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by Victor Rud May 7, 2025 EU Today   If you doubted that Putin’s mind slaughter works, it does. Reality reversal, reflex control, conditioned response,

Ukrainian forces eliminated 14 Russian soldiers attempting a novel concealment strategy, resorting to increasingly desperate measures against advanced reconnaissance technology on the Donbas front. By

From Trump Tower to the Vatican: inside the tortuous dealmaking to link Kyiv’s resources to US support Christopher Miller and James Politi May 1, 2025

Kyiv is fast becoming the ‘arsenal of the free world’ but critical vulnerabilities remain Fermin Torrano May 4, 2025 The Telegraph   On a sunny

By Robert Leslie and Mia Jankowicz May 5, 2025 Business Insider   An international volunteer who fought in Ukraine told Business Insider that Russia’s armed

May 5, 2025 Diane Francis   On May 9, President Vladimir Putin will preside over an annual military parade in Red Square to celebrate “Victory

A Patriot air-defense system is moving from Israel to Ukraine, and Western allies are discussing the logistics of getting Germany or Greece to send another.

By Bohdan Cherniawski May 4, 2025 On May 4, 1915, the thunder of artillery and rifle fire faded across the slopes of Mount Makivka in

The Moscow Times May 2, 2025   The U.S. Department of State approved the sale of training and technical support for F-16 fighters to Ukraine,

On May 9, Russia will stage its annual Victory Day parade in Moscow’s Red Square — a lavish display of military power wrapped in historical

May 1, 2025 On April 30, in Washington, Ukraine’s Minister of Economy, Yulia Svyrydenko, and U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent have signed The Agreement on

Move seals a deal to create a fund the Trump administration says will begin to repay roughly $175bn provided to Ukraine Andrew Roth 1 May

Ukraine has created a macabre points scheme based on video games to boost the effectiveness of its soldiers. By Veronika Melkozerova April 29, 2025 POLITICO

Ukraine has adapted strategies and weapons during its fight against Russia. It is now banking on expanding the use of domestically produced drones, even though

Roman Sheremeta April 29, 2025 CEPA   Ukraine faces a moment of acute national peril. Having fought a war for national survival against an imperialist

Why America’s pandering to Putin is no “peace plan,” why the rest of the West must reject appeasement, and why Ukraine must be prepared for

By Stephen Blank April 28, 2025 19fortyfive   Russian President Vladimir Putin has just played his latest trick. On April 28, he suddenly announced a

The Guardian, working with media partners, has tracked down first-hand accounts to reconstruct Viktoriia Roshchyna’s final months By Juliette Garside, Shaun Walker, Manisha Ganguly, Pjotr

Stuart Anderson April 27, 2025 Forbes Experts say Donald Trump has a poor understanding of the history and causes of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Analysts

Accepting Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea would upend a core tenet of U.S. foreign policy. Max Boot The Washington Post April 24, 2025   In

Askold Lozynskyj In many instances the lying is a result of ignorance. Trump watches television, but he does not read much and very often assumes

by Alexander J. Motyl April 25, 2025 The Hill   It must hurt to be hoist with one’s own petard. President Trump would know. Having

Tom Nichols April 23, 2025 The Atlantic   Donald Trump said on the campaign trail that he would make peace between Ukraine and Russia in

Adding recognition of Crimea as part of Russia to negotiations makes no sense and suggests ulterior motives. Michael McFaul April 23, 2025 McFaul’s World  

April 25, 2025 Ihor Rosomakha   Donald Trump’s rhetoric around preventing World War III paints a picture of himself as a global savior, but a

April 25, 2025 Ihor Rosomakha The status of Crimea remains one of the most consequential and enduring fault lines in contemporary international relations. Since the

by Martin Fornusek April 24, 2025 Newsweek   President Volodymyr Zelensky said on April 23 that Ukraine will always act in accordance with its Constitution,

Several initiatives intended to hold Moscow accountable for war crimes in Ukraine have been vacated, including a bipartisan intelligence coordinator office. April 22, 2025 By

April 24, 2025 DIANE FRANCIS   Trump botched the Russia-Ukraine situation by appointing a Brooklyn real estate developer with Russian oligarch partners to be his

In 1994, Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons in exchange for security guarantees. Russia invaded anyway. Now, more nations ask: Why disarm if those promises

Ukraine forcefully rejected the Trump administration’s proposal to recognize Crimea as Russian territory, leading US Secretary of State Rubio to withdraw from scheduled London negotiations

Italy has shipped Storm Shadow missiles and SAMP/T air defense systems while pledging $1.5 billion for 2025 along—arming Ukraine with significant firepower while keeping the

UK and Europe will have to supply arms to Kyiv and strengthen our own defences, which will require a radical rethink William Hague April 21,

The secretary of state and the top American commander in Europe just gave two very different perspectives on the war. Mark Hertling April 21, 2025

April 21, 2025   On May 3, 2025, a march cloaked in nostalgia will snake through the streets of Washington, D.C. to honor Soviet veterans

by Kate Tsurkan April 21, 2025 The Kyiv Independent   Pope Francis, who passed away on April 21 at 88, leaves behind a legacy as

by Alexander J. Motyl 04/21/25 The Hill   Why are the American president and vice president so reluctant to visit Ukraine? After all, both are

Ronia Lozynskyj April 15, 2025 Donald Trump’s hostility toward Ukraine is no accident. It is part of a long-standing pattern, a vendetta born from personal

Vitalii Dribnytsia engages with Russians online to correct Kremlin propaganda about Ukraine. Over time, he has come to realize his more important audience is Ukrainians

18 April 2025 SERGIY SYDORENKO, European Pravda SAUL LOEB, AFP/East News   Trump’s team has finally acknowledged that Ukraine has also suffered significant losses for

Forged in occupation, Bucha’s women turned from war victim into drone hunters, protecting the very ground where they once ran for cover. By Vira Kravchuk

The Moscow Times By Inna Bondarenko April 14, 2025 Last week, while Russian missiles rained down on Ukrainian cities, the Kremlin’s special envoy Kirill Dmitriev

By Taras Kuzio April 17, 2025 The Moscow Times After talks with President Vladimir Putin, U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff said he was optimistic about soon

April 18, 2025 For much of the past decade, Ukraine has stood as a frontline defender of democracy, fighting not only for its own survival

By Peter Dickinson April 17, 2025 Atlantic Council   As Germany’s next chancellor Friedrich Merz prepares to boost support for Ukraine, the Kremlin is already

The strike on Sumy wasn’t an error, aberration or mishap. It fits into Russia’s long-established tactics — and Washington knows that. April 16, 2025 By

April 16, 2025 Bloomberg Alex Stezhensky   The United States has softened its demands regarding repayment for aid to Ukraine during talks over a bilateral

What explains the Trump administration’s radical reversal toward Moscow?   By Jonathan Mahler April 12, 2025 The New York Times   In 1989, shortly before

Ukrainian president says US president can visit any city, as Trump says deadly bombing of Sumy on Sunday ‘a mistake’ Luke Harding 14 April 2025

Kateryna Shkarlat RBC-Ukraine April 11, 2025   Ukraine has tripled its weapons production in 2024. In particular, missile production has increased eightfold compared to 2023,

April 14, 2025 DIANE FRANCIS Donald Trump took a wrecking ball to the global trading system last week, then bragged that world leaders were “kissing

‘Russians are even trying to ban our holidays’ – women speak out from occupied Ukraine Vitaliy Shevchenko BBC News April 13, 2025   “Russians are

Five murdered Ukrainian artists. Thousands of unborn masterpieces. One methodical Russian campaign to erase a culture. By Orysia Hrudka 09/04/2025 “I wish I had never

April 11th 2025 In April 2025, a senior U.S. envoy proposed dividing Ukraine along the Dnipro River — not as metaphor, but as policy. General

By David Hambling April 9, 2025 Forbes   Ukraine is fielding carrier drones or motherships to transport FPVs to the target area before launching them.

The attack in southern Ukraine could offset Russia’s manpower advantage in the region, where a dozen or more Russian regiments and brigades face just a

A former Ukrainian commander-in-chief describes Ukraine’s DELTA battlefield-management system and other adaptations. By Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi April 10, 2025 Defense One   Ukraine’s tactical drones

Kyra Laubacher April 10, 2025 Pointe   In August 2022, six months after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Adrenaline Films producer Julie Meyer

Timothy Snyder Apr 10, 2025 Trump has an obvious weakness that makes America weak. He places the American economy at risk for the sake of

Gen. Christopher Cavoli will tell Congress today that the US and NATO “need to prepare” to meet the long-term threat Russia poses. Kyiv Post gets

By Unshin Lee Harpley Air and Space Forces Magazine   Ukrainian Air Force pilots are operating F-16 fighters “every day,” targeting missile threats and striking

By Peter Dickinson Atlantic Council April 8, 2025   Almost one month since Ukraine agreed to a US-led unconditional ceasefire, Russia has this week come

Daria Synhaievska March 10, 2025 Ukraine World   Since gaining independence, Ukraine has faced active attempts by Russia to create agent networks in various spheres

The Washington Post Editorial Board April 4, 2025   By imposing secondary sanctions on buyers of Russian oil and gas, the U.S. president could push

Inside the Lives of Ukraine’s Tired, Determined Drone Pilots Jakub Laichter April 6, 2025 The New Republic   A column of smoke rises on the

Appeasing Moscow Didn’t Work in the Past, and It Won’t Work for Trump Alexander Vindman March 27, 2025 Foreign Affairs   President Donald Trump’s approach

Tusk government adviser Paweł Kowal says Ukraine peace talks must not lead to recognition of Moscow’s territorial claims Raphael Minder April 6, 2025 Financial Times

The Trump administration is claiming progress in its efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war, but each side is interpreting the ceasefires differently and the fighting

By Askold Lozynskyj Cape May Courthouse is a mid-sized town in the southern part of New Jersey by the shore some 150 miles south of

Defense expert Yan Matveev reveals Ukraine’s new high-risk tactics: abandoning heavy armor to save soldiers and secure fast territorial gains. Yevheniia Martyniuk April 3, 2025

The Russian leader cannot afford to end the war he started. Ian Garner April 8, 2025 Foreign Policy   Even U.S. President Donald Trump—not known

For Ukrainian mothers, drone classes have replaced leisure, medical ID bracelets have become essential accessories, and a perpetually bleeding heart has become the price of

A fresh batch of Tochka-Us reached the front line around January. David Axe Forbes Staff April 01, 2025   When the Soviet army left Ukraine

By Noah Robertson April 2, 2025 Defense News   Pete Hegseth will not attend a gathering of 50 countries to coordinate military support for Ukraine,

Just as America is the land of the free, so is Ukraine. Freedom is the highest value in Ukraine. Valerii Pekar March 28, 2025 The

By Askold Lozynskyj When Russia’s full scale aggression into Ukraine began on February 24, 2022, much of the world stood by anticipating a disastrous albeit

Artillery and drones struck all 12 attacking vehicles. By David Axe Forbes Staff. Mar 30, 2025   It’s tempting fate to roll into a battle

Bohdan Cherniawski March 30, 2025 Something is happening behind closed doors—something that could shape the future of Ukraine, and by extension, the principles of global

Ukrainian president has learned Trump’s team demand positivity and there is little point in trying to ‘inject reality’ Dan Sabbagh 27 March 2025 The Guardian

Some shipments of cash arrived on the day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, just weeks before a currency export ban was imposed. By Graeme

by Alexander J. Motyl 03/27/25 The Hill   The real estate developer Steve Witkoff, whom President Trump made his plenipotentiary in foreign conflicts, is either

“Justice is a prerequisite for sustainable peace,” says the head of a Nobel Peace Prize-winning NGO. By Veronika Melkozerova March 26, 2025 POLITICO   KYIV

Giving Ukraine access to $300 billion of frozen Russian assets would put it in a position of strength. By Robert B. Zoellick March 25, 2025

Sanctions are hitting Russia hard and the EU is ready to keep pressure on Russia. By David O’Sullivan March 24, 2025 CEPA   From the

By Zak Schneider Atlantic Council Mar 25, 2025   US President Donald Trump’s March 18 phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin marked the start

For the first time, an American official has echoed Moscow’s justification for seizing sovereign territory. Khusanboy Kotibjonov March 24, 2025 Euromaidan Press   “Russia stopped

Data vital to tracking these abducted Ukrainian children may have suddenly disappeared. A bipartisan group of House members wants to know: Who did this, and

The U.S., once firmly aligned with Ukraine, has been trying to broker a deal to end the war started by the Kremlin’s invasion. By Eli

Askold Lozynskyj President Zelensky faces a very challenging conundrum. He either plays along with America’s President Trump or he loses American military support and intelligence

The Kremlin has accomplished something that even its most fervent propagandists might have considered impossible: Western figures now echo its untruths. By Maciej Bukowski March

by OREST DEYCHAKIWSKY March 21, 2025 Ukrainian Weekly   To say that this has been a tumultuous time in U.S.-Ukraine relations is a major understatement.

Alexander Skobov jailed for 16 years over social media post and alleged involvement in opposition group Pjotr Sauer 21 Mar 2025 The Guardian   A

While Trump Courts Him, Putin Is Escalating Russia’s Hybrid War Against the West Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan March 20, 2025 Foreign Affairs   In

From exposing Chornobyl to probing Zelenskyy, Radio Liberty built Ukraine’s democracy — showing what Trump risks surrendering to dictators set to crush both freedom and

Putin’s rejection of ceasefire terms means Zelensky has been handed a chance to bring the US president on side – and he is beginning to

The Ukrainian 14th UAV Regiment located three North Korean M1989 170-millimeter howitzers in Kursk Oblast, enabling a HIMARS strike that deployed submunitions over the artillery

By Linus Höller March 19, 2025 Defense News   THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Ukraine claims to be one of the first countries to have successfully

By Erin Banco and Mari Saito March 19, 2025 Reuters   NEW YORK/BERLIN – Several U.S. national security agencies have halted work on a coordinated

by Alexander J. Motyl March 19, 2025 The Hill   Vladimir Putin is no genius, but occasionally he is right. After the U.S. and Ukraine

How a United Europe Can Help Kyiv Keep Up the Fight Celeste A. Wallander March 17, 2025 Foreign Affairs   The United States’ sudden, although

On March 11 Anthony Constantini, a Fellow at Defense Priorities published an article arguing first that because the Russo-Ukrainian war has become a war of attrition Russia

Askold Lozynskyj The alleged master of deal making has been exposed once again. The purported writer of “The Art of the Deal”, six times bankrupt,

Russia insists on terms to end the war that spell the end of democratic Ukraine, and has followed up the Trump call with an assault

If Zelensky’s government gave up sovereignty to secure peace, the sense of betrayal in Ukraine would be profound Will Lloyd March 16, 2025 The Sunday

Shelby Talcott and Morgan Chalfant Mar 17, 2025 Newsweek   The Trump administration is considering recognizing Ukraine’s Crimea region as Russian territory as part of

By Bohdan Cherniawski March 15, 2025 The Trump-Rubio administration has quietly terminated funding for efforts to track and rescue Ukrainian children abducted by Russia, despite

Olga Boichak and Kateryna Kasianenko March 16, 2025 The Conversation   More than three years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a 30-day ceasefire between

by Abbey Fenbert March 15, 2025 The Kyiv Independent   A German parliamentary coalition has agreed to allocate 3 billion euros (approximately $3.2 billion) in

Thousands of women may have been raped by Russian soldiers, experts say, but have kept quiet for fear of the stigma. But that is changing.

