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Show Notes

* Julie and I were excited to have The Ken Harbaugh Show join us to discuss his amazing work in Ukraine and his latest article in the Atlantic.

The Atlantic

* US military officers observe Russia-Belarus war games as Trump gets closer to Minsk

U.S. military officers observed joint war games between Russia and Belarus on Monday for the first time since Moscow used Belarus as a launchpad to enter Ukraine, as U.S. President Donald Trump deepens ties with Moscow's closest ally. The presence of the U.S. officers, less than a week after neighbouring Poland shot down Russian drones that crossed into its airspace, is the latest sign that Washington is seeking to warm ties with Belarus.

Source: Reuters

* The Most Terrifying Thing Trump Has Done

* Graham, Blumenthal, Britt and Klobuchar Introduce Legislation to Designate Russia A State Sponsor of Terrorism If They Don’t Return Kidnapped Ukrainian Children

U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut), Katie Britt (R-Alabama) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota) today introduced legislation that would designate Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism under U.S. law if they fail to return the more than 19,000 Ukrainian children that have been kidnapped during the course of the war.

* Russian drone incursion into Poland ‘was Kremlin test on Nato’

Poland’s foreign minister has said the Russian drone incursion into Polish airspace was an attempt by the Kremlin to test Nato’s reactions by incremental escalations without prompting a full-scale response, as Romania became the second Nato country to report an incursion in a matter of days and protested to Moscow over what it called an “unacceptable” act.

Radosław Sikorski confirmed that while the drones that entered Poland last week were capable of carrying ammunition, they were not loaded with explosives. “Interestingly, they were all duds, which suggests to me that Russia tried to test us without starting a war,” Sikorski told the Guardian in Kyiv.

* From Russia's Playbook to Trump’s America

* Julie and my latest chapter from our new series

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* Updates on Russia’s genocidal war in Ukraine

* Russia’s latest news and moves

* The latest on Moscow’s hybrid warfare tactics in the U.S. and Europe

* Sanctions, corruption, and Kremlin networks

* Disinformation and malign influence operations

* Tactics that Trump is using in the U.S. mirroring Russia’s system—politicizing law enforcement, attacking the press, universities, protesters, and opposition— and turning institutions into tools to consolidate power.

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