Survive. Endure. Prevail! December 1, 2025 Ukrainska Pravda On 1 December 1991, Ukrainians changed the course of their nation’s history, and that of the world, by proclaiming the independence of their country. Today, once again, the future of Ukraine and…
Steve Witless
DIANE FRANCIS November 27, 2025 Steve Witkoff is a real estate developer and a pal of President Donald Trump. Both men have done extensive business with Russian oligarchs over the years, so in October, Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner,…
A Trumpian “Peace In Our Time” – The Ten Commandments Redux
By Lubomyr Luciuk Nov 22, 2025 Like most North Americans, I’m neither a billionaire nor a real estate developer, and I’ve never met Donald Trump. But I do follow the news, and I’ve read the “28-point peace plan” that his…
Signs That Russia is Collapsing
DIANE FRANCIS The salient developments suggesting collapse are as follows: Russia’s oil revenues are down 27% due to the effectiveness of sanctions and intense bombing by Ukraine of its refineries and other oil facilities. Petroleum exports finance the war. Ukraine…
A Long and Winding Road
Lubomyr Luciuk Nov 17, 2025 It’s not exactly a yellow brick road. The journey to the other side begins when you step off a nondescript curb and onto a pathway of concrete paving stones, light grey in colour. Soon, a…
Russia’s Achilles’ Heel
November 10, 2025 Diane Francis The air war in Ukraine and Russia escalates, the ground war stalls, and allies are in disarray. Trump reconsiders giving Ukraine Tomahawk missiles to bomb inside Russia, then exempts Putin’s ally, and biggest oil buyer,…
My Personal Encounter With Russian Cyber Hacking
Askold Lozynskyj Nov 8, 2025 This threat is as prevalent as feared. Anyone involved in any activity considered by the Russians to be inimical to their interests is potentially a target. My own experience with Russia is longstanding and very…
Exhumations: For Everything There Is A Season
Lubomyr Luciuk Nov 1, 2025 I don’t like surprises. So, when, on my first day in Peremyshyl, I was told I was going to be taken for a ride out in the countryside, I felt a twinge of apprehension. “Where…
Dismantling the Russian Empire
Askold Lozynskyj The Ukrainian side has pretty much accepted every proposal for a temporary ceasefire knowing full well that a temporary ceasefire does not solve the essential problem for Ukraine. No, the problem is not Putin, himself. He is a…
Using $300 Billion Russian Frozen Assets To Pay For Ukraine War Losses
Andy J. Semotiuk October 23, 2025 Forbes For nearly three years, European leaders have discussed how to unlock Russian frozen assets held in Western banks to support Ukraine’s defence and rebuilding efforts. Each time, the plan neared agreement—only to stall…
A Severe Distortion
Askold Lozynskyj A subject of particular interest in Ukraine is Ukrainian American relations. I have the good fortune to have been invited by a number of universities in Ukraine to speak on this subject. There is a somewhat lengthy modern…
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