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…
“THE LIMITS OF RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA”
What Did the Incident in the Canadian Parliament Reveal? Author: Hryhorii Rii Translated by: Marta Olynyk President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to Canada and his speech in Parliament blew up into a scandal. The world’s leading media outlets, including some Ukrainian…
DEJA VU 2023: “UKRAINIAN NAZIS” IN CANADA
After the recent visit to Canada of Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky, interested parties renewed worn out claims about the presence of “Ukrainian Nazis” in Canada. The media joined the sensationalist chorus, while national leaders of all political stripes issued a…
"OPERATION PAYBACK"
Lubomyr Luciuk We all need to be reminded of how the Soviet KGB orchestrated “Operation Payback” to provoke tensions between the Ukrainian and Jewish diasporas, a covert operation regurgitated by the operatives of the Russian Federation and their fellow…
A MESSAGE TO POPE FRANCIS AND RUSSIA FROM … TARAS SHEVCHENKO
On Friday, 25 August 2023, in comments made by video to Roman Catholic youth in St. Petersburg, Russia, Pope Francis made the following comments: “Never forget the legacy…You are the heirs of great Russia: great Russia of saints, rulers, great…
WHY IS POPE FRANCIS PRAISING RUSSIA AS ‘GREAT’?
By ALEXANDER J. MOTYL 08/29/23 The Hill Is the pope a Russian imperialist? The answer, alas, may be yes, at least if Pope Francis’s closing words at the August 25th All-Russian Meeting of Catholic Youth in St. Petersburg are…
A HISTORY OF BETRAYAL: BIDEN’S TEAM KEEPS NEGOTIATING ABOUT UKRAINE WITHOUT UKRAINE
By Garry Kasparov August 14, 2023 Kyiv Post Eighteen months into Russia’s all-out invasion of their nation, the Ukrainian people continue to resist. The response of the free world in Ukraine’s defense, led by NATO nations, has been robust,…
NATO NEEDS TO GET SERIOUS
Those who lived with Russian terror understand Ukraine must become a NATO member, because Ukraine is all that stands between them and a murderous despot. It demonstrates a fundamental misunderstanding of what this war is about, for it is about…
UKRAINE’S ‘CHIEF RABBI’ BECOMES WARTIME LEADER AFTER VIRAL VIDEOS
By Jeff Semple Global News August 3, 2023 ‘I cannot be quiet’: Ukraine’s chief rabbi calls out Putin’s lies Since Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, he’s falsely and offensively claimed he’s liberating the country from Nazis. Among the…
BATURYN, A SMALL TOWN WITH A GRAND HISTORY
Baturyn, the erstwhile capital of Ukrainian hetmans, was razed to the ground by Russian troops in 1708; 314 years later, the Russian boot trampled it again. by Andriy Bondar August 7, 2023 Kyiv Post The quiet, picturesque and…
BY KEEPING UKRAINE OUT OF NATO, SOME ALLIES LEAVE DOOR OPEN TO NEGOTIATIONS WITH RUSSIA
Mark MacKinnon, Kyiv July 12, 2023 The Globe and Mail When is a security guarantee not a security guarantee? The answer, Ukrainians know all too well, is when there’s nothing committing your friends to fight by your side if…