23 October 2025: 09:30 BST
Shall we be worried? The Russia/Ukraine + war is getting worse with more nations being forced to take sides. The scope of Western sanctions keeps on growing and the line seems to be pointing to a wider war. Russian nuclear drills, Tomahawk missiles of mystery origin, wide-reaching sanctions… it feels like things are coming down to the endgame. Lukoil and Rosneft were hit by OFAC last night, as Trump raged about an immediate ceasefire – we wonder which of Trump or Putin would have felt their time was most wasted by a meeting. A dejected Russian source commented “I think all of this is terrible. We are 10 minutes before the Big War ☹”. Even Medvedev said Trump “is now firmly on the warpath against Russia.” We don’t like this road and want to get out of the car before there’s a big smash!
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