Why is Ukraine losing ground? Mobilization crisis and command failures exposed
Ukraine's military problems can no longer be ignored as mobilization failures and systemic issues lead to mounting territorial losses
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Think 2024 was wild? Eight global forces will make 2025 even more turbulent
From middle-income traps to migration crisis, a guide to how Ukraine and democracies must navigate coming instability
Yes, Ukraine can win the war – ex-minister decodes victory plan
Zelenskyy's plan and Ukraine's victory are completely realistic, says Andriy Zagorodnyuk. But there is a crucial caveat -- the current paradigm must be changed.
Ukraine’s IT Army now aids drone strikes on Russian oil refineries
Once focused on disrupting Russian banks and businesses, Ukraine's volunteer hacker group is now shifting to Russian military targets, from Starlinks to CCTV cameras during long-range drone raids
A realistic victory strategy for Ukraine
In a war where offensive operations are equally difficult on both sides, not losing is already winning in the next year and a half
It’s ten years of Russia’s war against Ukraine, not two
Years of futile negotiations over Ukraine should dispel any illusions - intelligence proves Putin spent the last decade preparing for exactly this war, with aims far beyond Ukraine.
“Decolonization will not be stopped”: Ukraine expands movement against Russian cultural imperialism
Progressive decolonization discourse has ignored Russia's history of imperialism and cultural appropriation, but Ukraine is determined to challenge false narratives by rewriting its place in the world's museums.
Inside Ukraine’s secret FPV drone labs racing to stay ahead of Russia
DIY warriors operating from garages with soldering irons are outmaneuvering Russia's state giants in the technology arms race -- so far.
How Ukraine built a volunteer hacker army from scratch
Volunteer Ukrainian hackers have inflicted over $1 billion in damage on Russia, outmaneuvering its cyber defenses through constantly adapting, coordinated attacks.
Russia’s war: an attack on Europe
Despite the pandemic of German "useful idiot" pacifists, Europe must be defended – by unreserved military support for Ukraine until its victory.
From Anschluss to Invasion: Putin follows Hitler’s playbook
Despite the lessons of appeasing Hitler before WWII, world leaders have again failed to deter authoritarian aggression from Russia
Inside Ukraine’s campaign to crush Russia with combat dronesdrones
Kyiv has gone into overdrive domestically producing reconnaissance, combat, and kamikaze drones to counter Russia's assaults and gain aerial superiority, but with the invader's overwhelming resources, competition remains tough
Missile strikes and spraypaint: how Ukraine’s resistance movement fights Russian occupation
In a lethal game of cat-and-mouse, Ukraine's resistance movement defies the threat of jail, torture, and death to bomb, spraypaint, and spike moonshine while waiting for liberation
Repelling evil, not avoiding It: Ukraine’s warrior values
Ukraine has chosen to confront evil directly, unlike post-WWII Germany, analysts explained at the 2023 Lviv Media Forum.
Genocide, assimilation, theft: Kazakh historian reveals Russian colonialism’s ruthless playbook
Russian colonialism for centuries has relied on the elimination and assimilation of local peoples to build its empire, says Kazakh historian Botakoz Kassymbekova.
Ukrainian counteroffensive: Genocide of Russian artillery
The Ukrainian counteroffensive is in full swing. Tens of kilometers of Russian multilayered defense lines, backed by heavy artillery, armored vehicles, and combat aircraft, are standing in the way. Whether it is possible to break through this defense without air superiority is a question that Ukraine’s General Staff is now trying to answer.
Documenting Russian war crimes now makes healing & justice possible for Ukraine at war’s end
Ukrainian chroniclers race to record Russian war crimes while bombs still fall. Doing so ensures evil won't walk free and darkness doesn't later distort reality.
The one most important thing for Ukraine’s counteroffensive
Western countries have little choice in helping Ukraine or not as long as its will to fight is preserved, argues analyst Mykola Bielieskov
Ukraine nears breakthrough in confiscating EU-based Russian assets
Ukraine is nearing a landmark confiscation of Russian oligarchic money in a company posing as Dutch, potentially opening the door to confiscation of other Russian assets in the West, a total of $300 bn that could be used to rebuild Ukraine.
“Stopping the modern Hitler”: snipers hold the line in Ukraine’s battle for survival
Ukrainian snipers take out Russian colonels from 2.8 km away, save a battalion of 600 men from encirclement, and enable capturing Russian strongholds without a single KIA. Helping them achieve this is theology professor-turned sniper patron Yuriy Chornomorets, who crowdfunds bullets, scopes, and rifles for Ukraine's victory: "Defending Ukraine is everyone's business"