Dear Editor: The Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) was one of the most heroic formations in Ukrainian history. It was formed in the middle of the Second World War to fight off the Nazi invaders in Western Ukraine. That specific anti-Nazi…
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…
Russia’s threat of nuclear sabotage requires global rebuke
The Ukrainian World Congress (UWC) calls on the international community to resolutely condemn and impose crippling sanction on Russia for its nuclear terrorism. “Russia is threatening to cause a nuclear incident at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant to stop Ukraine’s…
#UKRAINEINNATO: SUPPORTING UKRAINE ON THE VERGE OF THE VILNIUS SUMMIT
On the eve of the NATO Summit on 10-11 July 2023 in Vilnius, the Ukrainian World Congress calls upon all Ukrainian communities, organizations, Ukrainians, and friends of Ukraine abroad to join the global advocacy campaign #UkraineInNATO. Ukraine is already a…
BEWARE OF RUSSIANS
by Askold S. Lozynskyj No more appeasement The recent “almost civil war” and “imminent coup d’etat” in the Russian Federation has caused some turmoil and, at its conclusion, recognition that it was “much ado about nothing”. Putin and his former…