The Russian leader has no interest in making concessions. Max Boot March 13, 2025 The Washington Post   In case there was any doubt about

The idea of Moscow as a paragon of Christian nationalism has penetrated the party of Reagan – and the lurch in US policy has huge

Daryna Antoniuk March 13, 2025 The Record   KYIV, Ukraine — The encrypted messaging app Signal has stopped responding to requests from Ukrainian law enforcement

March 14, 2025 You want to talk about “peace agreements,” Mr. Trump? Then listen to me, a doctor who puts the torn bodies of children

Voice of America and Radio Free Europe among outlets forced to make cuts as U.S. seeks to curtail funding. March 16, 2025 By Giorgio Leali

March 13, 2025 DIANE FRANCIS   American negotiators are to meet with Putin in Moscow on March 13 to discuss a 30-day ceasefire that Ukraine

Eurasia Daily Monitor By: Pavel K. Baev March 10, 2025   U.S., European, and Ukrainian peace-making policies are now aligned at a possible breakthrough point,

Kyiv Post 11 March 2025 by Lubomyr Luciuk   Keep in mind the Ukrainians who are dying as you read this. American president Donald Trump’s

Taras Kuzio March 10, 2025 EU Reporter   The Donald Trump administration is seeking a new era of Russian-US relations without recognising Russia is a

In workshops across the country, engineers are devising new ways to produce rockets and drones — and racing to develop long-range weapons Jack Clover March

February 27, 2025 VOGUE UA IN ENGLISH   25-year-old journalist Vasilisa Stepanenko, a Pulitzer Prize winner for her reporting from besieged Mariupol, reflects on the

If those who do not study history are indeed doomed to repeat it, then it would be wise for American leaders to bear in mind

This is how the bad guys act. By Anne Applebaum March 5, 2025 The Atlantic   A book festival in Vilnius, meetings with friends in

The former NSC official who sparked Trump’s first impeachment says successive administrations have bought into Moscow’s vision of itself Lloyd Green 9 March 2025 The

By Andrew A. Michta March 6, 2025 19fortyfive   The increasingly fraught endgame to the Russia-Ukraine war reflects a larger ongoing debate in the US

European countries and private firms can preserve Ukraine’s access to space intelligence. By David Axe March 5, 2025 Forbes   Cynically and bizarrely demanding Ukraine

Lithuanian Eglė Gerulaitytė wrote this on her FB on 25 February 2025: On NATO, Freeloaders, and Great Deals: Why You Can’t Grab Ukraine By Her

Marco Rubio, Michael Waltz, and their ilk will spend the rest of their lives avoiding Ukrainians for fear of being spit on Adam Kinzinger Mar

March 7, 2025 NV Yevhen Dykyi   The situation on the frontlines is still difficult, but the worst period has passed and it is no

March 7, 2025 The transcript below is an incredibly powerful and deadly accurate speech in the French Senate two days ago by Mr. Claude Malhuret.

The most important thing you need to understand about Zelensky is that this isn’t his first time sitting across a negotiating table from Putin. Mar

Aleks Phillips BBC News Mar 6, 2025   Valerii Zaluzhnyi said the White House had “questioned the unity of the Western world” and was “taking

Illia Ponomarenko March 6, 2025 TIME magazine   First there was Donald Trump calling Volodymyr Zelensky a “dictator.” Then there was the infamous, heated exchange

Diane Francis March 6, 2025   On February 28, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky was thrown out of the White House after a shouting match with

Warning as Trump severs intelligence link and Starmer prepares to return to White House Larisa Brown, Steven Swinford, Hugh Tomlinson, and Charles Bremner March 6,

How Kyiv Can Persist in the Face of a Hostile Washington Andriy Zagorodnyuk March 4, 2025 Foreign Affairs   Last week, the world witnessed a

After three years of defending itself against Russian aggression, Ukraine has shored up its defenses against cyberattacks. NATO countries are watching and learning from Ukraine’s

Drones have changed the war in Ukraine, with soldiers adapting off-the-shelf models and swarming the front lines. By Marc Santora, Lara Jakes, Andrew E. Kramer,

The Ukrainian president is caught between a rock and a hard place. With an admittedly weak hand, he needs to assess all possible outcomes before

‘Marginal gains’ for Ukraine in major eastern cities could offer the US ‘great leverage in peace negotiations’ with the Kremlin Harriet Barber 02 March 2025

As the president lays waste to the rule of law, too many Americans are experiencing ‘Gleichschaltung” — being brought into line Forward By Terrence Petty

March 3, 2025 DIANE FRANCIS   The lighting was perfect, and the camera was rolling when Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky walked into the Oval Office

The Trump administration’s decision to order U.S. Cyber Command to stop offensive operations against Russia is a major strategic blunder that could have disastrous consequences

Nadia Boianivska 1 March 2025 Global Espreso   Russian opposition politician Mark Feygin says that Trump’s team’s contacts with Moscow began before the November 5,

Yuliia Vyshnevska An intriguing analysis has been circulating online regarding the psychological aspects of Zelensky’s meeting with Trump and Vance. From this analysis, it becomes

By Askold Lozynskyj On the heels of America’s shameless vote with the Russians at the United Nations General Assembly, which aside from exposing America’s lack

The president’s explosive Oval Office encounter reflected his determination to put aside alliances and commitments to principles in favor of raw great power negotiations. By

The EU foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, said ‘the free world needs a new leader’ and that it was up to Europeans to take this

It’s ugly, but necessary to face. By David Frum The Atlantic Feb 28, 2025   At least the Oval Office meeting held by President Donald

On his visit to Canada, Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk reminds us that truth is required to end a war Father Raymond J. de Souza Feb 27,

February 27, 2025 DIANE FRANCIS   Germany’s Otto von Bismarck once quipped about politics that “to retain respect for laws and sausages, one must not

The massacre in Bucha, the mass graves in Izium – it is as if these atrocities never happened. Now the truth is being taken out

Trump says the U.S. has spent $350 billion on the war in Ukraine. Other tallies total far less. Isabel Coles February 26, 2025 The Wall

By Brendan Cole February 24, 2025 Newsweek   A document that a U.S. special envoy has said could be a blueprint for talks to end

Bret Stephens Feb 25, 2025 The New York Times   Havel would have understood the deeper reasons. In his 1978 essay “The Power of the

Kyiv hopes agreement on jointly exploring resources will improve relations with Trump administration Christopher Miller, Alec Russell and Gideon Rachman February 25, 2025 Financial Times

By Stephen Blank Real Clear Defense Feb 23, 2025   After only one month, the Trump Administration has revealed its abiding strategic incompetence and malignity

By Nathan Hodge February 25, 2025 RFERL   The outlines of U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to reach a peace deal on Ukraine may still

Presidents and prime ministers from 13 countries are gathering in the Ukrainian capital on the third anniversary of the Russian invasion Marc Bennetts February 24,

Like a judo master, the Russian aggressor wears down his opponents until they break. Then he comes back for more Yaroslav Hrytsak 24 February 2025

By Askold Lozynskyj Today on the third anniversary of Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine at the United Nations General Assembly (UN GA) the United

By Mickey Djuric POLITICO Feb 23, 2025   OTTAWA — When Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy first met in 2019,

February 24, 2025 DIANE FRANCIS   On February 22, President Donald Trump made a counteroffer to one he received in November from Ukraine’s President Volodymyr

The recent proposal that forces Ukraine to relinquish 50 percent of its revenues from critical natural resources to the United States is not just a

Ukraine has learned the hard way that it is now time to stop being naïve and to rethink who of their potential allies could be

A New York City residential tenant telephoned his landlord seeking permission to renovate his kitchen at his own cost and expense. The landlord considered the

Sasha Vasilyuk interviews Yaroslav Trofimov about his debut novel, “No Country for Love.” By Sasha Vasilyuk February 20, 2025 Los Angeles Review of Books  

The United States wanted the resolution replaced with a toned-down version that felt overly sympathetic to Russia, an official said. By Siobhán O’Grady and Michael

A hasty peace deal will see the U.S. forfeit principles and norms built over decades. Fareed Zakaria February 21, 2025 Washington Post   At the

Douglas Murray New York Post Feb 21, 2025   This has been a dizzying and disorienting week in international diplomacy. One with wild implications for

By David J. Kramer February 19, 2025 Foreign Policy   U.S. President Donald Trump is right to say Russia’s war against Ukraine “never should have

By New York Post Editorial Board Feb 18, 2025   President Trump’s demand that Ukraine sign over a huge chunk of its economy as repayment

Whose side is he on? It’s hard to keep up, so here’s a handy guide to America’s new policy of close alignment with the Kremlin.

As the war in Ukraine enters its fourth year, it appears to be a reaching tipping point. by Ishaan Tharoor February 21, 2025 The Washington

Trump’s messy Ukraine gambit hints he’s set to crush lessons from the 1938 Munich “peace deal” that has been shielding global security and America’s power

Foreign secretary’s speech comes as UK continues to tread fine diplomatic line between supporting Ukraine and not offending Trump Rowena Mason and Richard Partington 20

Blown up by ‘devil drones’, led by a translation app and choosing death over capture, two elite soldiers give the first details of their war

By Abe Greenwald Feb 19, 2025 Commentary Magazine   If there’s a maximally perilous way to go about dealing with the war in Ukraine, it’s

Kyiv blasts back at the U.S. president after he ridicules Ukraine’s leader — and demands the war-ravaged country hold an election. February 19, 2025 By

By Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo Feb 18, 2025 Defense News   ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Ukraine has set out the goal of establishing a 15

by David J. Kramer, John Herbst and William Taylor 02/15/25 The Hill   President Trump is right to seek an end to Russia’s aggression in

Russians and Americans speak about Ukraine, without Ukrainians Timothy Snyder February 17, 2025   Tomorrow in Ukraine, Russian soldiers will attack Ukrainians. Russian drones and

February 15, 2025 By Valeria Yehoshyna, Olya Ivleva, Kyrylo Ovsyaniy, Kira Tolstyakova and Schemes RFERL   In a room far behind the front lines in

Victor Rud February 16, 2025 EU Today   Decades ago, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir (born in Ukraine) summed it up:  “They said we must

“The Thin Red Line” carries significant weight today, especially for Ukraine. The imagery of soldiers standing firm against an overwhelming force is deeply resonant in

February 17, 2025 DIANE FRANCIS   Germans coined the phrase “fog of war” in the 19th Century to describe the uncertainty of situational awareness during

Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone says the Russian leader cannot be trusted in peace talks and calls for European allies to double their production of weapons

The betrayal of Ukraine is a final warning to the UK and its continental allies to put a lot more energy and money into rebuilding

Eric Reguly February 15, 2025 The Globe and Mail   A Hollywood film director and members of Toronto’s prominent Tory family have found an apt

American Foreign Policy seen from Munich TIMOTHY SNYDER Feb 16, 2025 As a television show, American foreign policy is about strength. In reality, it is

The capture of alleged Russian mole Dmitry Kozyura came straight out of British intelligence’s Double Cross playbook Ben Macintyre February 14, 2025 The Times  

Prime minister uses call with Ukraine president to restate UK support in face of Trump interventions Peter Walker 14 February 2025 The Guardian   Ukraine

Stephen Collinson Feb 13, 2025 CNN   Two geopolitical thunderclaps on Wednesday will transform transatlantic relations. Donald Trump’s call with Vladimir Putin brought the Russian

by Ben Wallace Feb 13, 2025 MSN   This week leaders and officials from across the world will gather in Munich for the Annual Security

The announcement of the Trump-Putin call made no mention of Europe or of much of a Ukrainian role, playing into fears that their interests will

by Andrea Januta and Chris York and Antonina Andriichuk February 13, 2025 The Kyiv Independent   After promising to quickly resolve the war in Ukraine,

The Times interviewed Russian soldiers who said they face a brutal fight to dislodge determined Ukrainian forces from a sliver of Russian land. Trapped civilians

February 13, 2025 Donald Trump proposes viewing aid to Ukraine as an investment rather than a long-term U.S. commitment. While this approach may seem pragmatic,

Russian commanders’ attempt to overwhelm Terny’s defenders with superior numbers has backfired, forcing them to abandon armored vehicles after catastrophic losses. 12/02/2025 Euromaidan Press  

By Andriy Zagorodnyuk Sept 11, 2025 Atlantic Council   As speculation mounts over possible negotiations to end the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it is important

By Léonie Allard and Ian Brzezinski Atlantic Council Feb 11, 2025   While US President Donald Trump’s early foreign policy moves have been focused elsewhere

But A Ukrainian Drone Was Watching. And A Bomb-Laden Ukrainian MiG-29 Was On Its Way. Two French-made Hammer glide bombs blasted the underpass shelter. David

For war vets, the competition is a chance to shift focus from the war — and restore faith in society Phil Melnychuk February 9, 2025

Tim Mak, Oleksandr Matviienko, and Mariana Lastovyria February 8, 2025 Counteroffensive News   KHARKIV REGION, Ukraine — In the early dawn hours, as the sun

These killing machines swerve explosions, rain machinegun fire and save manpower in the fight against Putin. We witnessed their first platoon-scale assault Maxim Tucker February

For war vets, the competition is a chance to shift focus from the war — and restore faith in society Phil Melnychuk February 9, 2025

Chris Panella February 8, 2025 Business Insider   Drone operators flying uncrewed aircraft over Ukraine are constantly running into invisible shields, causing them to suddenly

Alleged Moscow agent, on trial for high treason, reached the top ranks of Ukrainian intelligence on the eve of war Maxim Tucker February 8, 2025

A Ukrainian delegation to the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington will make the case that Russia threatens the religious freedom of Christians who don’t follow

The Achilles Regiment demonstrates how innovative technology is transforming warfare in Ukraine. Scripps News By Jason Bellini Feb 5, 2025   Deep in a labyrinthine

Systematic Ukrainian deep strikes on Russia’s largest oil facilities reveal a vulnerable energy giant whose air defenses struggle to protect its most vital economic assets

When Expansion Yields Few Gains Andrew Kosenko and Peter Liberman Foreign Affairs February 5, 2025   Today, about 20 percent of southeastern Ukraine is under

By Olena Mukhina 06/02/2025 Euromaidan Press   Since the start of the war in 2022, Russian soldiers have killed nearly 50 priests and destroyed or

September 20, 1968 – February 4, 2025 It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Natalie Roxanne Shymko, beloved daughter of Stephanie

At the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, East German writer Marko Martin delivered a memorial speech in Bellevue castle in Berlin,

February 6, 2024 DIANE FRANCIS In Donald Trump’s geo-economic war, nation-states are real estate, resources are assets, trade surpluses are profits, and tariffs are weapons.

