Alya Shandra

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Alya Shandra is the editor-in-chief at Euromaidan Press. Before joining Euromaidan Press, she participated in environmental research and education projects. Alya can be contacted at alya.shandra (a) gmail.com, on twitter @AlyaShandra., or FB

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International

Why Russia fights like ISIS and how to de-Putinize liberated youth

Security scholar Omar Ashour explains how Russian tactics in Ukraine parallel terrorist extremist strategies and examines deradicalization models to reintegrate youth subjected to Kremlin disinformation.

4 minute read

International

Armenia, Azerbaijan breakthrough signals end of Russia’s South Caucasus influence

Armenia and Azerbaijan's milestone conciliatory announcement caught Russia flat-footed, threatening to end Moscow's long-held influence as the key power broker in the strategic South Caucasus region.

4 minute read

Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2026

Super strike: why Ukraine blew up tunnel connecting Russia to China, and what could be next

Slashing Putin's 6,000 km umbilical cord to Beijing in a dramatic flare of sabotage, Ukraine lit the fuse on a series of "small cuts" set to slowly bleed Russia's war machine dry

5 minute read

Analysis

Expert: Ukraine must radically boost infantry to counter Russia’s “meat grinder” tactics

Ukraine must boost infantry quality to force personnel loss ratios requiring Russia to expend 15-20 soldiers to kill one Ukrainian, argues military expert.

3 minute read

Latest news

Gruesome video allegedly shows Ukrainian soldiers executed by Russians after surrendering

Ukraine’s ombudsman said he would formally appeal to both the U.N. and Red Cross regarding video that apparently shows a Russian war crime

3 minute read

International

Ukraine outmaneuvers Russia at OSCE, in chemical weapons, maritime agencies

A trilogy of diplomatic debacles left Russian officials sputtering blindly at global forums from Skopje to London as Ukraine directed a masterclass in multilateral marginalization.

3 minute read

Latest news

Ukraine and Poland prepare measures to unblock trucker blockade

The Polish protesters' main demand, canceling the EU-Ukraine transport visa-free regime, was not discussed at the bilateral meeting

Tsintsadze Herashchenko Ionova European Solidarity

3 minute read

Latest news

Opposition MPs also barred from foreign visit following ex-President’s travel ban

Three female MPs from Poroshenko's European Solidarity party have not received permits for a high-profile visit to the USA

4 minute read

Latest news

Controversy as SBU claims ex-president’s banned foreign visit had “Russian psy-op risk”

Security Service claims Poroshenko was denied overseas travel because of a purported meeting with Orban; ex-president decries "insane attack on unity"

6 minute read

Analysis

Why you can’t compare casualties in Ukraine and Gaza

The UN's tally is being done with methods that are rendered meaningless in the realities of Russia's war against Ukraine. Nevertheless, it continues to be reported as if it was the real casualty rate

3 minute read

Latest news

Texty: Russia made over $ 5 bn on stolen harvest in occupied Ukraine

Since occupying southern Ukraine's prime grain-growing territories in February 2022, Russia has stolen and sold the equivalent of Romania's annual wheat output, satellite analysis shows

7 minute read

International

What’s behind Hungary’s “ultimatum” to block Ukraine’s EU accession?

The Hungarian leader's rhetoric on Ukraine's EU accession flip-flopped after a meeting with Putin in Bejing

6 minute read

Ukrainian politics

Orthodox Church of Ukraine activists implore leaders to condemn violence during parish transfers

Prompted by a fight which broke out when OCU vigilantes expelled Moscow-backed representatives from a monastery, activists of Ukraine's independent Orthodox Church request its leadership to condemn the use of force

17 minute read

International

Ukraine’s fate will determine future of global democracy, says Nicaraguan freedom champion

If Ukraine falls to Russia, the democratic world order could collapse, warns dissident leader Felix Maradiaga

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Alya Shandra

Why Russia fights like ISIS and how to de-Putinize liberated youth

Armenia, Azerbaijan breakthrough signals end of Russia’s South Caucasus influence

Super strike: why Ukraine blew up tunnel connecting Russia to China, and what could be next

Expert: Ukraine must radically boost infantry to counter Russia’s “meat grinder” tactics

Gruesome video allegedly shows Ukrainian soldiers executed by Russians after surrendering

Ukraine outmaneuvers Russia at OSCE, in chemical weapons, maritime agencies

Ukraine and Poland prepare measures to unblock trucker blockade

Opposition MPs also barred from foreign visit following ex-President’s travel ban

Controversy as SBU claims ex-president’s banned foreign visit had “Russian psy-op risk”

Why you can’t compare casualties in Ukraine and Gaza

Texty: Russia made over $ 5 bn on stolen harvest in occupied Ukraine

What’s behind Hungary’s “ultimatum” to block Ukraine’s EU accession?

Orthodox Church of Ukraine activists implore leaders to condemn violence during parish transfers

Ukraine’s fate will determine future of global democracy, says Nicaraguan freedom champion

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