@lrozen

Reporting on foreign policy. Current: Diplomatic Substack, Just Security ed bd. Al-Monitor Politico Foreign Policy alum. lkrozen threads, lkrozen.bsky, at gmail

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Siobhán O'Grady@siobhan_ogrady6h
A senior Ukrainian commander told me he lost more than $1 million in drones the first night StarShield went out. The next 3 days, speeds remained so unstable they canceled almost all ops striking RU logistics to protect Ukrainian infantry in the kill zone nytimes.com/2026/10/21/world…

When Starshield Cut Out, Ukrainian Drones Fell From the Skies (Gift Article)

Ukraine says it still doesn’t know why the military satellite internet service, a sister to Starlink, was abruptly throttled, leaving troops vulnerable to Russian attacks.

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Jill Dougherty@jillrussia32m
Here’s Putin‘s answer: ft.com/content/9f0c58d3-1833…

Russian missiles bombard Kyiv after Witkoff-Putin talks

Donald Trump’s envoy met Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Oslo before heading to St Petersburg in diplomatic push

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Senator John Cornyn
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What’s holding up Washington’s $14 billion arms sale to Taipei? japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/1…

What’s holding up Washington’s $14 billion arms sale to Taipei?

U.S. President Donald Trump, who recently hailed his “great friendship” with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, has resisted pressure to OK the arms package.

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Jessica Huseman@JessicaHuseman58m
Trump will no longer be visiting Waco Texas: kwtx.com/2026/10/19/pres-tru…

Trump’s planned return to Waco has been canceled

Republican National Convention officials said Pres. Trump will be visiting Waco Tuesday Oct. 27, Fox News reports.

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Andy McCarthy
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If you followed the Trump administration's jihad against Anthropic over restrictive terms of use for Claude, then you're not going to buy its Ukraine blame-shifting to Musk -- as if Starshield terms of use are none of the administration's business ... nationalreview.com/corner/no…

Not Buying the Trump Administration’s Gambit to Blame Musk for Starshield Restrictions | National...

The Trump administration has spent months arguing that the ‘War’ Department won’t accept ‘terms of use’ limitations on battlefield tech.

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Eldar Mamedov@EldarMamedov49h
This is a man who treats diplomacy like a networking lunch. Utterly embarrassing and unprofessional.
ian bremmer
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us special envoy steve witkoff to president putin: “you talk so much about my president, president trump, being a humanitarian. you are a humanitarian also, sir, and i salute that.” truly hard to watch.
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Christiane Amanpour
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edition.cnn.com/2026/10/22/e…

Nothing personal between me and Trump, Zelensky tells CNN | CNN

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has told CNN the currently strained relationship between his country and the United States is “not something personal between me and President Trump.”

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Aaron Blake
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Big news here. One of the earliest goals the Trump administration set for the Iran war was neutralizing the threat of its proxies. Now the US is evacuating staff in a nearby country because one of those proxies is such a threat. cnn.com/2026/10/21/politics/…

US orders departure of some embassy staff and families from Saudi Arabia amid Houthi threat | CNN...

The US State Department ordered the departure of non-essential staff and family members at its US Embassy in Riyadh, a move that comes amid intensifying strikes on Saudi Arabia by the Iranian-allied...

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Alex Vindman 🇺🇸
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Trump’s diesel deal derailed Ukraine-Russia peace progress
POLITICOEurope
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Czech President Petr Pavel says a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine was “quite close” – until Donald Trump lifted sanctions on Russian diesel. vist.ly/5pf23

Trump’s diesel deal derailed Ukraine-Russia peace progress, says Czech president

Czech President Petr Pavel said the U.S. diesel deal with Russia gives Moscow “new hope.”

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RBC-Ukraine
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#Russia used cluster ballistic missiles to strike #Kyiv's historic center, #Zelenskyy says newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/russ…
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Alex Raufoglu
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Republican Senator Cornyn: “Putin will not stop with Ukraine and is already threatening some of our NATO allies.”
Senator John Cornyn
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We should be supporting the victim, not the aggressor, in this conflict. Putin will not stop with Ukraine and is already threatening some of our NATO allies.   The reason we have had relative peace in Europe since World War II is because of the alliance between the U.S. and our European allies. Anything we do to undermine or degrade that alliance would be a big mistake.   Watch my full interview on @SquawkCNBC below⬇️   youtu.be/-dOEPJOt8Uc?t=355

Cornyn Joins Squawk Box on the Midterm Elections, Ukraine, Iran, and AI

---SUBSCRIBE to get the latest from Senator John Cornyn: http://b...

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🧵Starting with Scott Bessent’s menacing Zelenskyy should watch what he says threat on a Sunday show, am struck at how much senior Trump admin messaging to Zelenskyy the past several days is to stop saying what US capabilities have allegedly been withdrawn.
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Wrote about the bipartisan/Republican blowback on the administration here, and how they are still trying to get their stories straight. diplomatic.substack.com/p/tr…
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But they still haven’t got their stories straight, as Vance’s comments this morning, that Musk would not have acted without US government direction, indicate.
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Vance, contradicting Rubio and Hegseth, suggests Musk would not have acted without White House direction. VP Vance: “I think that fundamentally, Elon Musk runs a private corporation, and I think it's completely understandable that he doesn't want to get in the middle of what is a war between two state actors /without the United States government effectively directing him on what to do./ So I don't think this is about Elon. I think it's fundamentally what is America's policy in Ukraine and Russia going to be.
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Vance, contradicting Rubio and Hegseth, suggests Musk would not have acted without White House direction. VP Vance: “I think that fundamentally, Elon Musk runs a private corporation, and I think it's completely understandable that he doesn't want to get in the middle of what is a war between two state actors /without the United States government effectively directing him on what to do./ So I don't think this is about Elon. I think it's fundamentally what is America's policy in Ukraine and Russia going to be.
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The ordered departure of non essential personnel from the US embassy in Riyadh is 100% about the Houthi threat, not any impending planned US escalation with Iran, a source familiar says.
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A concern is that the ordered departure from KSA & adjustments in restricted operating status at some US posts in the region is causing media speculation that could lead Iran to think the US is planning an impending escalation, which is not true, the source explained.
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Andrew Leyden
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After a short stay at IAD Dulles, this aircraft left and flew to San Antonio / Lackland Air Force Base, the facility used by the US government to treat and care for recently released hostages from overseas. h/t @TomAce736
Andrew Leyden
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A plane likely carrying the released American prisoner Stephen Hubbard will be landing at Dulles Airport in the next 20 minutes.
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