Europe overtakes US intelligence support for Kyiv & Trump ‘gifted’ a Nobel Peace Prize

Day 1,422.


Today, as Trump is finally gifted a Nobel Peace Prize – just not
quite the one he wants – we hear how Germany has denied a Russian
shadow-fleet tanker access to the Baltic Sea, and assess Emmanuel
Macron’s claim that France is now supplying two-thirds of
Ukraine’s strategic military intelligence, as he and Italy’s
Giorgia Meloni suggest the time may be right to begin talks with
Vladimir Putin again. Plus, we discuss the findings of a major
new report on the occupied territories, and bring you the latest
updates on acts of resistance in those regions.


Contributors


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


Lily Shanagher (Foreign Reporter). @LilyShanagher on X.


Gareth Corfield (Transport Correspondent). @GazTheJourno on X.


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


Dr. Jade McGlynn (War Studies Department of King's
College). @DrJadeMcGlynn on X.


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CONTENT REFERENCED:


Dr Jade McGlynn’s report on the Occupied Territories:


https://www.csis.org/analysis/thresholds-survival-resistance-occupied-ukraine 


Exclusive: Rail union boss sang pro-Russia chants in occupied
Ukraine (Gareth Corfield in The Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01/16/union-boss-eddie-dempsey-sang-pro-russian-chants/


Uncovered: Secret room beneath Chinese embassy that poses threat
to City of London (Gareth Corfield in The Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01/12/revealed-china-embassy-secret-plans-spy-basement/ 


Germany blocks Russian “shadow fleet” tanker from entering its
territorial waters in unprecedented move (The Insider):


https://theins.press/en/news/288483


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