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After months of Kremlin-fueled disinformation claiming BlackRock owned 47% of Ukraine and even banned the country’s military burials, the world’s largest asset manager has further unraveled that narrative, announcing it has halted work on the Ukraine Development Fund—a project that never moved beyond the conceptual stage.

A Cold War-era missile deployment that helped push the Soviet Union to the negotiating table may hold key lessons for the United States and NATO today. As Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine grinds on, experts are urging Washington to consider similarly bold moves to restore deterrence in Europe, including the visible forward deployment of nuclear-capable weapons.