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Zelensky: We Seek To End War By Winter Through Escalation On Military, Diplomatic Fronts Ukraine is openly advancing plans to escalate militarily against Russia, in hopes that it will force a return to diplomacy, and hasten an end to the war by winter time. President Volodymyr Zelensky has made clear he aims to ramp up diplomatic, economic, and military pressure on Moscow, while acknowledging that a short timeline is ideal but likely very difficult to achieve.  via Reuters Speaking Monday at a gathering of Ukrainian ambassadors in the capital, Zelensky identified autumn 2026...

Massive Forest Fire Threatens Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Radiation Closely Monitored It was only last month that Ukraine marked the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, but on Friday there is another major threat to the site, which Russia says it is closely monitoring, according to RIA. A massive forest fire is sweeping through the Chernobyl exclusion zone on Friday after a drone crashed near the defunct nuclear plant a day earlier, Ukrainian officials have said. Illustrative/AP: During a similar 2020 fire a radiation spike was detected at the Chernobyl exclusion zone. As firefighters...

Fusion Energy: Why America Needs To Own Its Technology Authored by Lawrence Kadish via The Gatestone Institute, For decades, fusion energy has been the great scientific pursuit - clean, limitless power drawn from the same physics that powers the sun. Enormous progress has been made in the technology required to harness nuclear fusion and significant investment is now being made by private companies and President Donald J. Trump's White House. As we advance on fusion success, however, there is a danger of progress being halted by an enormous challenge: the supply chain. Without...