Black Sea ceasefire decoded & can Europe defend Ukraine without America?

Day 1,127.


Today, as the White House’s Signal data breach controversy
unfolds, we examine the details of the alleged Black Sea
ceasefire deal, which has sparked differing interpretations from
Ukraine and Russia. We also explore the possibility of a secret
agreement between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.





Contributors:


Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence).
@DomNicholls on X.


Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley
on X.


Hamish de Bretton-Gordon (Chemical Weapons Expert and Former Tank
Commander). @HamishDBG on X.





Content Referenced:


Briefings & Statements (The White House):


https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/ 


Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal
(The Atlantic):


https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/signal-group-chat-attack-plans-hegseth-goldberg/682176/


Putin is beaten in the Black Sea. Of course he wants a ceasefire
there (The Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03/25/putin-defeated-black-sea-ceasefire-naval-victory-ukraine/ 


Europe’s War in Ukraine (Jack Watling in Foreign Affairs):


https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/europes-war-ukraine 


EU ethical rules blocking £100bn defence spending boom (The
Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/03/24/eu-ethical-rules-blocking-100bn-from-defence-industry/


How Europe can hurt Russia’s economy (The Economist):


https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/03/24/how-europe-can-hurt-russias-economy


Lukoil Profits Drop Nearly 30% (The Moscow Times):


https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/03/26/lukoil-profits-drop-nearly-30-in-2024-amid-asset-losses-higher-taxes-a88485 


Inside Russia’s Gazprom (The Financial Times):


https://www.ft.com/content/5da44f55-d28a-4965-b7a5-bf014d685036?shareType=nongift 


Oleg Gordievsky: the loneliest and bravest man I ever met (The
Times):


https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/oleg-gordievsky-kgb-double-agent-8cxbpkctk





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