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Jan 7, 2025 | 
thecipherbrief.com | Brian Bonner
EDITOR’S NOTE — Since Donald Trump’s victory in the November 5 election, The Cipher Brief has reached out to our network for thoughts on what the priorities ought to be for the second Trump administration. Our ask was straightforward: If you were given the opportunity of a short visit with the 47th president during his first days in office, what message would you want to deliver?
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
thecipherbrief.com | Brian Bonner |Ethan Masucol
Trump promises a quick end to the war. Ukrainians ask: Can a deal be both quick and fair?
DEEP DIVE
Posted: November 11th, 2024
DEEP DIVE — President-elect Donald Trump’s promise of a quick end to Russia’s war on Ukraine is something that Ukrainians desperately want, as the full-scale invasion approaches its 1,000th day.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
thecipherbrief.com | Brian Bonner |Ethan Masucol
Ukrainian officials and many ordinary citizens fear what a Trump Administration would mean for their cause.
DEEP DIVE
Posted: November 5th, 2024
DEEP DIVE — As battlefield setbacks mount, not even the weather is cooperating with Ukraine, which is forecast to have a colder-than-normal winter – its third full winter of resisting Russia’s invasion.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
thecipherbrief.com | Brian Bonner |Ethan Masucol
Zelensky facing new set of challenges or maybe more of the same
DEEP DIVE
Posted: November 5th, 2024
DEEP DIVE — As battlefield setbacks mount, not even the weather is cooperating with Ukraine, which is forecast to have a colder-than-normal winter – its third full winter of resisting Russia’s invasion. The first snowfall is expected later this month.
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Oct 19, 2024 | 
hudl.com | Brian Bonner
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
thecipherbrief.com | Brian Bonner |Ethan Masucol
DEEP DIVE — While Ukraine presses for more military support from the West and fewer restrictions on the use of NATO weapons, the country’s shortage of trained troops is raising fresh concerns among commanders and political leaders. As Russian forces make slow but steady gains in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region – recently seizing Vulhedar, a coal mining and transportation hub – the Ukrainian military is blaming deficits of weapons and soldiers for its battlefield retreats.
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Sep 16, 2024 | 
thecipherbrief.com | Brian Bonner |Ethan Masucol
Ukrainian and global leaders said the West must act with the urgency of soldiers on the frontlines DEEP DIVE Posted: September 16th, 2024 EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — It’s become the premier conference on the war in Ukraine, and this year it had the feel of a political or even religious rally – as participants cheered the war’s heroes, and chastised nations for not doing enough to ensure a Ukrainian over Russia.
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
independentnews.com | Brian Bonner
Some fortunate cities, such as San Francisco, rely on geography to limit urban sprawl. We, however, must rely on ourselves and our elected officials to focus growth to continue strengthening Livermore as a functional city with a real downtown. Livermore’s Urban Growth Boundary, put in place by forward-looking voters 20+ years ago, has produced our vibrant downtown and other quality development within the boundary.
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
twincities.com | Brian Bonner
About 35 of us crowded into the back meeting room of St. Paul’s Downtowner restaurant in early August to discuss the future of Ukraine and global security for almost two hours. These weekly civic engagement confabs are organized by John Mannillo, a longtime developer and civic leader. The week before, I sat in on a lunchtime discussion in the same room about the walkability of St. Paul’s streets, particularly Grand Avenue, and why it’s important.
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Jun 30, 2024 | 
ubn.news | Brian Bonner
The latest Ukraine Business News quarterly event brought together the nation’s largest private energy producer, DTEK, and the state’s electrical distributor, Ukrenergo, for a distressingly candid discussion of the nation’s energy crisis.
