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 Bad Peace
Dec. 11, 2025 DIANE FRANCIS Ukraine made the biggest geopolitical mistake of the 20th century when it surrendered to Moscow the world’s third-largest nuclear arsenal in exchange for worthless promises. I was in Kyiv and personally watched the angry debates…
Open Letters, from Anne Applebaum
Ukrainians want honest government. Do we? Ukraine’s fight against corruption is impossible to imagine right now in America or Russia December 7, 2025 A few days ago, I called Oleksandr Abakumov, a senior detective at the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of…
The Trump Doctrine
Askold Lozynskyj This document should be an eyeopener for all Americans. Unfortunately, many will not understand and even more will not care. Perhaps the most significant point is that in thirty three pages the words democracy and freedom can be…
A Ukrainian Manifesto
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…
What Happens to Russia’s Ethnic Minorities After the War?
Mistreatment, exploitation, and Russia’s own history suggest a precarious postwar future. By David Kirichenko and Alexander J. Motyl November 28, 2025 FP Russia is waging war not only against Ukraine but also against some of its own people. At the…
How America became the world’s most corrupt quasi democracy
Askold Lozynskyj For purposes of disclosure which is really unnecessary since anyone who has read any of my commentaries knows that I am quite embarrassed that a primitive con man heads the country of my citizenship. I recall a rather…
Ukraine’s Anti-Corruption System, the Legacy of Russian Colonialism, and the Calculated Pressure of a Corrupt American Administration
RKSL The Frontline Nov 28, 2025 The raid on Andriy Yermak’s home and his resignation from office have drawn understandable attention, yet their real significance lies not in the fate of Zelensky’s closest adviser or the deliberate speculation surrounding Zelensky…
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…