing a Russian-flagged ship was a good idea, but the action is not just pointless and stupid… It is dangerous. If you’re sitting in Moscow and reflecting on the actions of the United States since December 28 — i.e., the failed drone attack on Putin’s residence, the illegal abduction of Venezuelan President Maduro, Trump’s threats to attack Colombia and Greenland, and yesterday’s piracy of a Russian ship — you are likely to conclude that Trump is not serious about normalizing relations with Russia and that he is looking for a confrontation. It is foolish to poke a cranky bear because you are only going to further provoke the animal and incite him to eat you.

Jan 8, 2026

Featured • Escalation-Mad Trump's Coast Guard Seizes "Russian" Ship 5,500 km From US Coasts, Simplicius, Jan 7, 2026

Jan 7, 2026

 • Did Russia Just Send a Message to Donald Trump? Who Ratted out Maduro?, Larry C. Johnson, SONAR21, Jan 7, 2026

 • US Seizes Russian-Flagged Tanker In North Atlantic, ZeroHedge, Jan 7, 2026
Steve Starr: "The US continues to escalate its acts of war against Russia."

 • George W. Bush Missed the Chance for Peace With Russia, James Carden, Antiwar.com, Jan 7, 2026
The dialogue is interesting but needs a bit of supplementation. Apparently the final meeting between GW Bush and Putin (April 6, 2008) took place a few days after the fateful NATO meeting in Bucharest (April 2-4, 2008), in which the intent to add Ukraine to NATO was endorsed. How this all fits together needs to be supplied by the reader.

Jan 5, 2026

 • Zelenski’s Choice As New Head Of Office Moves Scale Towards Peace, Moon of Alabama, Jan 2, 2026
Interesting observations and theories, which we must take with a grain of salt for now.

Jan 2, 2026

Featured • Did CIA's Secret Aiding of Ukraine's Refinery Strikes Do More Harm to Ukraine Than Russia?, Simplicius, Jan 1, 2026
Good discussion of Berletic's style of analysis, and all analysis that treats the USG as a monolith. It's value depends on how much magnification one wants. Generally, antinuclear activists treat the relevant parts of the USG as a monolith. It isn't, though it tries to be and is mostly successful. The exacdt state of play is generally opaque from the outside.

Featured • PATRICK LAWRENCE: New Year’s Notes on Purported Leaders, Consortium News, Dec 31, 2025

Two, it is no use hoping for any alteration in the collective West’s course so long as this crowd of self-interested second-raters remains in office. These people have condemned us, while acting in our names, to regimes of wanton brutality.

Three and more significantly and imposingly, it follows that the systems and political processes that thrust them into positions far beyond their capacities have to be dismantled or otherwise radically reformed before there is a chance of restoring ourselves to any kind of just, humane order.

Four and reading out of Nos. 1, 2, and 3, post-democratic disempowerment and the West’s sponsorship of rampant disorder burdens citizens with great responsibilities.

Chas Freeman, the emeritus ambassador and energetic commentator, surprised me this past autumn by stating during a podcast that we—we Americans—have entered a pre-revolutionary period in American history. I will let Chas’s remark stand as an explanation of what I mean by responsibilities. The future is up to us, to put this point another way.

Three Ukrainian drones attacked a hotel and cafe in the Kherson region, with one drone carrying an incendiary device. Regional governor Vladimir Saldo stated the strike intentionally targeted civilians leaving 24 dead, 29 injured, including 5 children.

"This morning, alongside their croissants and poached eggs, the presidents and prime ministers of the collective West should have reports on their breakfast tables detailing how billions of their taxpayers' money have been spent, how many New Year's gifts — purchased with those funds — were used to kill civilians, and how they have been complicit in the destruction of children," Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.

"We accuse all those who sponsor terrorist bastards in Ukraine! We accuse them of murdering children and destroying civilians! We accuse them of corrupting Ukrainian statehood, which has turned into a killing machine!" she stressed.

The Ukrainian strike on a cafe in the Kherson region must receive the harshest legal and political condemnation from all countries for which the norms of international humanitarian law still mean something, Russian Foreign Ministry Ambassador-at-Large on the Kiev Regime's War Crimes Rodion Miroshnik said.