Ukraine’s robotic revolution is reshaping modern warfare — and the future of combat. February 4, 2025 Smart News David Kirichenko   Ukraine has become a

Julia Davis Feb. 3, 2025 The Daily Beast   Stern proclamations by U.S. President Donald Trump concerning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine initially caused trepidation in

Yes, by all means, Secretary of State Marco Rubio should be “realistic” about Ukraine. Let’s win. George Will The Washington Post January 31, 2025  

by Jonathan Sweet and Mark Toth January 30, 2025 The Hill   The expression “snow job,” first uttered during the second World War, was a

The raid in Kstovo capped a month of devastating attacks on Russian energy. David Axe Forbes Staff January 29, 2025   Late Tuesday night or

“Our enemy is Zelenskyy. Zelenskyy caused the problems we have. I don’t like him because he harms Slovakia,” claimed Slovak’s Prime Minister amid Russian gas

January 30, 2025 By Dmytro Shurkhalo RFE/RL   When Ukraine declared its independence from the U.S.S.R in August 1991., Kyiv came into possession of the

“Putin is trying to destroy us as a nation, just as Hitler tried to destroy the Jewish people in World War II,” Roman Schwarzman declared.

Mark MacKinnon January 27, 2025 The Globe and Mail   For the past five years, former soldiers living in western Ukraine could go to the

  by Andrew Chakhoyan January 28, 2025 The Hill   Since the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war in 2014, one Russian phrase has haunted me.

And in his eagerness to cut a deal to end it, he may give Putin the lifeline he so desperately needs. Garry Kasparov January 27,

Pavel Luzin Jan 28, 2025 CEPA   The death and disablement of hundreds of thousands of Russian soldiers, acute strains in the defense budget and

After losing 15,000 armored vehicles, the Russians turn to unarmored civilian models. David Axe Forbes Staff Jan 27, 2025   As reserves of armored vehicles

Forbes Staff Jan 26, 2025   Feigning defeat and retreat, soldiers from the Ukrainian army’s 225th Assault Battalion lured a large Russian force into a

January 17, 2025 Ukraine World   Ukraine’s role transcends borders, serving as a pivotal nexus for security, economic vitality, and the preservation of a rules-based

The next three drones apparently knocked out the tank. David Axe Forbes Jan 24, 2025   An ex-Danish Leopard 1A5 tank belonging to a Ukrainian

Cast aside by employers, Ukraine’s wounded veterans and war widows drive nation’s small business boom, healing both the economy and their own battle scars. Maria

Mick Ryan 24 Jan 2025 The Interpreter   The new year has begun with a rush of events. In Europe, governments are posturing for the

Vladyslav Smilianets and Sergiy Karazy January 24, 2025 Reuters   As snow fell in a wooded area of Ukraine, the long-range attack drones accelerated one

The conversation is no longer just about the present conflict, there is already an undeclared covert war under way 25 January 2025 Observer editorial The

By Per Nyholm 24.01.2025 The Ukrainian Review   Ukraine, Denmark and Europe as a whole suddenly feel and fear the effects of the change of

by Daria Shulzhenko January 22, 2025 The Kyiv Independent   Seeing the face of Ukrainian soldier Maksym Kolesnykov light up with joy over an apple

Russia’s looting of Ukrainian artifacts is a calculated attack to erase our identity — a systematic strategy rooted in centuries of oppression and cultural theft.

Andrey Kurkov 24 January 2025 The Guardian   Last November, my wife Elizabeth planted a great many tulip and daffodil bulbs in the cold autumn

By Peter Dickinson Jan 23, 2025 Atlantic Council   NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has warned alliance members that if the Russian invasion of Ukraine is

Mykhailo Hlukhovs’kyi January 18, 2025 Hlavkom   “We are paying an extremely high price for caution on the part of the US”.  Ukraine has 11

By Frederick W. Kagan January 19, 2025 The New York Post   A peace in Ukraine that puts America first must do more than stop

By Askold Lozynskyj There was plenty of nonsense, but most of it did not or will not matter except for the moment and only for

January 20, 2024 DIANE FRANCIS Donald Trump has been upending the world order well before his Inauguration today with tough rhetoric and harsh tactics. He

15  January 2025 Dear Minister of Justice Virani: On 24 October 2024, the Honourable Chris Alexander, a Distinguished Fellow of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, testified before

OPINION Amid a litany of missed chances and missteps, the Biden administration’s policy blunders and hesitant strategies shaped the US response to Putin’s war against

Michael Holtz January 17, 2025 The New Yorker   Last summer, I followed Matthew O’Callaghan, a field officer for the humanitarian mine-clearance organization the HALO

Anastasiia Savova, the 24-year-old founder of an advocacy group for imprisoned marines, is still holding out hope for her father, who was captured at Mariupol

The partnership helped Ukraine defend itself and gave the U.S. key intelligence. By Patrick Reevell January 17, 2025 ABC News   KYIV — Lt. Gen.

January 16, 2024 DIANE FRANCIS The world enters the fourth year of war in Ukraine, which Donald Trump promised he would end on January 20.

Peter Dickinson Jan 16, 2025 Atlantic Council   With international attention firmly fixed on the Russian army’s advances in eastern Ukraine and the Ukrainian invasion

The forced recruitment of Indians into the Russian army has been a point of tension between New Delhi and Moscow, even as the countries have

David Hambling January 15, 2025 Forbes   Ukraine’s heavy drone bombers, known to the Russians as Baba Yagas, are the unsung heroes of the war.

When Russian boots crossed Ukrainian borders, Ukrainians learned what the West had long forgotten: security and freedom do not endure without a price. By Bohdan

Fires have raged for a week. David Axe Forbes Staff Jan 14, 2025   On Jan. 8, Ukrainian drones flew at least 400 miles to

The barrage appeared to be one of the largest recent assaults in Ukraine’s campaign to damage Russia’s war machine on its home territory. By Cassandra

September 18, 2024 By JACKIE HAJDENBERG JTA   A Russian disinformation campaign targeted Israel and American Jews in a bid to weaken support for Ukraine,

Samuel Bendett and David Kirichenko January 10, 2025 Modern War Institute   Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the war there has

Right now, Russia knows all it needs to do to prevent a country from joining is to invade and partially occupy it — and that

Ukrainian drones keep Russian tanks away from the front line. David Axe Forbes Staff January 13, 2025   For the first time in Russia’s 35-month

The village of Makhnovka is a killing field. David Axe Forbes Staff Jan 8, 2025   Russia and North Korea may have lost around 400

Elite Azov fighters have halted Russia’s assault on Niu-York. Is it time for their skills and experience to be spread more widely? By David Kirichenko

The strike on the 2nd Guards Combined Arms Army in Novohrodivka is a setback for the Russian offensive. David Axe Forbes Staff Jan 12, 2025

By Askold Lozynskyj The Gulf of Mexico to be renamed, Panama, Greenland and Canada to be annexed are all silly, yet dangerous halos. Perhaps, none

Forget Patriot air defences — volunteer brigades equipped with clunky machineguns are taking down swarms of lethal Shaheds George Grylls January 8, 2025 The Times

Ukraine is not getting what it needs to win the war. The report from Sten Richard Larsen, Norway’s military attaché in Kyiv, is crystal clear:

An image depicting a famous 19th-century painting of Cossacks, with current Ukrainian soldiers standing in for the warriors, has struck a chord as Kyiv battles

Josh Layton January 8, 2025 Metro   A Ukrainian Special Operations Forces team defeated a Russian platoon in one of many daring missions carried out

An initial assessment of Ukraine’s break out from its Kursk salient, Russia’s response and what Ukraine’s objectives for the new offensive might be. Mick Ryan

By William Courtney January 8, 2025 Defense News   In late-December conversations in Kyiv, I found Ukrainians determined to resist Russian aggression but tired of

By Moscow Times Reporter Jan. 7, 2025   In 2024, Russia’s ethnic republics witnessed some of the country’s largest protests, suffered from the disproportionate mobilization

In an interview with the Kyiv Independent, Kasparov shared his thoughts on the current state of the Russian opposition, why they’re looking for a “good

January 9, 2024 DIANE FRANCIS On January 7, President-elect Donald Trump launched his geo-economic war to make the world safer and bolster America’s living standards.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Jimmy Carter served as US president when Ukraine was not yet independent but the Ukrainian president recognized that “his

With the incoming administration seeking to cut U.S. aid to Ukraine, Europe should tap the Kremlin’s frozen reserves. By Adrian Karatnycky January 8, 2025 Foreign

Nurlan Aliyev January 7, 2025 War on the Rocks   Russia wields a formidable capability to target NATO’s undersea infrastructure in critical regions such as

Ukraine On My Mind Olga Lautman Jan 2, 2025   While the world celebrated the holidays, Ukraine continued to endure unrelenting bombardment, a stark reminder

Andrew A. Michta January 5, 2025 19fortyfive   As the second Trump administration prepares to take charge of US foreign and security policy, there is

Ukraine’s ‘Viking’ Su-27 Pilot Said After Surviving Three Years of Combat Against Superior Russian Forces David Axe January 04, 2025 Trench Art   “I was

Putin sends General Yunus-Bek Yevkurov to organise the fight back before Donald Trump forces peace negotiations James Kilner 05 January 2025 Smart News   Russia’s

After North Korean troops failed to dislodge Ukrainian forces from Kursk, Russia’s decision to redeploy elite units from Donbas led to devastating losses from precision

Ukraine criticizes UN report on POW treatment as hundreds return from Russian captivity with life-threatening injuries Ukraine’s ombudsman criticizes UN report’s equivalence of POW treatment,

The successful tactical adaptation keeps pilots beyond Russian air defense range. Yuri Zoria January 3, 2025 Euromaidan Press   Forbes reports that the Ukrainian air

Begins to Take Out Russian Glidebombs Shankar Narayan U.S. – Ukraine Foundation Dec 31, 2024   A few weeks ago, a Ukrainian military blogger reported

Stepped up attacks by Russia are heightening longstanding concerns over how Ukraine manages its military and countering assumptions that Moscow’s offensive would slow, soldiers and

Trump Must Gain More Leverage to Bring Putin to the Negotiating Table Alina Polyakova December 31, 2024 Foreign Affairs   In June 2024, Keith Kellogg,

Russia is suspected in a wide range of indirect attacks in Europe, including cutting undersea cables. Max Boot December 31, 2024 The Washington Post  

Ukrainian soldiers released a video showing Russian serviceman Rudakov ordering the shooting of civilians in the Luhansk region. by Kateryna Zakharchenko January 1, 2025 Kyiv

‘It’s terrible,’ one bystander said as a bunker full of soldiers burned in Lgov. David Axe Forbes Dec 30, 2024   Something struck a group

Anton Grushetskyi and Volodymyr Paniotto December 30, 2024 Foreign Affairs   War transforms countries. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, launched in 2022, has not only

by The Kyiv Independent December 30, 2024   As Russian troops continued to hold an advantage on the ground, Ukraine has been keen to level

The invasion of Kursk could convince Ukraine’s allies that the war is winnable by some definition. David Axe December 29, 2024 Trench Art   In

31 December 2024 Dear People! Behind me stands Mother Ukraine. Ukraine that stands firmly on its feet, does not bow its head, looks ahead, believes

Newsweek Dec 28, 2024 By Brendan Cole   A freight train exploded at a railway station in the Moscow region, according to Ukraine. Ukraine’s intelligence

As Volodymyr Zelenskyy prepares for possible negotiations, friends and neighbours should be gearing up for industrial warfare Peter Pomerantsev 29 December 2024 The Guardian  

By Newsman Nona December 15, 2024 The Daily Handle   Russian historian Botakoz Kassymbekova asserts that Russia’s colonial and authoritarian identity is structurally entrenched, resisting

Since 2014 at least, observers of Moscow’s expansionist maneuvers, deceived by their poor knowledge of Ukraine and by Putin’s propaganda, have underestimated the Kremlin’s true

It Took Nearly Two Years, But Large Numbers Of German-Made Leopard 1 Tanks Are Finally Arriving In Ukraine Almost as many of the tanks shipped

by Yuri Yarim-Agaev December 27, 2024 The Hill   There is no such thing as choosing to end a war. You can either win it

By Tom Balmforth December 24, 2024 Reuters   ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine – Spying runs in the family for Oleh Kolesnikov. The Ukrainian citizen said his father

by Alexander J. Motyl 12/26/24 The Hill   Vladimir Putin’s recent end-of-the-year press conference was mostly a self-congratulatory snooze, but there were several moments that

Katharina McLarren 10 Oct 2023 tandfonline   In the face of war, not only state actors, but also religious actors react and engage in international

Tom Kington Dec 24, 2024 Defense News   ROME — Russia is moving military assets from Syria to Libya, creating a security threat in the

24 December 2024 This is the sound of light. This is the sound of a miracle. This is the sound of life. This is the

David Hambling Dec 24, 2024 Forbes   A fire at a Russian warehouse destroyed components for hundreds of Shahed-136 kamikaze drones according to a report

While most boxers stick to skipping rope and sparring, the heavyweight champion casually holds his breath for 4 minutes and 40 seconds—between winning multimillion-dollar fights

