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Relentless Push: Russia Claims Strategic Edge in Ukraine Offensive

  Servicemen of the 115th Separate Mechanised Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces use an RPG-7 grenade launcher during training between combat missions, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine. Russia’s top military commander, General Valery Gerasimov, has declared that Russian forces are conducting a non-stop offensive along nearly the entire front line in Ukraine, asserting that the “strategic initiative” now lies with Moscow. According to Gerasimov, Russian troops have intensified airstrikes on Ukrainian cities far from the battlefield, including a recent attack on Kyiv that killed at least 23 people and wounded 38. He reported that since March, Russia has seized more than 3,500 square kilometers of territory , captured 149 villages, and now controls the vast majority of the Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions. The offensive has also pushed into Ukraine’s southeastern Dnipropetrovsk region, with seven villages reportedly under Russian control. Moscow says it has carried...
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Senate Approves $9 Billion in Cuts, Marking Fiscal Win for Trump


In a narrow 51–48 vote, the U.S. Senate passed a sweeping $9 billion rescissions package early Thursday morning, delivering a significant legislative victory to President Donald Trump. The bill slashes funding for foreign aid programs and eliminates all $1.1 billion earmarked for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting over the next two years.

The cuts target global health initiatives, disaster relief, and development assistance, though a $400 million reduction to the PEPFAR HIV/AIDS program was removed following bipartisan pushback. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) broke ranks with their party, citing concerns over the impact on rural broadcasting and global disease prevention efforts.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune hailed the move as a “small but important step toward fiscal sanity”, while Democrats criticized it as a partisan maneuver that undermines Congress’s constitutional role in federal spending. The bill now returns to the House for final approval before Friday’s deadline, after which the rescissions would expire if not enacted.

The vote underscores Trump’s growing influence over Congress in his second term, with Republicans largely aligning behind his agenda despite internal dissent and warnings of long-term consequences for America’s global standing and domestic emergency communications.

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