The Latest Breaking News from Ukraine

James Cowan is a former army general and now CEO of the landmine clearance charity The HALO Trust

January WTI crude oil (CLF25 ) today is up +1.30 (+1.89%), and January RBOB gasoline (RBF25 ) is up +0.0090 (+0.46%). Crude oil and gasoline prices today climbed to 1-1/2 week highs and are moderately higher. Escalation of the Ukraine-Russian war is pushing crude prices higher after Ukraine said Russia...

While Russia has not used an ICBM on Ukraine yet, but Kyiv initially thought a new missile was the long-range weapon

Russia’s third largest bank, Gazprombank and its six foreign subsidiaries were hit with U.S. sanctions on Thursday

The dollar index (DXY00 ) today is down by -0.19%. The dollar today is posting modest losses and is weighed down by lower T-note yields. Also, dovish comments from New York Fed President Williams undercut the dollar when he said he expects the Fed to keep cutting interest rates. Losses...

Firing missiles into Russia will only lead to more hardship for the people of Ukraine, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Ukraine accuses Russia of firing a ballistic missile with MIRV payload, signaling a strategic message despite being non-nuclear.

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -0.27%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.19%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.66%. Stocks today are mostly lower. A -4% slump in Alphabet is weighing on the...

A Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson appeared to be interrupted by a phone call during a press conference, during which an unidentified person told her not to comment on Ukraine’s claim that Russia fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) into the country for the first time.