{"id":245900,"date":"2025-02-24T23:11:08","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T23:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/24\/tuesday-briefing-the-ukraine-wars-3rd-anniversary\/"},"modified":"2025-02-24T23:11:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T23:11:08","slug":"tuesday-briefing-the-ukraine-wars-3rd-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/24\/tuesday-briefing-the-ukraine-wars-3rd-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday Briefing: The Ukraine War\u2019s 3rd Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/24\/multimedia\/25ambriefing-asia-lead\/25ambriefing-asia-lead-facebookJumbo.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Tuesday Briefing: The Ukraine War\u2019s 3rd Anniversary\" title=\"Tuesday Briefing: The Ukraine War\u2019s 3rd Anniversary\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-53b5d363\">Uncertainty on the Ukraine war\u2019s anniversary<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">President Trump met with President Emmanuel Macron of France at the White House yesterday at a head-spinning time for Western alliances. It was the third anniversary of the war in Ukraine, and peace talks with Russia have sidelined Kyiv and European leaders. <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2025\/02\/24\/us\/trump-musk-news#trump-macron-ukraine\" title=\"\">Here\u2019s the latest<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Trump told reporters while sitting next to the French president <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/24\/us\/politics\/trump-macron-ukraine.html?smid=url-share\" title=\"\">that the fighting could be over \u201cwithin weeks,\u201d<\/a> and he suggested that he may visit Moscow as soon as this spring. He refused to call President Vladimir Putin of Russia a dictator.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The U.S. opposed a European effort at the U.N. to condemn Russia and call for it to immediately withdraw from Ukraine. The Trump administration introduced its own resolution, which softened the language and called only for an end to the war, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/24\/world\/middleeast\/us-un-russia-ukraine-war.html\" title=\"\">essentially siding with Moscow over longtime allies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Analysis: <\/strong>Zelensky has mostly played weak hands wisely during the war, but his approach to Trump has resulted in hostility. <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/24\/world\/europe\/ukraine-zelensky-trump.html\" title=\"\">Is his strategy ultimately harming Ukraine<\/a>?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-35c7df79\">Hamas official expressed doubts about Oct. 7<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mousa Abu Marzouk, the head of Hamas\u2019s foreign relations office, told The Times <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/24\/world\/middleeast\/hamas-official-interview-attack-israel.html\" title=\"\">that he wouldn\u2019t have supported the Oct. 7, 2023, attack<\/a> if he had known of the devastation Israel would wreak on Gaza. The Israeli offensive in the enclave has killed thousands of Palestinians and reduced it to rubble.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It\u2019s unclear to what extent Abu Marzouk\u2019s views on Oct. 7 are shared by other Hamas leaders, who have tended to take a harder line, or if he shared them in an attempt to influence negotiations with Israel. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">What\u2019s next:<\/strong> The truce between Hamas and Israel is set to end Sunday, but both sides have yet to begin negotiating an extension. Steve Witkoff, Trump\u2019s Mideast envoy, said he would return to the region tomorrow to push for a new truce. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">While a brief extension of the cease-fire is possible, the likelihood of a long-term deal seems remote. <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/24\/world\/middleeast\/israel-hamas-gaza-ceasefire.html\" title=\"\">Here\u2019s what could lie ahead<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"css-7ad88g e1mu4ftr0\"\/><\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-1a0edbe9\">North Koreans face \u2018forced labor\u2019 at sea, report said<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Some North Koreans are assigned by their government to work on board Chinese tuna ships in the Indian Ocean. Their earnings go straight to Kim Jong-un\u2019s regime, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/24\/world\/asia\/north-korea-china-fishing-boats.html\" title=\"\">according to a report published yesterday<\/a> by the Environmental Justice Foundation. The report described \u201cforced labor\u201d conditions in which workers went years without setting foot on land, and were often cut off from their families.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Context:<\/strong> The U.N. bans member states from hiring North Korean workers because it says Kim uses them to raise funds for a nuclear weapons program. But last year more than 100,000 North Koreans were reported to be still working in 40 countries.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"css-7ad88g e1mu4ftr0\"\/>\n<h3 class=\"css-1uuxri4 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-55bd377a\"><span><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">MORE TOP NEWS<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Across the West, voters are lurching to the right. Yet, in Denmark, the governing Social Democrats have pursued bold progressive policies since 2019, cruising to re-election in 2022. One issue sets them apart from their progressive counterparts in Europe: <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/24\/magazine\/denmark-immigration-policy-progressives.html\" title=\"\">A far more restrictive stance on immigration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-8\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Lives lived:<\/strong> Roberta Flack, the singer and pianist whose blend of soul, jazz and folk made her one of the most popular artists of the 1970s, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/24\/arts\/music\/roberta-flack-dead.html\" title=\"\">died at 88<\/a>. Get to know <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/24\/arts\/music\/roberta-flack-songs.html\" title=\"\">her essential songs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-1uuxri4 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-286d948a\"><span><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">CONVERSATION STARTERS <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-10\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-1f4dab5b\">The lie of the perfect beach<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Many resorts around the world are embracing landscapes in their more natural states, instead of the social-media-perfect beaches of fine white sand and unobstructed ocean views. 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It also transforms ideas about what kind of tropical beach is worthy of a week\u2019s vacation. <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/24\/travel\/beach-resorts-design.html\" title=\"\">Read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-1uuxri4 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-705d9918\"><span><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">RECOMMENDATIONS <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/24\/briefing\/ukraine-war-anniversary-hamas-doubts-north-korea-fisherman.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uncertainty on the Ukraine war\u2019s anniversary President Trump met with President Emmanuel Macron of France at the White House yesterday at a head-spinning time for Western alliances. It was the third anniversary of the war in Ukraine, and peace talks with Russia have sidelined Kyiv and European leaders. Here\u2019s the latest. 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