Day: January 15, 2026
“Donald Trump’s first Venezuela oil sale deal goes to megadonor’s company”
“John Addison, a senior trader at Vitol who donated about $6mn to political action committees backing Trump’s re-election campaign”
Trump is all about corruption.
ft.com/content/da74c248-fb36…— Anders Åslund (@anders_aslund) Jan 16, 2026
Now playing, Leftist Mafia #154
#venezuela #machado #nobelpeaceprize
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I guess Greenland isn’t “random ice”- it’s a hub for Arctic defense, space surveillance, and early warning. Under the loud political headlines, the quiet military buildup, hopefully, is for these reasons. #Greenland #ArcticSecurity #Military usatoday.com/story/news/nati…
— Robert Morton (@Robert4787) Jan 16, 2026
3/ Russian gains have been marginal and reduced to a foot pace as Russian forces have had to resort to highly attritional infantry-led assaults and have been unable to restore mechanized maneuver to the battlefield. x.com/TheStudyofWar/status/2…Institute for the Study of War (@TheStudyofWar)NEW: Russian advances slowed in late December 2025 and early January 2026, likely due to less advantageous winter weather conditions and the end of efforts to meet arbitrary deadlines at the end of the year. Details ⬇️
ISW observed evidence indicating that Russian forces increased their presence (either through infiltration missions or assaults) in 276.44 square kilometers of Ukraine between December 1 and 17; 89.05 square kilometers between December 17 and 31; and 73.82 square kilometers between December 31 and January 13. The 7-day moving average of Russian gains in late 2025 peaked on December 1 and 2 and then steadily declined through the end of the year.
Russian forces were able to take advantage of poor weather conditions in Fall and early Winter 2025 that hindered Ukrainian drone operations to make relatively faster advances. ISW previously noted, however, that these advantageous weather conditions were not permanent.
Russian forces are likely struggling to maintain this faster rate of advance as colder temperatures have set in, complicating Russian forces’ ability to successfully implement their new offensive template that heavily relies on infantry infiltration missions that must traverse dozens of kilometers of territory on foot with limited supplies.
Russian forces may also have initially increased their tempo of offensive operations in December 2025 in order to meet demands from the Russian military command to reach certain objectives by the end of the year.— https://x.com/TheStudyofWar/status/2011616772282110365
— Institute for the Study of War (@TheStudyofWar) Jan 16, 2026
