
The ominous signals Putin is sending
CNN
Frida Ghitis writes if Russian President Vladimir Putin is allowed to advance his troops along the Ukrainian border without serious consequences, he will continue to escalate his foreign policy of bullying and intimidation.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called it "hysteria," but the words of Russian officials have long lost their credibility. After all, it was Putin who turned gaslighting into a political weapon.

The retired Air Force general announced as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by President Donald Trump after the abrupt Friday night firing of his predecessor is a respected career F-16 pilot who is described by current and former officials who served with him as a professional with a “strong moral center.”

Over the past 10 days, Vice President JD Vance put Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on notice, rattled the confidence of century-old allies in Western Europe during his first foreign trip, decamped to Capitol Hill to help in delicate budget talks and delivered a spirited defense of the Trump administration’s first month to a gathering of conservatives outside the nation’s capital.