..."We are dealing with absolute moral ugliness. With creatures organically devoid of connection to the inner moral law with which the Lord endowed a man. And therefore, they have no moral right to represent power in a normal society or claim popular support. They should certainly have no political future," she said.

The Ukrainian armed forces knew that there were peaceful vacationers, families with children in the cafe, however carried out a deliberate strike, she added.

So why has this latest attack by Ukraine sparked such fury on the part of the Russians? This is something more than orchestrated outrage. I think it is a combination of factors, starting with the fact that the attack began while Ukraine’s Zelensky was meeting with Donald Trump for the ostensible purpose of trying to craft a peace proposal for Russia. Whether Zelensky was witting of the plan is not relevant. This was an attack planned and executed with the assistance of Western intelligence, possibly including the CIA, and the timing and the intended target removed any doubt on the part of the Russians that the West could be trusted to negotiate an honest deal.

We still do not know if President Putin was at the residence… If he was, then it is not out of the question for the Russians to conclude that this was a deliberate attempt to kill Putin using the peace talks as a ruse. We will soon find out how pissed off the Russians are when they carry out their promise to retaliate. I believe Russia is planning something more dramatic than launching a 1,000 missiles and drones at power plants and military targets in Ukraine… They have been doing that for more than two years.

How does the CIA know that the Ukrainians were aiming at a military target near the Putin residence since all of the drones were shot down? Did the Ukrainians tell their CIA handlers or was it something more sinister. Let’s start with the fact that the CIA tacitly admitted that, as the Russians claimed, 91 drones were shot down. If no drones had been launched — which the Russians already had debunked by showing the flight paths of each — then the CIA should have simply said, “No drones were launched.”

I think it is something potentially more sinister… Did the CIA know about the intended target because CIA personnel provided Ukraine with the targeting data? This may be the reason that the Russians are so furious about a drone attack that didn’t kill anyone.

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 • ‘The Real Purpose In Making The Bomb Was To Subdue The Soviets.’ Now It’s Happening Again, On A Vast Scale. Why? – July 22 At Fuller Lodge, Los Alamos Reporter, Jul 19, 2023

 • Bulletin 330: "'The real purpose in making the bomb was to subdue the Soviets.'* Now it's happening again, on a vast scale. WHY?" A conversation with acclaimed historian Peter Kuznick and Greg Mello in Los Alamos, July 22, Jul 7, 2023

 • Ukraine War Makes it Harder to be a Nuclear ‘Dove’ | Our Land, Laura Paskus, New Mexico in Focus, Jun 30, 2023

 • Bulletin 329: Russia rules out nuclear disarmament negotiations; second week of Ukrainian offenses fail; what will US and NATO do? Build 60 projects in LANL's Pajarito Corridor?, Jun 17, 2023

 • Ukraine; Biden's Manicheism; the U.S. cannot even conduct a nuclear arms race, let alone win one, LASG friends ltr, Mar 16, 2023

 • Ukraine protest and updates, pit production delays and cost increases in NNSA's new budget, LASG friends ltr, Mar 14, 2023

 • Antiwar rally 2 pm Saturday in Albuquerque; LANL pits delayed, endorse the "Call for Sanity"; Ukraine update; the Nordstream investigation (and likely impeachment) "imperative" LASG friends ltr, Mar 11, 2023
 • Ukraine losses mount toward critical point; ANSWER rally against the war is now 2 pm (not 1 pm), March 18, Albuquerque; nearly half U.S. citizens believe WWIII is near, LASG friends ltr, Mar 7, 2023

 • Ukraine news and views; antiwar rally March 18; pending guest editorial; pit production precis, LASG friends ltr, Mar 3, 2023

 • Bulletin 325: Understanding the Nordstream sabotage and punishing those responsible, Feb 18, 2023

 • Ukraine news with comments and excerpts; bookmark for future reference if desired,LASG friends ltr, Feb 8, 2023

 • Bulletin 324: Opposition to Ukraine war gains visibility in New Mexico and via our web site, more broadly, Feb 6, 2023

 • Anti-nuclear activist opposes helping Ukraine, encourages peace, Santa Fe New Mexican, Feb 5, 2023

