I - On Defense Podcast

US Sanctions Russian Oil Companies; President Trump and Putin Meeting in Budapest Cancelled + US Secretary of State Travels to Israel; Far East + IDF Strikes Hezbollah Targets in S. Lebanon + More

I - On Defense Episode 552

For review:

1. US Secretary of State Travels to Israel; Far East this week.

2. United States Vice President JD Vance projected confidence on Tuesday that the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip was going to last as he paid a visit to a new US-Israel ceasefire coordination center in Kiryat Gat, southern Israel.

3. There will be no Turkish troops in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli Prime Minister's Office insisted Wednesday- as part of the planned International Stabilization Force (ISF).

4. IDF Strikes Hezbollah Targets in S. Lebanon.

5. US Sanctions Russian Oil Companies; President Trump and Putin Meeting in Budapest Cancelled. 

The US blacklisted Rosneft and Lukoil and issued other sanctions because Russia has failed to commit seriously to the peace process, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a statement. 

6. Opinion Article in Defense News written by John Moore, a former British Ministry of Defense official: Should the US Army bring back the Pentomic Division?

7. President Trump nominates LTG Christopher LaNeve to replace GEN James Mingus as US Army Vice Chief of Staff.