What the German peacemakers do not understand about Ukraine and Russia
The city of Osnabrück honors the Ukrainian artist Sergiy Maidukov with the Erich Maria Remarque Prize. It does…
“It’s so scary here. And it smells of death.” A day in the life of a Ukrainian soldier
Ukrainian soldiers of the 130th Territorial Defense Battalion of Kyiv have been defending strategically important population centres in…
How it feels to escape death while your comrades do not
(Not recommended reading for the faint of heart) I am a ghostly “200”… That’s my official designation. I…
Ukrainian poet Halyna Kruk: “War is not a metaphor”
On 18 June, during the opening of the Berlin Poetry Festival, award-winning Ukrainian poet Halyna Kruk made a…
“They were shot in the back of the head.” Eyewitness account of Russia’s murders of Bucha residents
After Russian troops retreated from Bucha in Kyiv Oblast, devastating images of execution-style murders, mass graves, and dead…
Timothy Snyder: If Ukrainians hadn’t fought back, the world would’ve been a much darker place
Putin’s goals and philosophy Sławomir Sierakowski: What is Putin’s ultimate goal in this war? Timothy Snyder: That’s no…
73 East Europe experts call on Germany to “fundamentally correct” Russia policy
Massive, menacing concentrations of troops on Ukraine's eastern and southern borders, intensified anti-Western propaganda attacks that do not…
A crash course on the Belarusian 1918 attempt at independence
How was the Belarusian People’s Republic established? Why are the white-red-white flag and Pahonia the national symbols of…
Fear, horror, anger, despair, solidarity, apathy, and glee. 100 days of Belarus protests in photos
A study by Chatham House found that more than a million people took part in the protests and…
The rise of the Belarusians to defeat the dictator
“This film is not fiction. This is what’s happening right now in Belarus – the country where law…
Markiv case: International task group exposes glaring legal errors in Italian court hearings
On September 30, 2020, the international task group presented a preliminary report assessing the effectiveness of the investigation…
Chilling testimonies of police brutality, humiliation & “re-education” amid vicious crackdown on Belarusian protesters
Aleksei Khudanov, the journalist I was arrested in Minsk on the night of August 9-10, and spent the…
“It feels like we live in the Middle Ages.” Screams of tortured Belarusian protesters recorded near prison
The police brutality of Lukashenka's regime against Belarusian civilians peacefully protesting a rigged vote is appalling. Around 7,000…
10 successes of Ukraine in 2019 you don’t know about but should
It has become a tradition at the beginning of each new year to look back at the successes…