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…
Let’s be clear this is not putin’s war, this is russia’s war
Joining communities around the globe, Edmonton’s Ukrainian community marked the tragic second anniversary of russia’s full scale invasion of peaceful Ukraine on February 24, 2024. Approximately 2000 people, gathered at the Alberta Legislature grounds to commemorate the genocide being perpetrated…
Into Siberia: the long arm of ukrainian intelligence and the green wedge
GLEN HOWARD February 11, 2024 Eye on Eurasia Introduction On the night of November 30, 2023, Ukrainian saboteurs detonated an explosion in a key strategic tunnel located on the Baikal Amur Mainline (BAM) railroad in eastern Siberia. The attack on…
Tucker Carlson joins long line of ‘useful idiot’ journalists helping tyrants
The notorious Walter Duranty of the New York Times and Nazi broadcaster Lord Haw-Haw offer cautionary tales. By JAMIE DETTMER Feb 8, 2024 POLITICO Tucker Carlson is far from being the first Western journalist to have aligned himself with the…
Russians are banned from sports
Ukrainian Athletes Are Enforcing It. Athletes including 1994 Olympic figure skating champion Oksana Baiul have fought sports officials to an uneasy compromise—one ice show at a time Louise Radnofsky January 1, 2024 The Wall Street Journal When a rink in…
America’s obligation to Ukraine began with nukes in the early 1990s
By BOHDAN VITVITSKY December 30, 2023 The Hill Does the U.S. have an obligation to aid Ukraine? The short answer to this question, one that many have been evading, is yes. The reasons have to do with America’s choices, policies…
Vladimir putin’s ukrainian genocide: nobody can claim they did not know
By Peter Dickinson Atlantic Council Dec 1, 2023 Vladimir Putin’s Ukrainian Genocide: Nobody can claim they did not know The liberation of Kherson in early November of last year sparked a wave of euphoria as Ukrainians celebrated a landmark victory…
Western leaders must choose: arm Ukraine or enable putin’s genocide
By Taras Kuzio November 30, 2023 Atlantic Council As the year draws to a close, there is a growing sense of Ukraine fatigue in Western capitals amid pessimistic forecasts, talk of a battlefield stalemate, and recriminations over the perceived failure…
HOLODOMOR – 90 YEARS AGO AND WHY SO RELEVANT
What happened during the Holodomor is cause for lessons to be learned now. By Bohdan Nahaylo November 19, 2023 Kyiv Post The 90th anniversary this month of the Holodomor – the horrendous crime against the Ukrainian people committed…
DECEIT, DREAD, AND DISBELIEF: THE STORY OF HOW UKRAINE LOST ITS NUCLEAR ARSENAL
Never-before-released archival files reveal Washington’s error in cudgeling Ukraine to give up its nuclear weapons despite the risk of a Russian invasion. ……. With regard to “formal security guarantees,” Baker replied, “We did not think it appropriate to provide” them….
A TABLE OF RUSSIAN IMPERIAL CONQUESTS
Inasmuch as the Russians could not eradicate the national characteristics of the non-Russian nations in the USSR, they had to grant some concessions and to show to the world at the same time that they were “liberal” and not “imperialist.”…