 • Bulletin 323: "Nuclear Hotseat" interview / Ukraine war updates, Feb 4, 2023

 • Bulletin 322: Right and Left To Join in D.C. Protest: ‘Not One More Penny for War in Ukraine’ / Bulletin of Atomic Scientists resets clock, blames Russia, Jan 25, 2023

 • $10 Trillion for Nuclear War: Racing to the Nuclear Cliff, The Socialist Program with Brian Becker, Jan 10, 2023

 • Bulletin 321: Last day for 2022 donations! / A few quick updates, Dec 31, 2022

 • Bulletin 320: Neocon humiliation -- or nuclear exchange / The centrality of war resistance in moral politics / 3 days left for 1:1 donation match!, Dec 29, 2022

 • Bulletin 319: Ukraine; NDAA: omnibus appropriations bill; fundraising --thank you; some matching funds still available, Dec 21, 2022

 • Stop the war now, Jean Nichols, The Taos News, Dec 19, 2022

 • Bulletin 318: Speak out now against further U.S. escalation in Ukraine; daily updates for your use, Dec 14, 2022

 • Agenda for tonight's emergency Ukraine meeting in Albuquerque, and by Zoom, Nov 15, 2022

 • Bulletin 314: Reminder re next week's antiwar, disarmament, & nuclear safety events: come if you can or tune in, outreach needed; pit interview on KNME tonight 7 pm; fundraising drive continues; erratum, Nov 11, 2022

 • Bulletin 313: Important meeting about Ukraine next week; DNFSB hearing in Santa Fe; more, Nov 7, 2022

 • Biden Administration releases aggressive nuclear strategy envisioning "first use" of nuclear weapons in wars like Ukraine, press release, Oct 27, 2022

 • Bulletin 310: Speak up! We urge you to take up the call for peace in Ukraine, Sep 25, 2022

 • Pope Francis: "World War III has been declared." We agree. Stop LANL's pit factory; Stop the U.S. war against Russia, presentation, Jun 15, 2022

 • Bulletin 301: Oppose the war! Demand and create accountability for lawmakers who fund and promote more war in Ukraine, May 16, 2022

 • Grave dangers loom in Ukraine war votes and escalations; opportunities open for journalists and citizens; We urge news media to widen debate, pose questions, create accountability, press release, May 16, 2022

 • LASG friends ltr: Thursday evening public discussion in Albuquerque: Ukraine, propaganda, progressives supporting Nazis and war, May 10, 2022

 • Escalation in Ukraine: The Nuclear War Danger is Real, Brian Becker & Greg Mello discuss the U.S. policy of waging proxy war on Russia, BreakThrough News, May 4, 2022

 • Bulletin 299: Emergency call to action: stop Biden's proposed $33 billion war escalation, Apr 28, 2022

 • Bulletin 298: Talk on pits & renewed U.S. nuclear weapons production Tuesday evening 4/26/22; antiwar billboard; what you can do, Apr 25, 2022

 • The core debate, Searchlight New Mexico, Mar 23, 2022

 • Bulletin 294: Please consider forwarding this fine statement from UNAC re Ukraine, Mar 23, 2022

 • Nuclear expert speaks on the dangers of war between the US and Russia, World Socialist Website, Mar 15, 2022

 • A Proposed Solution to the Ukraine War, Consortium News, Greg Mello, Mar 7, 2022

 • Bulletin 293: Ukraine conflict: If you want a ceasefire (as we do), stop firing, Mar 5, 2022

 • Bulletin 292: Statement on the Ukraine conflict and war with Russia, Mar 1, 2022

 • "What can we in New Mexico do?," LASG letter, Feb 23, 2022

 • Bulletin 288: US nuclear weapons since 2020: continuity and change, Dec 7, 2021 (see discussion of US, NATO, and Russia)

 • Nuclear experts speak on the dangers of war between the US and Russia, World Socialist Web Site, Apr 15, 2017

 • US Leaders Reject “Nuclear Winter” Studies, Ignore Existential Danger of Nuclear War. Turn a Blind Eye towards Armageddon, Steven Starr, Global Research, Nov 1, 2016

 • The Ukraine Conflict: What's Behind It? Why Is It Important?, Sep 26, 2015

 • Bulletin 200: Warhead budget bloat; U.S.-caused Ukraine catastrophe at the brink; hello peak oil, Feb 8, 2015