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PDB Afternoon Bulletin | December 19th, 2025: Ukraine Blows Up Russian Ship In The Mediterranean & Brown University Killer Found Dead
In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: First—a major expansion of Ukraine's campaign against Russia's shadow fleet of oil tankers. For the first time in the war, Ukraine has struck a Russian tanker in the Mediterranean Sea, delivering another significant blow to Moscow's energy revenues and their clandestine global shipping network. Later in the show—The manhunt for the Brown University shooter has come to an end. The suspect, who is now also linked to the murder of an MIT professor, has been identified and found dead. But key questions about motive remain unanswered. I’ll have the…
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