Trump sanctions ‘an act of war’, says Moscow, as US lifts restrictions on long-range European missiles

Day 1,338.


Today, as Donald Trump unveils sweeping new sanctions on Russia’s
energy giants, we analyse what recent developments reveal about
the shifting power dynamics between Moscow and Washington. We
also investigate an alleged Russian war crime in Donetsk and what
it exposes about the brutal nature of the fighting there, before
exploring why NATO nations continue to pour vast resources into
tank production and modernisation.


Contributors:


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


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


Memphis Barker (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @memphisbarker on
X.


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


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CONTENT REFERENCED:


Trump’s sanctions put him on a warpath with Russia, says Medvedev
(The Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2025/10/22/trump-russia-oil-sanctions-putin/ 


Bodies strewn across Pokrovsk reveal horror of Russian war crimes
(Memphis Barker in The Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/10/22/bodies-strewn-pokrovsk-horror-russian-war-crimes-ukraine/ 


The man with the worst job in Ukraine (The Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/10/23/man-with-worst-job-in-ukraine/ 


Russian commander ordered troops to shoot Ukrainian civilians
near Pokrovsk, radio intercept suggests (Kyiv Independent):


https://kyivindependent.com/russian-commander-ordered-troops-to-kill-civilians-in-pokrovsk-hur-intercepted-call-says/ 


U.S. Lifts Key Restriction on Ukraine’s Use of European
Long-Range Missiles (Wall Street Journal):


https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/u-s-lifts-key-restriction-on-ukraines-use-of-western-long-range-missiles-5a15c12d?mod=author_content_page_1_pos_1 


How tanks are evolving in Ukraine (New York Times):


https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/09/08/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-drones-tanks-military.html


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