Justin Ling December 23, 2024 WIRED   In Russia’s war against Ukraine, electronic warfare, including signal-jamming, anti-drone weapons, and innovative protections for critical military systems,

Vitaliy Shevchenko BBC December 22, 2024   Ukrainian sniper Oleksandr Matsievsky was captured by Russians in the first year of the full-scale invasion. Later, a

It’s an ominous development for Russia. But not necessarily a decisive one. David Axe Forbes Staff Dec 21, 2024   Struggling to make good the

By ALEXANDER J. MOTYL 12/13/24 The Hill   As analysts go into overdrive interpreting the Assad regime’s collapse and its implications for the Middle East,

The assassination of a top Russian general in Moscow is part of a campaign to track and kill Kremlin war criminals wherever they are in

Katya Soldak Forbes December 20, 2024   Russia’s war on Ukraine has taken a heavy psychological toll on the country’s children, with 43% exhibiting psychosocial

On January 1, Ukraine can sever one of its last remaining ties with Russia if it ignores a last-minute campaign by Moscow’s friends in the

More than 20 years ago I feared that Ukraine’s Orange Revolution and the failure of Moscow’s proxy Victor Yanukovych to be elected as the country’s

SCEEUS, 2024 December 19, 2024   Executive Summary Holding Russia accountable for its violations of international law will be central to any lasting Russia policy,

Secrecy has shrouded Phoenix Ghost drones since the U.S. first rushed them to Ukraine. Now their little-known maker, Aevex, is stepping into the light with

By Peter Dickinson Dec 19, 2024 Atlantic Council Ukraine Alert   The war unleashed by Russia almost three years ago in Ukraine is rightly recognized

At this time of Christmas and the expectations of the   New Year, we send greetings to all on the birth of God’s Son, because He

Igor Khrestin, Bradford M. Freeman Managing Director, Global Policy, George W. Bush Institute and David J. Kramer, Executive Director, George W. Bush Institute and Vice

A vacuum among his generals is the last thing the president needs. He will be holding his breath for Trump’s inauguration Olga Chyzh 19 December

An anti-corruption strategy is promised for next year, some time. Nobody is holding their breath. The priority for this government is economic growth, not cleaning

Christopher Miller Dec 17, 2024 FT   North Korean troops have fought for the first time alongside Russian forces against Ukrainian soldiers in Russia’s Kursk

Alexander Motyl 19fortyfive Dec 18, 2024   On December 17, the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) killed Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, the head of the Radiation,

By Peter Dickinson Atlantic Council Dec 17, 2024   Putin’s quiet Syrian surrender reveals the weakness behind his intimidation tactics The collapse of the Assad

ALEXANDER VINDMAN Dec 16, 2024 The collapse of the Assad regime should be viewed as a sign of Russia’s diminishing power projection capabilities. Having lost

By Ivana Kottasová, Olga Voitovych and Svitlana Vlasova CNN December 16, 2024   Pastor Dmytro Bodyu said the Russians kept telling him they knew he

Kyiv had charged the top general with orchestrating numerous attacks with banned weapons. A few hours later he was dead. December 17, 2024 By Veronika

December 16, 2024 DIANE FRANCIS The shape of a deal that could end the war in Ukraine is being formed. President-elect Donald Trump set a

That’s been tried before, and Russia broke its promise National Post, 15 December 2024 Thirty years ago this month, Russia solemnly promised to respect the

Assad was a valuable client for Putin. And he couldn’t save him. Fareed Zakaria December 13, 2024 The Washington Post   The collapse of the

Dear Editor: The study of history is a deeply flawed subject because it is very often written by the victorious side and thus unfair to

George Grylls The Times Dec 13, 2024   The sprawling factory in Dnipro bears the scars of regular Russian missile strikes. Some of the windows

By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, John Herbst, Robert Hormats and Stephen Henriques December 10, 2024 TIME Magazine   Sonnenfeld is the Lester Crown Professor of Leadership Practice

Russian strongman Vladimir Putin has made much of Russian Orthodoxy as a moral paragon, while intentionally omitting in his alternative history that Christianity came to

Alexander Motyl Dec 9, 2024 The Hill   Everyone wants a negotiated end to the Russo-Ukrainian war, but negotiations can succeed only if all sides

The decision to send RGB agents came in early October following a Russian request for war assistance By Lee Sang Yong December 9, 2024 Daily

‘Catastrophic.’ With Mines, Drones, Artillery And Tanks, Ukrainian Troops Wreck 90 Russian Vehicles Across Four Square Miles Of Kursk. Russia’s long offensive is faltering. David

By Andrew Chakhoyan Dec. 7, 2024 New York Post   When 100,000 Russian troops stormed into Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the world rushed to

Ukraine’s forces are still outgunned by its much larger opponent – but the disparity looks like it is becoming distinctly less than it was before.

An Operation We Might Not Survive Timothy Snyder Dec 07, 2024   Imagine that the day has come for your brain surgery. You are lying,

by Alexander J. Motyl 12/05/24 The Hill   As the second Trump presidency approaches, calls for immediate negotiations to end the Russo-Ukrainian War are getting

Even after doubling its sign-on bonus payment, the Russian army’s recruitment rate is falling. Losses may now outpace new enlistments. December 4, 2024 Dmitry Lovetsky

By JONATHAN SWEET and MARK TOTH 12/04/24 The Hill   It has been another bad week for Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin. Syrian

Yale researchers traced hundreds of children taken to Russia in the war, finding what they described as “a higher level of crime than first understood.”

Russia Is Equipping Its Regiments For A Big ‘Show’ In Kursk Russian President Vladimir Putin has given his forces until February to defeat the Ukrainians

He treated the conflict as a crisis to be managed, not a war to be won. By Phillips Payson O’Brien The Atlantic November 30, 2024

RFE/RL Siberia Realities Dec 3, 2024   A Russian national, Nomma Zarubina, has been arrested on possible charges of providing false information to U.S. law

December 2, 2024 DIANE FRANCIS   Donald Trump catapulted to fame in 1987 with his book “The Art of the Deal,” which outlined tactics for

The Nov. 27 raid may have been a powerful and elaborate diversion. David Axe Forbes Dec 1, 2024   In a powerful coordinated strike on

The commander of Ukraine’s lethal drone unit unites homemade technology with the legacy of the Lubavitcher rebbe By Vladislav Davidzon December 01, 2024 Tablet Magazine

The West is behind the curve, the defence analyst writes. Russia’s deployment of North Korean soldiers is just one facet of a conflict being fought

She stepped down as Estonia’s prime minister to take up foreign policy role replacing tough talker Josep Borrell Jennifer Rankin 1 December 2024 The Guardian

Russia’s war on Ukraine is in reality a war against the West by other means that needs to be ended by resolution and firmness. By

Larry Lee Business Times Nov 19, 2024   Russian President Vladimir Putin is facing a destabilizing crisis in Abkhazia, a breakaway Georgian region that has

George Weigel 11-27-2024   Dear Senator Vance: As Americans celebrate a unique national holiday, the origins of which remind us that our democracy is an

Ukraine is not a burden to the West but a valuable investment By Diane Francis November 24, 2024 Kyiv Post   Ukraine has offered America

By Hugo Dixon November 25, 2024 Reuters   LONDON, Nov 25 (Reuters Breakingviews) – During his election campaign, Donald Trump pledged to end the war

By Billal Rahman November 26, 2024 Newsweek   New advanced U.S. drone systems have been hailed as “game changers” after being successfully tested on the

For Volodymyr Nikulin, being a wartime police officer means aiding evacuees, surviving a shrapnel wound and tackling looters. It also means quickly switching cities when

‘Danish Model’ of funding cuts costs, delays and corruption, boosters say Daniel Michaels, Sune Engel Rasmussen and Jane Lytvynenko November 26, 2024 The Wall Street

Western countries have shied away from reacting to Kremlin acts of sabotage and terror. By LAURA KAYALI, DIRK BANSE, WOLFGANG BÜSCHER, ULRICH KRAETZER, UWE MÜLLER

Authorization to use longer-range missiles comes as Russia gains momentum on the battlefield By Jane Lytvynenko Nov. 24, 2024 The Wall Street Journal   KYIV,

  After Kyiv used Storm Shadow missiles, Russia’s leader asserted his ‘right’ to attack the UK and US. In truth, he has been doing exactly

This Has Happened Eight Times In Nine Months. Repeated attacks on trainees speaks to profound problems in Russian command. David Axe November 22, 2024 Forbes

Plants have already either halted processing or are operating at reduced capacity, according to industry sources 20 November 2024 By Gary Dixon Trade Winds News

US military adviser Jack Keane, a former four-star general, says Russia, China and North Korea see America as weak — and Donald Trump must address

The Kremlin is apparently trying to position its battered forces for a favorable ceasefire David Axe November 21, 2024 Trench Art   Losses are piling

By Askold Lozynskyj Most recent Putin rants, including a revised threshold for the use of nuclear weapons by Russia, as well as the total elimination

Ukrainian Information Service   On November 19, 2024, the 13th Forum of the Free Nations of Post-Russia “Rethinking the Future of Russia” was held in Ottawa,

Israel initially overlooked Ukrainian warnings about the threat posed by Iranian drones before the Gaza war erupted but with increased threats in the region, Israeli

by Chris York November 20, 2024 The Kyiv Independent The first reports of Ukraine striking deep inside Russia with U.S.-supplied ATACMS emerged on Nov. 19,

FREE NATIONS POSTRUSSIA FORUM – OTTAWA EDITION International Experts and representatives of Russia’s captive nations explore the viability of a peaceful transformation and decolonization of

Askold Krushelnycky speaks to a colonel who says Kyiv’s forces need to inflict as much pain on Vladimir Putin’s army as quickly as they can

By ROBBIE GRAMER and ERIC BAZAIL-EIMIL 11/19/2024 POLITICO   Ukraine’s strongest backers in Washington have a message for President JOE BIDEN: It’s still not enough.

November 18, 2024 DIANE FRANCIS November 19 marks the 1,000th day in Ukraine’s struggle against Moscow’s full-scale invasion. Fittingly, President Joe Biden yesterday shifted policy

Officials have suggested permission for wider use could be response to North Koreans joining war on Putin’s side Dan Sabbagh 17 November 2024 The Guardian

Morale in the country has dipped after the US election but even if western support fades, the Ukrainian president promises a new plan Maxim Tucker,

Kyiv’s drone suppliers are ramping up production of computer-guided drones that are cheap and can’t be electronically jammed By James Marson and Daniel Michaels November

Between Snake Island and Russian-occupied Crimea sit 12 vessels that are crucial to Russian operations — but the Ukrainians are determined to evict them Maxim

Doug Saunders November 15, 2024 The Globe and Mail   Your view of what should be done in Ukraine after 2024 is determined by what

Daily life in Ukraine involves uncertainty and its suppression. And teaching kids to manage in a world of danger and evil. By Francis Harris November

While some EU diplomats put a positive spin on China-hawk Marco Rubio, Tulsi Gabbard’s intelligence role is generating greater alarm. November 14, 2024 By Nicholas

First suggestions by president-elect to freeze war with Russia, as Putin says he is ready to talk with ‘courageous’ leader Roland Oliphant 7 November 2024

12 November 2024 Anastasiya Ringis European Pravda   At the end of October, Canadian parliamentarians convened a Standing Committee on Public Safety Security and Defence

President-elect Donald J. Trump may accelerate the timetable for a truce. Kyiv views guarantees against renewed aggression as crucial to any settlement. By Andrew E.

And Biden has mere weeks to give the Ukrainians the resources they need to fight. Anne Applebaum November 12, 2024 The Atlantic   Russian drone

Ukraine accused the president-elect’s choice for cabinet of being on the Kremlin’s payroll Marc Bennetts November 14, 2024 The Times   Donald Trump’s pick for

Diane Francis A gradual takeover of the White House by the “New Right” is underway. Its public face is Elon Musk, who entered politics by

Two ideas included in Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s ‘victory plan’ were crafted with the Republican’s presidency in mind Financial Times Nov 12, 2024   Ukraine has been

Nov 11, 2024 Anders Åslund Project Syndicate   In recent weeks, prominent Russian oligarchs have openly criticized the bank’s governor, Elvira Nabiullina, fueling speculation that

David Hambling November 8, 2024 Forbes   ‘Saint Javelin,’ a cartoon Madonna cradling an American missile launcher, has become a popular Ukrainian meme. The Javelin

by Irynka Hromotska,  Kateryna Denisova and Kateryna Hodunova November 9, 2024 The Kyiv Independent   Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Russia has destroyed

by Evelyn N. Farkas November 11, 2024 The Hill   Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky congratulated Donald Trump last week on his electoral victory on X

November 10, 2024 Just Peace Advocates   JNF loses court appeal: Canada’s most iconic Zionist charity has days to disband The Jewish National Fund of

America’s election outcome jeopardizes the arms pipeline that has enabled Ukraine to keep fighting By Lara Seligman, Nancy A. Youssef and Gordon Lubold November 9,

By: Taras Kuzio November 8, 2024 Eurasia Daily Monitor   Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced on November 5 that the Ukrainian government has begun a

David Hambling November 7, 2024 Forbes   Khyzak REBOFF is a new Ukrainian FPV kamikaze drone with fiber optic cable for communication instead of radio.

By Jake Epstein Nov 6, 2024 Business Insider   Ukraine carried out a drone attack on Russian warships in the Caspian Sea for the first

7 November 2024 Anton Fillipov European Pravda How a Canadian journalist reporting on “fascists” in Ukraine was uncovered as a Soviet agent In late October,

By Askold Lozynskyj Whether you like it or not President elect Donald J. Trump will control all three branches of government. The people of America

Soldiers holding chunk of enemy territory in Kursk have been learning Korean phrases and are unconcerned by threat from reinforcements Luke Harding 8 Nov 2024

By Jahara Matisek, Michael Miklaucic , and Will Reno November 6, 2024 Real Clear Defense   NATO has an Anti-Strategy problem, good intentions for Ukraine

November 3, 2024 The Economist   Cut deep into the innards of the southern front, Ukraine’s first underground hospital feels like something out of a

Diane Francis November 7, 2024 Donald Trump swept to power this week as American voters opted for a pro-business tough guy who will lower taxes,

Kyiv caught in limbo amid lack of equipment to detect and better treat soldiers affected by Russia’s increased use of new, unknown chemical weapons. by

 From Air Marshal (retd) Edward Stringer   November 5, 2024 FT   The US election poses twin strategic dangers for Ukraine, and for European allies.

