War in Ukraine
One of the biggest mysteries of the current conflict in Ukraine – aside from just what exactly Russian President Vladimir Putin is thinking on any given day – is the number of troops killed or injured
Dec. 2, 2022
War in Ukraine
The two-day NATO Foreign Ministers meeting that took place in Bucharest against the backdrop of Russian systematic bombardments of Ukraine’s critical infrastructure which have left hundreds of thousan
Dec. 1, 2022
War in Ukraine
A leaked Kremlin poll has revealed that public support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has dropped significantly, with just one in four Russians now in favor. Published by the Kremlin’s Federal Guard
Dec. 1, 2022
War in Ukraine
Ukraine and its Western friends need to get serious about Russian war reparations. In the short term, only one evident source of reparations exists: the frozen Russian Central Bank reserves in the Wes
Dec. 1, 2022
War in Ukraine
Good morning from Kyiv where the sun is shining for the first time this week, though it’s still a very chilly -3 degrees and there is snow everywhere. What’s happening today? Ukraine is still braced f
Dec. 1, 2022
War in Ukraine
Key Takeaways The Russian military’s efforts around Bakhmut suggest that Russian forces failed to learn from previous costly campaigns focused on operationally insignificant settlements. Russian state
Dec. 1, 2022
President Volodymyr Zelensky has invited Elon Musk to visit Ukraine and even suggested the possibility that “someone has influence over him,” after their long-running feud once again reignited in publ
Dec. 1, 2022
Today, Nov. 30, German lawmakers passed a motion recognizing the Holodomor, or death by starvation of millions of Ukrainians in 1932-33, as an act of genocide. The resolution states that “the mass dea
Nov. 30, 2022
War in Ukraine
Britain Wednesday unveiled a new round of sanctions on Russian officials over the war in Ukraine, targeting those accused of spearheading recent mobilisation efforts and the recruitment of “criminal m
Nov. 30, 2022
War in Ukraine
European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday floated the idea of a “specialised court” to put Russia’s top officials on trial over the war in Ukraine. “While continuing to support the Intern
Nov. 30, 2022
Russian and Chinese air forces took part in joint military exercises in the Asia-Pacific region, the Russian defence ministry said on Wednesday. “The Russian Air Force and the Air Force of the People’
Nov. 30, 2022
War in Ukraine
Good morning from Kyiv. The city remains on high alert and braced for yet another Russian mass missile attack, after an air raid warning across the entire country yesterday turned out to be a false al
Nov. 30, 2022
War in Ukraine
In July 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved amendments to the 2012 ‘Foreign Agents Law’, which has been widely used to repress opponents of the regime. The new measures are scheduled to co
Nov. 30, 2022
War in Ukraine
Alexander Lukashenko, an erstwhile ally of Vladimir Putin, who has served as Belarus’s sole president since 1994, reportedly fears for his safety and believes he will be assassinated by Moscow, accord
Nov. 29, 2022
War in Ukraine
Pope Francis has once again stirred controversy with comments relating to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, this time by appearing to suggest that the cruelest soldiers fighting for the Kremlin are Muslim
Nov. 29, 2022
War in Ukraine
Ukrainian officials were in defiant mood on Tuesday, Nov. 29 in the face of a possible new wave of Russian missile strikes, as officials nationwide announced preparations for renewed Kremlin attacks a
Nov. 29, 2022
On the day dedicated to the memory of the 1932-1933 Holodomor in Ukraine – which falls annually on the fourth Friday in November – Pope Francis mentioned the famine in Ukraine with the words: “the ext
Nov. 28, 2022
War in Ukraine
“The best way that outsiders can help Russia change is to ensure that Ukraine takes back Ukrainian territory and defeats the empire, renowned author and historian Anne Applebaum writes in the December
Nov. 28, 2022
War in Ukraine
The motivation to keep fighting the Russians is simple for Viking, a Ukrainian soldier near the northeastern frontlines as cold weather and artillery onslaughts bogs down both sides. He wants revenge.
Nov. 28, 2022
War in Ukraine
In an interview with Yevgeny Kiselyov, international financier Bill Browder pondered over the location where Putin hid his money, who was behind the poisoning of oppositionist Alexei Navalny, and what
Nov. 27, 2022