War in Ukraine
Six months into Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian officials are drawing up plans to make sure Russian President Vladimir Putin and his top military commanders will be tried for launching the war. The plan
Aug. 25, 2022
War in Ukraine
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was in Kyiv on Wednesday, hailing Ukraine’s six-month long resistance to the Russian invasion as his counterpart President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed the fight would
Aug. 24, 2022
Kyiv hosted Crimea Platform-2, the second high-level summit established in the Verkhovna Rada in December 2020, on August 23. Aimed at bringing together leaders of states and international organizatio
Aug. 24, 2022
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has arrived on a surprise visit to Kyiv this Wednesday, August 24, hailing the “strong will of Ukrainians to resist” Russia’s invasion, as the nation celebrates its Indepe
Aug. 24, 2022
On Aug. 24, 1991, the then still Soviet Ukrainian parliament declared Ukraine’s independence. But what actually happened on that historic day, and what were the unexpected dramatic circumstances that
Aug. 24, 2022
War in Ukraine
On Feb. 24, Vladimir Putin and the Russian people unleashed full-scale, conventional war on the Ukrainians. Moscow’s objective was, basically, to wipe independent Ukraine off the map. Most people in m
Aug. 24, 2022
War in Ukraine
– US to give $3 bn in military aid as Ukraine marks 6 months of war – The United States will announce $3 billion in fresh military aid to Kyiv on Wednesday, Aug, 24, as Ukraine marks its independence
Aug. 24, 2022
War in Ukraine
Key Takeaways Russian government sources confirmed that Russian authorities are bringing Ukrainian children to Russia and having Russian families adopt them. The forcible transfer of children from one
Aug. 24, 2022
After the joy and elation of boxer Oleksandr Usyk’s success at the weekend, Ukrainian sports fans were looking forward to iconic Ukrainian soccer club Dynamo Kyiv giving them and the whole country a b
Aug. 24, 2022
War in Ukraine
Today marks the 31st anniversary of Ukraine’s independence. Since 2014 President Putin has sought to use a mix of force and coercive diplomacy to increase and solidify Russia’s influence in Ukraine an
Aug. 24, 2022
War in Ukraine
– Independence Day warning – The United States warns that Russia is planning to increase strikes on civilian infrastructure and government buildings in Ukraine, as the nation prepares to mark its inde
Aug. 23, 2022
War in Ukraine
In an interview with AFP, EU high representative Josep Borrell said Putin sees “the weariness of the Europeans and the reluctance of their citizens to bear the consequences of support for Ukraine”. “W
Aug. 23, 2022
War in Ukraine
It was April 2013. I was finishing my Master’s in foreign policy at the Central European University. I discovered the concept of Eurasianism there and decided to explore this ideology in my thesis. I
Aug. 23, 2022
Russia
Of the 445 members of the Russian Duma (Parliament), Ilya Ponomarev was the only one to vote against the annexation of Crimea in 2014. As the result of his vote, Ponomarev was forced to flee Russia an
Aug. 23, 2022
War in Ukraine
Russification irrevocably alters one’s soul. It is mind murder. Poles know what Ukrainians are going through. We know how brutal the Russification process is. You will be hard-pressed to find a Polish
Aug. 23, 2022
International protest group FEMEN turned its unique style of topless activism on German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the weekend, in opposition to the country’s slow response to eliminating dependency on
Aug. 23, 2022
Russia
Dan Rapoport, a Latvia-born American who had resided in Kyiv until recently, was found dead outside of an apartment building in northwest Washington, D.C. on August 14. Police reports indicate that he
Aug. 23, 2022
War in Ukraine
– Russia accuses Ukraine over car bomb assassination – Russia on Monday accused Ukraine over the assassination of the daughter of a leading hardliner, as Kyiv said nearly 9,000 of its soldiers had bee
Aug. 23, 2022
War in Ukraine
The suspected assassination of Darya Dugina, daughter of the Russian ideologue Aleksandr Dugin, is the big topic in Europe today. Dugina’s car exploded just outside Moscow on 20 August. Now the main q
Aug. 22, 2022
War in Ukraine
The leaders of Britain, France, Germany and the United States on Sunday urged military restraint around the Moscow-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine, as they vowed to maintain their backi
Aug. 22, 2022