Leading UK defence voices have warned that the memo will "embolden" and "encourage" Putin to launch a new assault on Europe.

The conflict has transformed the role of women by catapulting them into army ranks and positions of authority.

ALEXANDER VINDMAN, a retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel, is Director of the Institute for Informed American Leadership at the Vet Voice Foundation. From 2018 to 2020, he was Director for European Affairs at the National Security Council. He is the author of The Folly of Realism: How the West Deceived Itself About Russia and Betrayed Ukraine.

America’s top intelligence officials will release their current assessment of Russia. They are caught between what their analysts say and what President Trump wants to hear.

The move could give Russian President Vladimir Putin every reason to delay discussions about pausing the fighting in favor of seeking more land, the Ukrainian officials said.

Vadym Skibitsky, the deputy head of GUR, said Russia fears an extended war would confine it to "forever remain a regional player" in Eastern Europe.

Vladislav Surkov, a former close advisor to Vladimir Putin, announced that Russia "will spread out in all directions," and the so-called Russian world (russkiy mir) "has no borders," noted the American think tank Institute for the Study of War (ISW) in its latest analysis.

Put simply, cognitive warfare is the strategic manipulation of information and redirection of perception for the purpose of waging war and achieving war goals. It is the source for understanding threats,

Russia is raising tantalizing economic deals with the US in Ukraine peace talks. Space, Arctic economic exploration, and energy are potential areas.

Britain and France will send a joint military delegation to Ukraine to develop plans to enforce any future ceasefire deal, Sir Keir Starmer has said. The prime minister, speaking after a summit in Paris, revealed army chiefs from France and the UK will assess Kyiv ’s needs and how they can uphold peace should an agreement be struck.

European leaders vowed on Thursday to strengthen Kyiv's army to ensure it was the cornerstone of future security in Ukraine, while France and Britain tried to expand support for a planned foreign "reassurance force" in the event of a truce with Russia.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for further "tough measures" against Russia to push President Vladimir Putin into a ceasefire agreement.