Askold Lozynskyj According to “Politico” there are seven NATO member countries opposed or reluctant to extend an invitation to Ukraine to join NATO. Citing four

Why Washington Must Redefine Its Objectives By Richard Haass November 4, 2024 Foreign Affairs   Well into the September 10 debate between the U.S. presidential

A dramatic assault by Ukraine’s M-1 tanks and M-2 fighting vehicles belies the low stakes in Russia’s Kursk Oblast. David Axe Forbes Nov 4, 2024

by Marina Sapritsky-Nahum 29 Oct 2024 Transitions   When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the military conflict rippled through the religious communities, institutions, and congregational

By Max Hunder October 31, 2024 Reuters   KYIV – Ukraine is using dozens of domestically made AI-augmented systems for its drones to reach targets

Observer editorial 2 November 2024 The Guardian   The transfer to Russia of an estimated 10,000 North Korean troops to bolster Vladimir Putin’s illegal war

What’s at Stake in Kyiv’s Fight for Freedom By Lloyd J. Austin III November 1, 2024 Foreign Affairs   I was in Kyiv last week

Sinéad Baker October 31, 2024 Business Insider   Ukrainian forces surged into the southwestern Russian region of Kursk in August, and at the peak of

With so many men in uniform, Ukrainian women are helping keep weapons production going. October 30, 2024 By Veronika Melkozerova POLITICO KYIV — Halyna Yavorska

Askold Lozynskyj This plea is to all Americans regardless of party affiliation. It is addressed to people who simply care about other human beings, not

Christopher Miller, Christian Davies, Kang Buseong, and Max Seddon in Riga FT Oct 30, 2024 Kyiv is on high alert as it awaits the possible

“Sometimes, to solve a problem, you have to make it bigger,” said Hudson Institute founder Herman Kahn. To defeat the rising axis of aggressors, the

Open Letters Nov 1, 2024 A couple of weeks ago, I downloaded a collection of Hitler’s speeches and started going through them. I also searched

Nov 1, 2024   Let’s cut the bull here: Volodymyr Zelensky isn’t playing by anyone’s rules, especially not the ones that say, “Be like the

By: Taras Kuzio October 30, 2024 Eurasia Daily Monitor   On October 23, Ukrainian Military Intelligence (HUR) revealed that North Korean troops were being deployed

Ukraine only beginning to grapple with impact of widespread but unspoken abuse Emma Graham-Harrison and Artem Mazhulin 29 October 2024 The Guardians   Russian troops

A way of striking deep past enemy front lines which might just work David Axe 29 October 2024 The Telegraph   The US Army won’t

Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Veteran, servant to the Ukrainian community, and friend of the Canadian Institute of military Veteran Health Research (CIMVHR), Bohdan Cherniawski receiving

‘No Limits!’: U.S. Clears Ukraine to Use American Weapons Freely as North Korean Troops Join Russia’s Front Line by Peter Brown Oct 28, 2024 Magazine

Increasingly, reasoned debate is being replaced by silencing and name-calling Paul Robinson October 28, 2024 Canadian Dimension   In the past decade, a disturbing phenomenon

October 28, 2024 Bellingcat   “I don’t have enough fingers to count what was there,” says Nelia Stryzhakova as she recalls the Ukrainian town of

Several thousand North Korean soldiers have arrived in Russia’s western Kursk region, where they are expected to support Moscow’s efforts to dislodge invading Ukrainian forces.

The Russian president’s Brics summit proves the limits of his anti-western alliance, the defence expert writes Mark Galeotti October 26, 2024 The Sunday Times  

Failure to contain the conflict has led to huge suffering and geopolitical shifts. Why didn’t the US commit to Nato? Simon Tisdall 26 Oct 2024

Cities in eastern and southern Ukraine are increasingly being hit by Russian glide bombs, converted gravity bombs that can be guided to targets, often landing

Ukraine is building 20 hospitals underground to avoid Russian bombardments By Alistair MacDonald and Ievgeniia Sivorka October 24, 2024 The Wall Street Journal   Artillery

by Askold S. Lozynskyj The New York Times reported that Russia has been providing small arms to the Houthis. American officials including Secretary Austin during

by Alexander J. Motyl October 25, 2024 The Hill   If Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán hates something, it must be good. Orbán, a noted

  Denis Danilov   October 23, 2024   We can talk a lot about what Guterres did not do as UN Secretary General. Guterres ignored

Restrictions on American missiles remain, but Kyiv has leveraged its own drone attacks to inflict growing pain across Russia By Yaroslav Trofimov Oct. 26, 2024

Bogdan Maftei The Erudite Elders Oct 24, 2024 Ukraine has recently claimed to have successfully targeted Russia’s largest explosives manufacturing facility, a strike that could

Regular contacts between world’s richest man and America’s chief antagonist raise security concerns; topics include geopolitics, business and personal matters The Wall Street Journal By

Pyongyang’s top force is far from the SAS – but it should not be underestimated, analysts say James Rothwell 19 October 2024 The Telegraph  

By Askold Lozynskyj The brainchild of the Western financial services industry more than twenty years ago has grown like a cancer to be an opportunity

Peter Jukes looks at the mounting evidence that Elon Musk is using his social media platform as a vector to attack Ukraine and support Putin’s

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy wants an immediate invitation to join the alliance, but key capitals are balking. October 23, 2024 By Stuart Lau, Veronika Melkozerova, Robbie Gramer

The path to ending Russia’s war runs not through Moscow but through Beijing, demanding difficult decisions Western leaders keep postponing. Mark Temnycky October 22, 2024

‘I can do the same job as a man’: Ukraine’s first frontline female commander on war, grief – and her hope for the future Yulia

“As we assure Russia the very sanctuary, peace and tranquility that we deny Ukraine, Russia torches Ukraine into a smoldering graveyard with that very American

By Julian Spencer-Churchill October 19, 2024 Real Clear Defense   The same Ukrainian steadfastness that surprised every military observer in its tenacious resistance to Russia’s

October 21, 2024 By Carl Schreck, Mark Krutov and Sergei Dobrynin RFE/RL   The UN’s nuclear agency has financed Russian state scientific research in Crimea

The trip by the U.S. defense secretary comes as Russian forces steadily gain territory in eastern Ukraine. By Eric Schmitt October 21, 2024 The New

Video footage posted online shows dozens of soldiers in uniforms and carrying backpacks Liz Cookman 18 October 2024 Telegraph   North Korean troops appear to

By Anne Applebaum October 18, 2024 The Atlantic   Rhetoric has a history. The words democracy and tyranny were debated in ancient Greece; the phrase

Seoul demands immediate withdrawal of elite soldiers reportedly helping Russia in its war against Ukraine Justin McCurry 21 October 2024 The Guardian   South Korea

Global players flock to Kyiv summit as domestic production booms By Guillaume Ptak The Washington Times October 15, 2024   It’s a silver lining around

The 155th Mechanized Brigade is in the same class as the battle-hardened 33rd and 47th Mechanized Brigades David Axe October 15, 2024 Trench Art  

By Askold Lozynskyj A friend of mine having read my previous article on Ukraine’s NATO membership and the end of empire, wrote to me: “Dear

Pupils are being forced to learn a Russian curriculum and undergo military training. Some have found a way out Tom Ball October 18, 2024 The

Valerii Zaluzhnyi October 18, 2024 Chatham House   Good morning. I’m glad to welcome you all and thank you for inviting me to this wonderful

If Kyiv Can Force Moscow to Pursue Total Mobilization, Russia will Collapse and Ukraine will Win the War, Eidman Says Paul Goble Oct 8, 2024

By Janusz Bugajski October 17, 2024 Washington Examiner   President Joe Biden has accused former President Barack Obama of an inadequate response to Russia’s initial

Newsweek Oct 17, 2024   Some 18 North Korean soldiers are believed to have deserted the Russian frontline, with Kremlin fighters reportedly searching for them.

The Ukrainian president has urged the West to increase its support for the war against Russia, citing a policy of ‘peace through force’. We explore

Ukrainian president wants ‘unconditional invite’ to join Nato and rules out conceding territory to Russia Emma Graham-Harrison 16 October 2024 The Guardian   The Ukrainian

Speech by President Zelenskyy in the Verkhovna Rada 16 October 2024   Glory to Ukraine! Our people – in Ukraine, around the world – never

With reports that Pyongyang is to provide combat troops to support Russia’s war against Ukraine Kyiv Post sought the views of Korean scholar Mykola Polishchuk

Tim Willasey-Wilsey CMG 14 October 2024 RUSI   Ukraine faces a precarious future amid waning Western support. The immediate peril comes from the 2024 US

And so the war in Ukraine continues. There may be a settlement, a ceasefire or even a temporary Ukrainian victory, but Russian aggression in Ukraine

By Liev Schreiber October 2024 TIME Magazine “I’ve had the privilege of witnessing firsthand the courage and ingenuity of the Ukrainian people, evident not only

A conspiracy against truth and goodness Edward Lucas October 14, 2024 Active Measures   The Russian Orthodox Church has sold its soul to the Kremlin.

Trump told prospective Georgia voters the US is getting taken for a ride but European support to Ukraine outmatches the US by practically all metrics.

The atrocity is sure to escalate an already brutal conflict. David Axe Forbes October 13, 2024   After a strong Ukrainian force with around a

In and around Kyiv, war has become part of daily life, even as the public grows weary of its costs. By Keith Gessen October 12,

by Abe Greenwald Foreign Affairs October 2024   On the morning of July 8, I was in Kyiv visiting a combined surgery ward and prosthetics

Giving up land means surrendering to Russian occupation By Herman Pirchner October 10, 2024 Washington Times   As the war in Ukraine heads toward its

Bogdan Maftei The Erudite Elders Oct 11, 2024   Right now, Russia’s mobilization efforts and recruitment tactics are really showing that the war in Ukraine

By Ellie Cook and John Feng October 11, 2024 Newsweek   Since late summer, Ukraine has intensified its targeting of ammunition depots, which are vital

Ukraine’s victory is not only feasible. It is necessary to make the world a safer place. Julia Kazdobina October 10, 2024 Euromaidan Press   As

Kim Jong Un has pledged “full support” for Russia’s Putin in his fight against Ukraine. Seoul and Kyiv say he’s now doing that by sending

By David Axe Forbes Oct 8, 2024   After fighting in many of the bloodiest battles in Russia’s wider war on Ukraine for 15 months

By John E. Herbst Oct 7, 2024 Atlantic Council   This essay is part of the report “Transatlantic horizons: A collaborative US-EU policy agenda for

The days when Russian companies could hope to prosper in the global market have ended, whether they accept the fact or not. By Irina Borogan

‘Human safari’ in Kherson portends terrifying future of war By Adam Zivo Oct 9, 2024 National Post   In Kherson, a frontline Ukrainian city, small

By Askold Lozynskyj There is probably no Ukrainian Catholic who is not happy about the new appointment of the Ukrainian bishop from Melbourne, Australia, Mykola

  SOMETHING FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS The New York Times columnist Bret Stephens in his article “The World That Awaits the Next President” (NYT, 7

The US and Europe are failing to provide decisive military aid. A Trump victory could soon reveal the depths of this mistake Paul Taylor 9

A Ukrainian raid reportedly struck a drone warehouse near Oktyabrsky. David Axe Forbes Oct 9, 2024   A Ukrainian attack on a warehouse in southern

Residents and first responders are increasingly at risk, as drones strike civilian vehicles, including private cars, taxis, minibuses, public transport, volunteer trucks, and ambulances. By

by Mark Temnycky October 7, 2024 The Hill   When Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in 2022, the Kremlin claimed that it was coming

But shocking losses didn’t halt the Russian advance. David Axe October 7, 2024 Trench Art   According to one reliable count, the Russian military lost

A glide bomb was amid the wreckage of the Sukhoi S-70 Okhotnik. David Axe Forbes October 6, 2024   A rare Sukhoi S-70 Okhotnik—the Russian

Ministry of Culture Reports Ivan Khomenko October 6, 2024 United24 Media   As a result of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, nearly 2,100 cultural institutions

Classic Cold War tradecraft lured a sitting member of the Oireachtas to offer his services to a spy John Mooney October 06 2024 The Sunday

A $1 million grant from the U.S. is the latest effort to support Ukraine’s fight to preserve its rich past Ella Feldman The Smithsonian October

Government should remove more than 330 names on Victims of Communism memorial because of potential Nazi or fascist links, report recommends The memorial was supposed

Two months later, and Kyiv’s small – albeit astonishing – occupation of Russian territory is going strong. Western officials don’t understand how. By Kate Nicholson

Bogdan Maftei The Erudite Elders Oct 5, 2024   Between May and July 2024, Russia experienced an exceptionally high number of casualties in its war

Ukraine sceptics are gaining influence in the European parliament as Russia fights to avoid a stalemate, the historian and security expert writes Mark Galeotti October

By Serhii Kuzan October 3, 2024 Atlantic Council   With international attention firmly fixed on the Russian army’s advances in eastern Ukraine and the Ukrainian

Torture of Ukrainian POWs systematic and “encouraged,” says UN. By Eva Hartog October 4, 2024 POLITICO   BRUSSELS — At least 177 Ukrainian prisoners have

By Vazha Tavberidze October 04, 2024 RFE/RL   A leading expert on Russian foreign policy, James Nixey, heads the Russia and Eurasia Program at Chatham

Russia has to stop fighting. Anne Applebaum October 2, 2024 The Atlantic   In an underground parking lot beneath an ordinary building in an ordinary

Two elite Russian naval infantry brigades may have lost up to 40% of their pre-war strength in failed assaults on the Ukrainian town of Vuhledar,

The Kyiv Independent Sept 27, 2024   Dear U.S. President Joe Biden, As Ukrainian cities continue to be targeted by Russian missiles and drones, bringing death

The National Interest Oct 2, 2024   In late September, Ukrainian forces recaptured and cleared the Volchansky chemical plant in Vovchansk, Kharkiv Oblast, a strategic

by Askold S. Lozynskyj Certainly one of the most egregious lies emanating from the Trump campaign and the MAGA crowd is that Trump and America

Returning home from the US, Zelenskyy faces Russian advances, an exhausted society and the prospect of winter energy shortages Ben Hall, Christopher Miller and Henry

