March 19, 2026 Diane Francis On February 28, 2025, Donald Trump infamously told Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office that he “had no cards”. But that wasn’t true then, and certainly isn’t true now. A year later, on…
Less ‘European family’, more howitzers: Ukraine needs hardware, not cosy words
As Volodymyr Zelenskyy prepares for possible negotiations, friends and neighbours should be gearing up for industrial warfare Peter Pomerantsev The Guardian Whenever I come to Ukraine, I find words that have lost their essence elsewhere swell again with meaning. The…
Christmas Greetings from the President of Ukraine
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 sound of Christmas. Our “Shchedryk.” Our Leontovych. Our history, which carries especially profound symbolism in…
Betraying Ukraine for ‘Blood Gas’
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 West. By Sergiy Makogon, Aura Sabadus, and Benjamin Schmitt December 19, 2024. CEPA Over…
Oleksandr Usyk: The Ukrainian champion who can hold his breath longer than your average dolphin
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 and rethinking what it takes to be a true champion. Yevheniia Martyniuk December 24, 2024…
Is Russia winning the war?
THE TIMES Is Russia winning the war? ‘Meat grinder’ leaves Ukraine on brink Western allies have provided Storm Shadow missiles in a bid to stem the advance that has left Ukraine at its most vulnerable since the start of the…
The Russian Orthodox Church
Askold Lozynskyj 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 Russia from Kyiv and that the Muscovy Patriarchate was established at gunpoint…
Putin Isn’t Fighting for Land in Ukraine
And Biden has mere weeks to give the Ukrainians the resources they need to fight. Anne Applebaum November 12, 2024 The Atlantic Russian drone and missile strikes on Ukrainian targets have increased in frequency in the week since…
What will a Trump-led peace deal with Russia look like?
Putin’s nuclear sabre-rattling has a clear eye on future talks, and an increasingly war-weary Ukraine may be ready to sit down too Mark Urban Saturday November 23 2024, 6.00pm GMT, The Sunday Times It’s felt like a week on the…
Fighters against "fascists" and Ukraine: How Russia’s influence network operates in Canada
12 November 2024 Anastasiya Ringis, European Pravda At the end of October, Canadian parliamentarians convened a Standing Committee on Public Safety Security and Defence Committee session to discuss the impact of Russian disinformation on Canada’s information landscape. While testimonies…
A Request and Challenge to President-Elect Trump: The Case for Ukraine’s NATO Membership
Askold S. Lozynskyj November 7, 2024 According to Politico, seven NATO member countries remain hesitant to extend a membership invitation to Ukraine. Citing four anonymous U.S. and NATO officials and diplomats, Politico names the United States, Germany, Spain, Belgium,…