Russia 'risks meltdown' by targeting nuclear power plants & Trump leaks world leaders' texts

Day 1,426.


Today, as Moscow reportedly tests thermobaric munitions on
ground-based drones, and strikes on substations connected to
Ukrainian nuclear power plants continue, we turn to the World
Economic Forum in Davos, where world leaders have gathered for
what was meant to be a week of diplomatic breakthroughs for Kyiv.
Instead, the agenda has been seized by President Trump and his
threats over Greenland; we hear the latest from the island,
before speaking to the author of a new report on Russian cyber
warfare.


Contributors


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


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


James Rothwell (Berlin Correspondent). @JamesERothwell on X.


With thanks to Michael McManus (Henry Jackson Society). @HJS_Org
on X.


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CONTENT REFERENCED:


Trump leaks texts, threatens Macron and trashes Starmer (The
Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/20/trump-publishes-private-text-messages-european-leaders/ 


Denmark sends more troops to Greenland (The Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/20/donald-trump-chagos-deal-greenland-takeover-macron-nato0/ 


The Henry Jackson Society’s cyber report will be published here
later today:


https://henryjacksonsociety.org/centre-for-russia-and-eurasia-studies/ 


Russians Made a Simplified Solntsepyok Using a Drone
(Militarnyi):


https://militarnyi.com/en/news/russians-made-a-simplified-solntsepyok-using-a-drone/


The History Bureau: Putin and the Apartment Bombs (BBC):


https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002q5dk


Trump’s Letter to Norway Should Be the Last Straw (Anne Applebaum
in The Atlantic):


https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/trump-letter-to-norway/685676/?gift=SCYx-5scVta3-cr_IlgTych2xLOYB0BDKFOlaP7EsG0


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