Recent successful Ukrainian strikes on major Russian ammunition storage sites are being reflected by shortages of shells for Moscow’s frontline troops. by Kyiv Post October

By ALEXANDER J. MOTYL 10/01/24 The Hill   Oh, how the mighty have fallen! Vladimir Putin used to speak of the Russian army as the

In one community churning out materiel for Kyiv’s defense, jobs and investment are flowing. By Jacob Bogage September 29, 2024 The Washington Post   SCRANTON,

The bloody consequences of misjudging Ukraine’s will to resist Nick Cohen September 29, 2024 Writing From London   Go back to 24 February 2022, the

Ukrainian troops are slowly losing ground, and officials say more support is needed to hold Russia back By James Marson, Alexander Ward and Lara Seligman

by Chris York September 28, 2024 The Kyiv Independent   The Kremlin is facing a backlash from Russian military bloggers outraged at reports of specialist

By Mitzi Perdue September 27, 2024 CEPA   The author visited the highly secret building where Ukraine’s drone operations are coordinated to see the pilots

On questions of war and peace, governments must hear from many types of experts. Eliot A. Cohen, Phillips Payson O’Brien September 27, 2024 The Atlantic

by Alexander J. Motyl 09/27/24 The Hill   Who’s afraid of Volodymyr Zelensky? Donald Trump and the Republican Party, that’s who. So much so that

Ben Connable September 25, 2024 War on the Rocks   For major wars like the one being fought between Russia and Ukraine, the military, the

by The Kyiv Independent news desk September 25, 2024   Editor’s Note: The following is the transcript of a speech delivered by President Volodymyr Zelensky

Russia’s war against Ukraine could turn out to be a bloody prologue to a blood-soaked European aftermath. By George F. Will September 25, 2024 The

Warsaw’s top diplomat in a UN speech laced into Russia’s leadership. Invading Ukraine, kidnapping and brain-washing Ukrainian children are all war crimes and will be

Days before Zelensky is to present his “victory plan” to outgoing US President Biden, Ukrainian soldiers weigh in on what they hope and expect from

Stephen Blank Real Clear Defense Sept 23, 2024   Washington’s continuing inability or refusal to formulate let alone execute a winning strategy in Ukraine impedes

Andrew McCabe says Trump-Putin interactions ‘raise questions’, as Harris says Putin would eat Trump ‘for lunch’ Martin Pengelly The Guardian 12 Sep 2024   Trump

Eurasia Daily Monitor By Sergey Sukhankin September 23, 2024   Russian state-run media outlets, such as RT, have transformed their disinformation campaigns in the West

By John Herbst and Adrian Karatnycky Sept. 23, 2024 New York Post   As Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks Tuesday at the UN General Assembly,

by Julia Struck Smart News Sept 23, 2024 Ukrainian paratroopers have reportedly broken through another section of the Russian border in the Kursk region, according

By ALEXANDER J. MOTYL 09/23/24 The Hill If you want to get completely depressed about Russia’s future, you can’t do better than to read a

Finland’s president and NATO’s departing secretary general are urging Mr. Biden to allow Ukraine to use weapons to hit bases deeper inside Russia. By Steven

Diane Francis September 23, 2024 Two “earthquakes” just struck Russia. On September 18, a fleet of Ukrainian drones flew 300 miles inside Russia and blew

Suspected Russian propaganda operation prompts calls to force UK-registered news sites to reveal ownership The Guardian Ben Quinn 22 Sept 2024   Fake news websites

As President Volodymyr Zelensky prepares to present his “victory plan” to U.S. President Joe Biden and presidential candidates next week, experts and officials say the

By Giorgi Revishvili September 21, 2024 Atlantic Council   Ukraine conducted one of the largest and most effective drone attacks of the entire war in

Bogdan Maftei The Erudite Elders Sept 20, 2024   In the early hours of Wednesday, 18 September 2024, a series of massive explosions shook Russia’s

Fire-Spewing Ukrainian Thermite Drones Were Waiting. The attacks failed, signaling a slowdown in Russian advances. David Axe Forbes Sept 20, 2024   The Russians are

Oleksandr Kamyshin spent more than a year as minister of strategic industries, overseeing Ukraine’s defence industry. Askold Krushelnycky September 20, 2024 Independent   For months,

In the United States and Europe, there is growing uncertainty about how to counter Putin’s aggression without stoking a direct conflict with Russia. By Robyn

For it to work, Biden must back it – fast Timothy Garton Ash 21 September 2024 The Guardian   Earlier this week, I started a

By MATTHEW KAMINSKI 09/18/2024 POLITICO   KYIV, Ukraine — Will Joe or won’t he? Once again, Ukrainian wartime leaders are preoccupied with a looming choice

Ukraine’s victory delayed by West’s fears of Russian defeat, Canadian-Ukrainian lawyer turned soldier says Canadian-Ukrainian lawyer serving in Ukraine’s Territorial Defense Forces continues promoting investment,

Russian forces are gathering on Pokrovsk, a logistics base and transport hub, after months of slow, brutal advance By Luke Harding 18 September 2024 The

by Alexander J. Motyl September 17, 2024 The Hill   After two-and-a-half years of a terrible war, Ukrainians remain deeply patriotic. If one of Vladimir

The deep Ukrainian offensive into Russia’s Kursk Oblast is becoming a watershed and opening a new page in Europe’s largest military conflict since 1945. Andreas

Russia May Have Stockpiled Its Best Missiles At An Arsenal In The Town Of Toropets. Which Is Why Ukraine Just Blew It Up With 100

Moscow’s agents are trying to destabilize Ukraine’s supporters – but while the Baltic states and Finland are boldly countering Russian espionage, others are more reticent,

By Orest Deychakiwsky Sept 13, 2024 The Ukrainian Weekly   As incongruous as it may seem, Kamala Harris and Joe Biden have more in common

Newsweek Sept 16, 2024   Russia’s Black Sea Fleet is reported to have evacuated from a key naval base in the country’s port of Novorossiysk,

Lubomyr Luciuk September 16, 2024   A lot of flapdoodle has been published about the proposed release by Library and Archives Canada of a list

By Caolan Magee September 12, 2024 Smart News   The UK and US governments are expected to make a decision on lifting restrictions on using

Washington should abandon a failed approach to Moscow that does not learn or self-adjust. Edward Hunter Christie September 11, 2024 Foreign Policy   In Robert

Ukraine is under pressure to cut a deal to end the war, especially if Trump wins, but there is likely to be fierce opposition from

Sept. 15, 2024 By David French The New York Times   It’s certainly understandable that many millions of Americans have focused on Springfield, Ohio, after

Jeffrey Sonnenfeld 09/13/24 Bloomberg   The news that the International Monetary Fund will become the first major international financial body to officially return to Russia

by Askold Lozynskyj I am in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. It has been said that the Apostle Andrew visited the hills of Kyiv and

After talks in Washington reached a stalemate, Sir Keir Starmer is urged to go it alone exclusive Caroline Wheeler and Tim Shipman September 14, 2024

David DiMolfetta Nextgov/FCW September 13, 2024   A Kremlin cyber operations unit has been embedded in RT since last year and has gone to global

The filmmakers behind “Russians at War” have argued that a lot of the negative press surrounding the documentary comes from people who haven’t seen it.

Kursk incursion exposes Russia’s manpower shortages but the Kremlin, fearing public backlash, hopes for gains without mobilization. by Oleg Sukhov September 11, 2024 The Kyiv

For both Ukraine and Russia, battlefield gains now might provide an upper hand in any negotiations later. That’s reflected in their discussions over arms with

Barry Hertz September 12, 2024 The Globe and Mail   Citing security concerns, organizers of the Toronto International Film Festival have paused the upcoming North

Secret Friends of Russian (Propaganda) Science: https://voxukraine.org/en/secret-friends-of-russian-propaganda-science

Lidiia Karpenko The Globe and Mail September 12, 2024   Canada is a country that lives by an established set of values. I like those

The rise of drones has prompted armies to change tactics and add defenses to the powerful armored vehicles By Alistair MacDonald, Gordon Lubold and Ievgeniia

By Silvester Nosenko September 12, 2024 Atlantic Council   Although it is currently common to talk about the West as a unitary actor in the

Lithuania pledged 10 million euros—$11 million—to the effort. David Axe September 11, 2024 Forbes   On Sept. 6, Lithuania pledged 10 million euros—$11 million—to Ukrainian

by Askold S. Lozynskyj Sept 12, 2024   Several questions have been raised in the course of the Ukraine-Russia war, some provoked by threats that

Decision understood to have already been made in private as secretary of state says in Kyiv that US will continue to adapt policy Luke Harding

By Ieva Ilves September 10, 2024 CEPA   Ukraine provides an excellent example of the way digital resilience can help societies thrive under relentless attack.

I condemn TVO’s decision to help fund the film “Russians at War” using its funding allocation from the Canada Media Fund. The film “Russians at

September 9, 2024 DIANE FRANCIS Arguably, Russia has already “lost” its war against Ukraine. After ten years and two invasions, Putin occupies only 20 percent

Letter to the editor re: “Russian-Canadian director responds to TIFF documentary backlash,” The Globe and Mail, 8 September 2024   Russia invaded Ukraine. Russian war

Janice Dickson September 6, 2024 The Globe and Mail   Ukrainian officials are urging the Toronto International Film Festival to cancel screenings of a documentary

I asked a friend of mine in Lviv what will it take to end this war in favor of Ukraine.  What surprised me more than

Consul General Oleh Nikolenko: We strongly oppose the attempt to use the Toronto International Film Festival TIFF to whitewash the crimes of Russian soldiers in

The Erudite Elders Bogdan Maftei Sept 6, 2024   The 80th Arctic Motorized Rifle Brigade, a Russian unit originally tasked with defending the borders near

Critics say Kyiv is attacking religious freedom in its efforts to break the Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s ties with Moscow. Ukraine says it’s acting in self-defense.

How the Kremlin Allegedly Built a Conservative U.S. Media Startup Tenet Media posted hundreds of videos, as it was secretly bankrolled by Russia, the Justice

The Aero Azimuth is designed to detect and assist in engaging the drone controller, rather than the drone itself. Thomas Newdick Sept 3, 2024 The

  Sept 5, 2024 Russia deliberately targets and kills children and other civilians daily in an attempt to break the Ukrainian spirit. On August 30,

By Alessio Dell’Anna 06/09/2024 Euronews   Russia destroyed or damaged around 500 Ukrainian Paralympic sports facilities, forcing Ukrainian athletes to prepare for the Paris games

Tenet Media founder Lauren Chen allegedly took funds from pro-Moscow outlet Jonathan Montpetit and Aloysius Wong CBC News Sept 6, 2024   The U.S. Justice

As Western fear of Russian escalation continues limiting missile strikes into Russia, Ukraine ramps up its domestic arms production to counter Russia’s Iskanders Alya Shandra

By Jesus Mesa September 3, 2024 Newsweek   The Ukrainian military has started deploying drones retrofitted with thermite payloads, effectively transforming its lethal fleet of

Underground resistance fighters are risking their lives to defend their country By ELIZABETH CARR-ELLIS Sept 4, 2024 Smart News   Its operating strategy could come

by Martin Fornusek August 31, 2024 The Kyiv Independent   Sitting on NATO’s eastern frontier, Lithuania has been punching above its weight when it comes

On the main road to Russia, the combat vehicles – some of them British – trundle forward. In the Russian town of Sudzha, Ukrainian troops

THIBAULT SPIRLET September 2, 2024 AP Ukraine’s Kursk incursion shows that Russia has ‘limited capabilities,’ Kurt Volker, a former US ambassador to NATO, said. Russia

Russia plays down overnight strikes as its forces make incremental gains in Donbas and launch missiles at Kharkiv Luke Harding 1 September 2024 The Guardian

The Observer view on Russia: Putin’s retaliation against Ukraine must persuade Biden to relent over arms Observer editorial Putin’s boycotting of the anniversary of the

August 30, 2024 Jonathan Beale and Thomas Spencer BBC   Western technology and finance are helping Ukraine carry out hundreds of long-range strikes inside Russia.

Ursula von der Leyen issued a fresh rebuke to Hungary’s Viktor Orban. By Jorge Liboreiro 30/08/2024 Euro News   In her first wide-ranging speech since

After 500 years of non-alliance, a bombshell report recommends closer cooperation with the EU and NATO. August 30, 2024 By Laura Kayali and Jacopo Barigazzi

By Olena Halushka Aug 29, 2024 Atlantic Council   Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has evolved into the largest European war since World War II,

August 26, 2024 Mick Ryan Engelsberg Ideas   Ukraine’s surprise offensive into Kursk has not only caught Russia off guard but also shocked its allies,

Diane Francis August 29, 2024 News broke this week that Elon Musk has a couple of Russian oligarchs as investors in his “X” Twitter company.

