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…
The Fecklessness of the United Nations
Askold Lozynskyj Clearly Russian aggression in Ukraine, beginning with the invasion in February 2014, contravenes the basic principles of the United Nations Charter. Add to that the brutality and war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide, Russia has been an…
Zenon Kowal: Europe is preparing to defend, not attack
Belgium plans to provide Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets, Europe appoints a defense commissioner for the first time, and U.S. President Donald Trump may influence Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orbán. What changes are unfolding in European politics, how might they…
President of America is a Russian Asset
Askold Lozynskyj “The top leader of the world’s foremost superpower is, objectively, a Soviet or Russian asset,” Portugal’s President de Sousa said, according to the Portugal Pulse’s report. “He operates as an asset.” Certainly, a strong and damning accusation. Portugal…
Forged in Will, Not in Bronze
First Person By Bohdan Cherniawski August 24, 2025 At Queen’s Park, a weathered Crimean War cannon stood as Ukraine’s flag was raised — a reminder that what prevails is not metal but resolve. I stood at Queen’s Park on a…
The Flashy Trump-Putin Summit Without Ukraine Was a Rehearsal for Betrayal
Preliminary conclusions about what the stagecraft in Alaska produced, or rather failed to deliver. By Bohdan Cherniawski for the Kyiv Post | August 16th, 2025 The Alaska summit looked like a breakthrough – for Russia. The White House and…
Another Scrap of Paper: Why Ukraine Cannot Trust Empty Promises
Russia has a track record of flouting agreements it has signed. The only viable security guarantee for Ukraine is one that contains Russian aggression. By Bohdan Cherniawski for the Kyiv Post | August 24th, 2025 The war in Ukraine…
Enough Already!
RKSL The Frontline Aug 28, 2025 Russia rained death on Ukraine again last night, tearing children from their beds, setting homes ablaze, and leaving neighborhoods in ashes. Once again the world stands by during Russia’s deliberate slaughter of Ukrainian civilians,…
Forged in Will, Not in Bronze
First Person By Bohdan Cherniawski August 24, 2025 At Queen’s Park, a weathered Crimean War cannon stood as Ukraine’s flag was raised — a reminder that what prevails is not metal but resolve. I stood at Queen’s Park on a…
Peter Dickinson: A strong Ukraine is the only realistic security guarantee against Russia
August 22,2025 by Peter Dickinson, UK journalist and researcher, editor of Atlantic Council’s UkraineAlert service and publisher of Business Ukraine Magazine and Lviv Today magazine Source: Atlantic Council Western leaders were in upbeat mood on Monday evening following their unprecedented…
Nationalism in the Linguistic Fog
by Mirko Petriw As the number of dead and severely wounded in the Russian – Ukrainian war surpasses by far a million souls; as the body count in the latest Israeli – Palestinian war hits five digits; as China threatens…