December 2nd, 2025: Ukraine Strikes Russia’s Shadow Fleet & A Potential War Crime Probe

The President's Daily Brief · Dec 2, 2025 · 22m

In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: Ukraine strikes at the financial core of Russia’s war machine, using naval drones to hit two shadow-fleet tankers that move Moscow’s illicit oil across global markets. A potential scandal emerges in the administration’s counter-narcotics campaign as reports indicate U.S. forces carried out a second strike on a suspected drug boat after survivors fled the initial attack. President Trump’s negotiating team heads to Moscow following what he calls “very productive” talks with Ukrainian officials, with key details still unresolved. And in today’s…