Losses of the American-made tanks is accelerating outside Pokrovsk David Axe August 28, 2024 Trench Art   The Ukrainian army’s 47th Mechanized Brigade is one

August 24, 2024 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ottawa, ON – The Hon. Pierre Poilievre, Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and the Official Opposition, released

Ukraine’s new F-16s are flying missions and shot down incoming missiles during a massive Russian attack, Zelenskyy says By Chris Panella Business Insider Aug 27,

By HANNA ARHIROVA August 26, 2024 The Associated Press   KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine says it has a new long-range weapon to strike deep

Sky News spoke to the special forces commander who heads a network of Ukrainian civilians, living – and fighting – behind Russian lines, in his

The Kingston Remembers plaque, entitled Enduring Roots, commemorates the historical experience of Ukrainians in the City of Kingston. Jan Murphy The Kingston Whig-Standard Aug 26,

Pope Francis was an enigma during his Argentinian days. Still Catholic Cardinals worldwide believed that with the help of the Holy Spirit who hovered over

Visuals verified by The Post show more than 240 prisoners, which analysts say appear to include conscripts with minimal fighting experience. By Sarah Cahlan, Evan

Can the bold incursion into Russia bring the victory closer for Ukraine? by Dinara Khalilova August 25, 2024 The Kyiv Independent   Ukraine’s ongoing operation

By Nataliya Gumenyuk August 16, 2024 Foreign Affairs   Launched on August 6, Ukraine’s surprise cross-border offensive into the Kursk region of Russia has startled

I’m not a north-ender. From the day I was born, and for all the years I have lived in Kingston, I’ve never made my home

Ukraine has stepped up its drone attacks while urging the U.S. to allow use of American-supplied weapons in Russia By Isabel Coles August 22, 2024

Vikram Mittal August 21, 2024 Forbes   During their initial invasion of Crimea in 2014, the Russian military skillfully integrated drones and electronic warfare into

Dr Greg Mills, Alfonso Prat Gay, Juan-Carlos Pinzon and Dr Karin von Hippel 21 August 2024 RUSI   With insights gained from their latest visit

The Ukrainian military’s advance into Russia’s Kursk Oblast is forcing the Russian military to redirect forces from Ukraine to defend its territory. Ukrainian ground forces

Diane Francis August 22, 2024   On Saturday, August 24, Ukraine celebrates 33 years of independence from Moscow. Kyiv hasn’t staged military parades since the

By Thomas Grove Aug. 21, 2024 The Wall Street Journal   In the spring of this year, Moscow’s new military appointee overseeing security in the

Occupied areas seized by Ukraine are suddenly giving a glimpse of a post-Putin Russia. JAMES BROOKE August 20, 2024 The New York Sun   Ukraine

The Ukrainian incursion into Russia’s Kursk Oblast marks a significant turning point, with far-reaching implications for the future of Russia’s war against Ukraine. Andreas Umland

By ALEXANDER J. MOTYL 08/15/24 The Hill   As Ukraine’s offensive into Russia’s Kursk Province continues apace, Ukrainians may decide to celebrate the liberation of

Last major crossing on this part of front in Kursk region hit overnight as Ukraine aims to expand ‘buffer zone’ Luke Harding and Dan Sabbagh

by Martin Fornusek and Nate Ostiller August 17, 2024 The Kyiv Independent   On the morning of Aug. 6, the first groups of Ukrainian soldiers

The president hoped for a speedy victory; instead, there are foreign tanks on Russian soil for the first time since the Nazis Luke Harding 17

Ivana Kottasová CNN Aug 16, 2024   Russian President Vladimir Putin made a big promise when he launched his war on Ukraine: conscripts would not

Chechen blocking units turned back retreating Russian troops in Sudzha—so they surrendered, instead. David Axe Forbes Aug 15, 2024   Eight days into Ukraine’s invasion

Almost 200,000 civilians have been ordered to leave their homes as Moscow struggles to halt assault and Kyiv launches drone strikes on airbases deep into

Aug 15, 2024 Bogdan Maftei   The Kursk Operation, a major Ukrainian military initiative launched on August 6, 2024, represents a critical moment in the

By Taras Kuzio August 13, 2024 CEPA   Ukraine’s unexpected incursion into Putin’s backyard has shocked and confounded enemies and allies, but what does Kyiv

Askold Krushelnycky The Independent Aug 13, 2024   This isn’t a short jaunt into Russia as a propaganda exercise,” a colonel connected to the general staff of Ukraine’s

August 13, 2024 By TOM WATLING and CHRIS STEVENSON Smart News Ukraine has said its forces are still advancing a week into its largest cross-border attack

– The Strategic Implications of the Sudzha Bridgehead GLEN HOWARD Aug 12, 2024   Having completed the first week of Ukraine’s Kursk offensive one of

As the once carefree summers of Ukrainian childhood and young adulthood are forever altered by war, traditional camps have taken on a more patriotic tone.

Ukrainian reinforcements are arriving—including from other fronts, where Kyiv’s forces are spread thin By Isabel Coles and Ievgeniia Sivorka August 12, 2024 The Wall Street

Christopher Miller August 12, 2024 Financial Times   As Volodymyr prepared to enter Russian territory, adrenaline ran through his veins. It was not lost on

Ukraine’s Big Swing and its Future Strategic Options in Kursk Mick Ryan August 12, 2024 Futura Doctrina   The Ukrainian operation in Kursk is almost

Diane Francis August 12, 2024   On August 6, the Ukrainian army invaded Russia for the first time in this war, and rolled across its

By Alexander Motyl National Security Journal Aug 11, 2024   Ukraine’s goals in launching a “special military operation” in Kursk Province—the term Putin used in

More Ukrainian Brigades Roll Into Russia’s Kursk Oblast As Ukrainian Artillery Blocks Russian Reinforcements After four days, five Ukrainian brigades control 400 square miles of

Ukraine Is Determined To Flatten Khalino Air Base, Situated Just 50 Miles From The Front Line Of Ukraine’s Surprise Invasion Of Russia The Ukrainians have

Ukrainian forces have continued to push deeper into Russia, further signaling this operation wasn’t a short raid but rather a potential occupation. By Isabelle Khurshudyan

The local government in the Russian region of Kursk declared a state of emergency as military analysts reported that Ukrainian forces had advanced several miles

Eurasia Daily Monitor Paul Goble August 8, 2024   As Ukrainian drones are reaching targets ever deeper inside Russia and the Ukrainian army is seizing

The 80th Air Assault Brigade is equipped for tough, swift attacks. David Axe Forbes Aug 8, 2024   A column of armored vehicles rolling into

Aug 9, 2024 ISW The Ukrainian cross-border raid into Russia’s Kursk region, initiated on August 6, 2024, has evolved into a complex and multi-pronged military

The Russian Belgorod or the Kursk regions are ethnically and historically Ukrainian regions. Most recently the residents accepted the Ukrainian flag with the words, whatever,

By Janusz Bugajski August 7, 2024 Washington Examiner   The recent exchange of several Russian political hostages for Moscow’s spies and assassins, facilitated by the

Ukraine has won 11 medals so far at the Paris Olympics. Each has been celebrated in the war-torn country as a symbol of resilience and

Vladimir Putin convenes meeting with top officials as defence ministry acknowledges fighting is ongoing Dan Sabbagh 7 August 2024 The Guardian   Ukraine’s surprise incursion

Ukrainian and European views of Russia’s war on Ukraine Ivan Krastev and Mark Leonard 3 July 2024 European Council on Foreign Relations   New research

High jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh and fencer Olga Kharlan are among those in Paris trying to not just excel, but to lift up the nation and

Yesterday, Ukraine Invaded Russia. Today, The Ukrainians Marched Nearly 10 Miles. Whatever Kyiv Aims To Achieve, It’s Taking A Huge Risk. Ukrainian commanders have deployed

August 1, 2024 Gudrun Persson Engelsberg Ideas An often-overlooked fact about the current conflict in Ukraine is that, over the centuries, Russia has waged several

DIANE FRANCIS August 5, 2024   The possibility of an isolationist U.S. President increases the odds that Europeans must defend themselves against Russia. But who

August 6, 2024 Ukrainian World Congress   Ukrainians around the world have united again to supply new drones to their “Hawk” UAV battalions.  These Ukrainian-manufactured

Whatever happens in November, the next president’s approach to Russia’s war on Ukraine will determine America’s broader role in the world. By Matthew Kaminski 08/04/2024

By Brendan Cole Newsweek Aug 5, 2024 Russia continues to pay a high cost in troops and equipment during its full-scale invasion, according to Kyiv,

Ukraine Had A Chance To Blow Up Russia’s Best Warplanes On The Tarmac. The White House Said No—And Now It’s Too Late. Ukraine is still

Ukraine flips Russia’s playbook, disrupting Wagner’s African gold operations and emerging as a surprise regional power broker. Security expert Omar Ashour notes the strategic shift:

by Vlad Kobets and David J. Kramer August 2, 2024 Just Security Many Americans have come to understand the risks that the dismal human rights

When Putin invaded, a historian in Kyiv saw that Ukraine’s cultural heritage was in danger. So he set out to save as much of it

The Biden administration says it will provide missiles and bombs for the American-made aircraft By Lara Seligman and Alistair MacDonald July 30, 2024 The Wall

Russia’s war against Ukraine has for the first time hit back on the Arctic. A Tu-22M3 bomber at the Olenya airfield on the Kola Peninsula

For Two Days In A Row, The Russians Hurled Tanks At The Ukrainian 79th Air Assault Brigade. The Russians are hoping to break through to

We created a new kind of orchestra to fight for Ukraine all over the world Keri-Lynn Wilson 29 July 2024 The Guardian   What is

DIANE FRANCIS July 29, 2024   The Olympics in Paris provides a welcome distraction, but Ukraine is racking up significant wins in its struggle against

Moscow admits that more than 700,000 children have been taken into its territory and some appear to be receiving military training Marc Bennetts July 29,

May 8, 2022 NPR   The New York Times is looking to add to its list of 132 Pulitzer Prizes — by far the most

Ukraine wants to deploy its first F-16 jets this summer, hoping to counter Russia’s dominance in the air. But stepped-up Russian bombing attacks on air

By Isabel van Brugen Newsweek July 26, 2024   Ukraine celebrated the failure of Russian air defenses in annexed Crimea after powerful explosions rocked the

‘A few weeks ago our allies finally authorized us to strike deep within enemy territory, while respecting the NATO charter!’ By Bernard-Henri Lévy July 26,

Instead of Abandoning Kyiv, Washington Should Give It the Tools to Win By Jakub Grygiel July 25, 2024 Foreign Affairs   The United States has

US MILITARY ‘MIGHTY IMPRESSED’ BY UKRAINE’S ACOUSTIC SENSOR NETWORK THAT HELPS TO DETECT, IDENTIFY AND HUNT RUSSIAN UAVS By Sakshi Tiwari July 25, 2024 The

Historian Franziska Davies explains the historical ties between Germany and Russia, German misconceptions about Ukraine, and how those two are connected. by Dinara Khalilova July

“Land for peace” is in the air. Alexander Motyl July 22, 2024 The Hill   Who could be against a land for peace deal in

The Ukrainian Weekly July 19, 2024 by OREST DEYCHAKIWSKY   Resistance to foreign occupation has been a feature throughout Ukraine’s troubled history. During the 17th

“There was blood pouring everywhere. Yet, in a certain way, I felt very safe, because I had God on my side.” Spoken by a deeply

At Least Five Golf Carts Laden With Russian Soldiers Rolled Toward Ukrainian Lines. The Outcome Was All But Inevitable. The devolution of Russian mechanized forces

By Peter Dickinson July 16, 2024 Atlantic Council   This week marked another milestone in the Battle of the Black Sea as the Russian Navy

Enough With the Idiotic Statements On Ukraine. Eminent scholars need to stop embarrassing themselves with policy proposals that endanger people’s lives. NEIL A. ABRAMS July

His pilots communicate from the battlefield using Google Hangouts as the Ukrainian army fights off an enemy advancing on vital territory during a 37C heatwave

David Hambling Forbes July 17, 2024 The artillery war in Ukraine may be shifting, with indications that the Ukrainians are destroying Russian guns at a

  The NATO Summit in Washington had two purposes: to recognize the 75 years of NATO and strengthen the defensive alliance and to substantively help

by Chris York July 15, 2024 The Kyiv Independent   After a long wait, F-16 fighter jets are finally on their way to Ukraine.  “Those

David Axe Forbes July 15, 2024 Russians are getting really fed up with the Ukrainian crew of that Yakovlev Yak-52 training plane that has been

Newly armed with deep-strike missiles, Kyiv is trying to degrade Russian abilities on the peninsula, aiming at airfields, air defenses and logistics hubs. By Marc

There’s One Main Reason Russia Could Keep Striking Ukrainian Children’s Hospitals And Other Civilian Targets: The Free World Doesn’t Produce Nearly Enough Air Defense Missiles

This haunting history explores 350 years of ‘Russocentric exceptionalism’, debunking the myths fuelling Putin’s imperialism Luke Harding July 12, 2023 The Guardian   For Russia’s

Montreal’s Nikolay Goltsev and co-accused pleaded guilty to multi-million dollar scheme Roxanna Woloshyn CBC News July 12, 2024   A man from Montreal has admitted

Askold Lozynskyj Professor Taras Hunczak of Chatham, New Jersey, passed away on July 1, 2024 at the age of 92.  Professor Hunczak leaves an indelible

Ukraine needs U.S. permission to use ATACMS to hit Russian bases where bomb-dropping aircraft are based. By VERONIKA MELKOZEROVA July 1, 2024 POLITICO   KYIV

The move is among changes that aim to safeguard support amid European right-wing surge By Michael R. Gordon and Daniel Michaels July 1, 2024 The

The information war with Russia has demonstrated what a powerful weapon ridicule can be against a Moscow bent on undermining Western aid to Ukraine. By

From the failings of NATO to the West’s hypocrisy, naivety and actions that shore up Russia, the West’s ingrained stance of self-deterrence magnifies the egregiousness

THE NIGHT I JOINED AN ULTRA-SECRET UKRAINIAN SPECIAL FORCES UNIT RAINING DESTRUCTION ON A WEAPONS FACTORY HUNDREDS OF MILES INSIDE PUTIN’S RUSSIA David Patrikarakos June

Russia’s Victory Day offensive is turning into a bloodbath … for Russian troops. David Axe Forbes June 27, 2024   Russia’s Victory Day offensive across

28.06.2024 Ukrinform   South Korea is one of the world’s leading defense tech countries. Ukrinform has explored how that country can be meaningfully helpful to

DIANE FRANCIS June 27, 2024   Putin invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022 and on October 7, 2023 a second front in his “world war”

Newly obtained documents show that 20,000 Wagner mercenaries were killed in the campaign to take the Ukrainian city, making it Russia’s deadliest battle since the

As Putin tries to grind out a win, Kyiv is taking a page from Churchill’s playbook. Walter Russell Mead June 10, 2024 The Wall Street

Rheinmetall’s Armin Papperger has emerged as a major player in the weapons business, and one of its most outspoken figures By Alistair MacDonald June 11,

Bogdan Maftei The Erudite Elders June 7, 2024   On May 30, 2024, the Ukrainian forces launched a multi-pronged attack on Russian-occupied Crimea, targeting critical

An elite squad of fighters has been on the front lines of every major battle for Ukraine’s independence. This is the story of their war.

Hardened Ukrainian veterans hope new supplies of US rockets will help push Vladimir Putin’s forces back Luke Harding 8 Jun 2024 The Guardian   The

One Ukrainian researcher and podcaster is a leading voice in efforts to rethink Ukrainian-Russian relations through the prism of colonialism. By Constant Méheut June 9,

Maria Melchior June 6, 2024 The Wall Street Journal   Iryna Tsybukh rescued the wounded from Ukraine’s bloodiest battles. While working as a combat medic,

David Axe June 6, 2024 Forbes   France will donate surplus Dassault Mirage 2000 fighters to Ukraine, French Pres. Emmanuel Macron announced on Thursday. The

By Janusz Bugajski June 6, 2024 Washington Examiner   The policies of President Joe Biden’s administration are prolonging the war in Ukraine and benefitting Russia.

The Biden administration’s recent approval for hitting targets inside Russia is still constrained by misguided fears of a Russian defeat By VLADISLAV DAVIDZON June 6,

June 5, 2024 Newsweek   Ukrainian forces held their ground in the strategically important eastern Ukrainian town of Chasiv Yar as Russian troops are reported

We examined 16 European Parliament resolutions critical of Russia — and identified EU lawmakers who have consistently shown their true colors. June 6, 2024 By

The last few weeks have provided glaring examples of what ought not happen in the American political milieu. In one particular scene a legal neophyte,

Russia has stolen 20,000 children from Ukraine. A country without its children is a country without a future Oleksandra Matviichuk June 05, 2024 National Post

Elisabeth Braw CEPA May 29, 2024   The world’s most powerful democracies are moving ever closer to expropriating more than $300bn in Russian assets to

Both sides are using revolutionary means to wage battles on land and in the air. Walter Russell Mead June 3, 2024 The Wall Street Journal

With Russian reconnaissance drones enabling devastating missile strikes deep in Ukrainian territory, Ukraine’s military is turning to a novel solution: deploying agile, low-cost “kamikaze” drones

  After months of fighting, the Russians are still struggling to gain a toehold in Ukraine’s 266th biggest population center. David Axe Forbes June 4,

The peninsula is becoming a death trap for the Kremlin’s forces The Economist June 1, 2024   GOOD NEWS, at last, from Ukraine. The approval

Bogdan Maftei The Erudite Elders June 1, 2024   The Ukrainian Armed Forces have conducted missile strikes targeting the ferry crossing and oil terminal at

Joe Barnes June 1, 2024 The Telegraph   On the reconnaissance drone’s pixelated video feed, a small, four-wheeled robot trundles into view, coming to a

After making quick early gains across Ukraine’s northern border, Russia’s May offensive on Kharkiv Oblast has run out of steam. by Francis Farrell May 31,

Kyiv is making it increasingly difficult for Russia to keep the peninsula supplied. By VERONIKA MELKOZEROVA May 31, 2024 POLITICO   KYIV — Ukraine is

by Irene Sanchez and Giorgos 31 May 2024 Transitions   In the lead-up to the European Parliament election, rising Russian disinformation threatens to sway voters.

Ukrainian president unleashes on Beijing, saying it’s helping Moscow threaten countries with higher food and fuel prices to convince them not to attend June 15-16

Exclusive interview: Ukrainian president says US delaying use of western weapons on targets inside Russia has cost lives Katharine Viner, Luke Harding , Shaun Walker

A coalition of officials and lawmakers in Kyiv and Washington raced behind the scenes as the assault on Kharkiv roared on. By ERIN BANCO, LARA

Two years into Russia’s war, the ghost of the German Ostpolitik philosophy lingers over the country’s foreign policy WINFRIED SCHNEIDER-DETERS May 31, 2024 Euromaidan Press

Isabel van Brugen Newsweek May 30, 2024   Russia is rapidly approaching a major milestone in its losses of armored personnel vehicles in the war

Euromaidan Press May 29, 2024   On 28 May, there are a lot of updates from the Kharkiv direction. After the initial Russian plan to

  Peter Dickinson May 27, 2024 Atlantic Council   On May 23, Russia launched a missile strike against Ukraine’s largest printing house, killing seven employees

By Aaron G. Burnett, Yuliya Ziskina May 28, 2025 ERIC Some G7 leaders are worried about the kind of precedent seizing $300 billion of frozen

Ukraine wants to use donated weapons to attack targets inside Russia, but its allies are split on the issue. By LAURA KAYALI, JACOPO BARIGAZZI and

These Ukrainians fear they will be the next target for Putin’s forces – but they will fight to the last Askold Krushelnycky The Independent May

Ex-Belgian jets boost Ukraine’s future F-16 fleet to 85 planes. David Axe Forbes May 28, 2024   Gen. Serhii Golubtsov, the commander of the Ukrainian

The men of the 5th Separate Assault Brigade, under the command of Major Ruslan Habinet, are determined to defend the key strategic town of Chasiv

Irishman’s Ukrainian parents hid his passport to stop him joining defence of Kyiv at age 17 Daniel McLaughlin May 26, 2024 The Irish Times  

With the Right Support and Approach, Kyiv Can Still Win By Andriy Zagorodnyuk and Eliot A. Cohen May 21, 2024 Foreign Affairs   The U.S.

By ALEXANDER J. MOTYL 05/25/24 The Hill   Vladimir Putin’s recent government reshuffle has produced a flood of oftentimes contradictory assessments, but there’s general agreement

Russia has deployed advanced tech to interfere with Elon Musk’s satellite internet service, Ukrainian officials said, leading to more outages on the northern front battle

Surviving Ukrainian M-1s are beginning to sport anti-drone cage armor David Axe Forbes May 24, 2024   The United States gave Ukraine 31 M-1A1 Abrams

Russian agents infiltrated President Zelensky’s security detail in an attempt to murder the commander of the country’s military intelligence Maxim Tucker May 26, 2024 The

PUTIN HIJACKED AUSTRIA’S SPY SERVICE. NOW HE’S GOING AFTER ITS GOVERNMENT Intelligence officials suspect Wirecard COO Jan Marsalek of colluding with the far-right Freedom Party

Strike late Thursday was latest in mounting campaign against Russian air-defense systems, war planes and other military infrastructure By Ian Lovett and Nikita Nikolaienko May

by Jake Epstein May 22, 2024 Business Insider The Biden administration’s policy restricting Ukraine from using US-provided weapons to strike military targets inside Russia is

David Axe Forbes May 23, 2024   Ukrainian workshops build more than 100,000 explosive first-person-view drones every month for the Ukrainian military. That’s a lot

BTR-50s are only slightly better than the golf carts some Russian troops ride in David Axe Forbes May 20, 2024   The thinly-protected, 1950s-vintage BTR-50

“Shoot down what’s in the sky over Ukraine,” he said in a wide-ranging interview with The New York Times. “And give us the weapons to

Ada Wordsworth 22 May 2024 The Guardian   The Russian offensive on the Kharkiv region this month has, after 20 months of relative peace, again

By Isabel van Brugen May 21, 2024 Newsweek   The European Union on Tuesday approved a plan to hand Ukraine the profits generated by frozen

‘Foreign agents’ law just one of many moves made back towards Moscow while the west looked the other way Daniel Boffey 17 May 2024 The

It was one of the biggest single-day losses for Russian air power in the Ukraine war David Axe Forbes Staff May 17, 2024 The Ukrainian

And Now Those Brigades Are Blasting Russian Assault Groups The Russian attack on Chasiv Yar has ground to a halt David Axe Forbes May 18,

The supreme bishops of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine held a synod in which the Russian Church’s doctrine and Putin’s actions were judged anathema to

There is a method behind their destructive madness Shankar Narayan May 20, 2024   “Russia cannot defeat Ukraine or the West — and will likely

American officials say they do not want U.S. weapons used in cross-border attacks or intelligence reports used to strike inside Russia. By Helene Cooper, Julian

By John E. Herbst May 16, 2024 Atlantic Council   Ambassador John Herbst, senior director of the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center, testifies before the Commission

The military alliance is turning 75. But there’s little to celebrate in Kyiv, as Putin’s forces continue their bloody advance 18 May 2024 Simon Tisdall

AI is playing an ever-greater role in the Ukraine war but the basic principle remains the same: kill or be killed Anthony Loyd May 17,

Associated Press May 18, 2024 Nick Potts   RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Oleksandr Usyk defeated Tyson Fury by split decision on Sunday to become the

Russian attacks in northern Ukraine are losing momentum David Axe Forbes May 16, 2024   Whatever the Russian military is trying to accomplish in northern

By Maria Avdeeva May 16, 2024 Atlantic Council   Residents of Kharkiv have been monitoring reports with increasing urgency for the past five days as

Kyiv says it is now thwarting Russian advances in the north. U.S. sees Moscow grabbing territory but not gaining strategic advantage. Daniel Michaels and Nancy

by Bogdan Maftei The Erudite Elders May 16, 2024   The Ukrainian forces launched a decisive counterattack in the Kharkiv region on the afternoon of

Opinion by Victor Rud May 15, 2024 EU Today   No one country has been as fundamentally determinative in restoring America’s global primacy as Ukraine

By Askold S. Lozynskyj The Ukraine-America Relationship Secretary of State  Blinken travelled to Kyiv to give Ukraine’s president Zelensky a heads up on the July

Kyiv watched as Russians massed on the border, but they weren’t allowed to use long-range missiles provided by Washington. By PAUL MCLEARY and ERIN BANCO

Thousands of Ukrainians have fled border towns and villages in the northeast Kharkiv region as Russian troops advance in a new attack. By Isabelle Khurshudyan

May 13, 2024 DIANE FRANCIS   In early May, French President Emmanuel Macron said he would send French troops to Ukraine if Kyiv requested their

By ALEXANDER J. MOTYL 05/13/24 The Hill   The only thing worse than wishful thinking is wishful denial. If you believe without evidence that something

Haye Kesteloo May 13, 2024 Drone Technology   A High-Tech Blow to the Black Sea Fleet The impact of technology on modern warfare has never

Chris Panella and Jake Epstein May 9, 2024 Business Insider Russian electronic warfare has created problems for some American-made precision weaponry in Ukraine, but Moscow

How many long-range missiles does Russia have left, and how have its tactics for large-scale strikes changed? YEVHEN BUDERATSKYI 9 May 2024 Ukrainska Pravda  

By Gustav C. Gressel May 8, 2024 ERIC Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion against Ukraine, western public and media have been discussing which

The flow of grain ships through ports in the Odesa region is a welcome boost for Ukraine’s war-ravaged economy. But analysts warn it may not

May 9, 2024 UAWire Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky spearheads the near-total reconstruction and repurposing of the country’s defence industry for ambition beyond self-reliance. This move

By Brendan Cole May 9, 2024 Newsweek   Gazprom, the energy giant at the heart of Russia’s economy, has announced it is selling property in

WSJ accompanies a four-man team on an operation to replenish front-line troops’ essential supplies By Ian Lovett and Nikita Nikolaienko May 10, 2024 The Wall

By ALEXANDER J. MOTYL May 9, 2024 The Hill   In mid-April, Germany reported capturing two Russian “Spionen” — identified as Dieter S. and Alexander

“If Hitler didn’t kill me for being a Jew, then Putin would kill me for being a Ukrainian.” By MICHAEL STARR May 10, 2024 The

By ALEXANDER J. MOTYL 05/06/24 The Hill   Ukrainians are determined to “decolonize” their country. Imperial rule may be a thing of the past, they

By Michael Liebreich, Lauri Myllyvirta, and Sam Winter-Levy May 8, 2024 Foreign Affairs   On January 19, a Ukrainian drone struck an oil depot in

Andrii Borovyk May 7, 2024 The Kyiv Independent   U.S. President Joe Biden signed the Rebuilding Economic Prosperity and Opportunity for Ukrainians (REPO) Act on

Ukraine’s unmanned surface vessels are running out of easy targets DAVID AXE May 6, 2024 Trench Art   The Ukrainian intelligence service’s drone boats blew

By Andrew D’Anieri and Doug Klain May 6, 2024 Atlantic Council   For the last four months, NATO forces have staged the largest drills since

May 6, 2024 By James Waterhouse and Laura Gozzi BBC News   Ukraine said it arrested two Ukrainian officials who worked with the Russian security

Ukraine says they’re being held as bargaining chips By Ivana Kottasová and Olga Voitovych CNN May 6, 2024   “Dear mom and dad, I am

Over six months, The Post examined the changes sweeping Russia as Putin has used his war in Ukraine to cement his grip on power. By

Cameron Manley May 4, 2024 Business Insider Illia Ponomarenko grew up in the city of Volnovakha in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region. He was a student

TIMOTHY ASH May 1, 2024   It is pretty remarkable looking back at the last two years of Russia’s full scale war against Ukraine and

By Cameron Manley May 5, 2024 Business Insider   Ukraine’s armed forces released a video claiming to show 42 destroyed Russian military vehicles. The Ukrainian

They Didn’t Know The Ukrainians Had Aimed Four ATACMS Rockets At Them. Potentially more than 100 Russians died as the ATACMS struck near Kuban in

President Biden and Ukraine’s allies have invoked a sense of urgency over weapon deliveries. But there are logistical hurdles, and Ukraine has little time to

European Nato support may be enough for a defensive stalemate, but total victory against the Russians will prove to be far costlier MICHAEL BOHNERT 2

by Alexander Khrebet May 2, 2024 The Kyiv Independent Editor’s note: Due to the security protocols of the Ukrainian military, soldiers featured in this story

May 3, 2024 The Kyiv Independent Daryna Shevchenko   “Do you cooperate with independent Russian journalists to reach a Russian audience?” We at the Kyiv

The foreign secretary called the conflict ‘the challenge of our generation’ after making second trip to Kyiv to meet Zelenskiy Patrick Wintour 2 May 2024

DIANE FRANCIS May 2, 2024   Russia’s economy has been sanctioned, punished, and distorted as a result of its war. But loopholes and workarounds have

The case of Britons allegedly working for Russian intelligence is just one example of how Moscow is actively disrupting normal life in Europe and the

Josh Pringle CTV News May 2, 2024   The city of Ottawa is installing new “Free Ukraine” street signs in front of the Russian Embassy

By Alexander Motyl May 1, 2024 CEPA   Decolonization is hard for Ukrainians, but for Russians it’s proving almost impossible. A revolution in mindset is

By Serhiy Chalyi April 28, 2024 Reuters   Zaporizhzhia Region, Ukraine – Oleksandr Taran’s mobile artillery unit isn’t officially part of Ukraine’s military, but that

On Jeremy Appel, “My Afternoon with Ukrainian Nationalists in Edmonton,” The Orchard, 1 May 2024 My talk in Edmonton focused on the “crippling legacy” of

May 1, 2024 Sławomir Sierakowski The Kyiv Independent   As Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine rages on, the stability of neighboring Belarus, which has been

Ukraine’s top commander said his outgunned troops were facing a dire situation as Russia tried to push its advantage before the first batch of an

The United States gave Ukraine a lot of long-range rockets; Ukraine isn’t hesitating to use them DAVID AXE May 1, 2024 Trench Art   The