The war is far from over for Vladimir Putin
‘When the Ukrainian troops leave the territories they occupy, then the hostilities will cease,’ declared Vladimir Putin during his state…
Volodymyr Zelensky is facing the ultimate test
Standing outside his presidential office in Kyiv tonight, on the same spot as on the second day of Ukraine’s full-scale…
Zelensky must get a grip of his government
Vladimir Putin’s hopes of wearing Ukraine down in a war of attrition are no longer far-fetched. The country feels fragile,…
Can Ukraine afford Zelensky’s winter giveaway?
Since taking office in 2019, Volodymyr Zelensky’s decisions have often been a mix of blatant populism and good intentions. Today,…
Who will save Ukrainian troops in Pokrovsk?
What matters more – land or the lives of soldiers? For each side fighting in Ukraine, the answer is different.…
Zarah Sultana’s pompous, luxury beliefs about Ukraine
Zarah Sultana loves to pose as a champion of the working class, seeing the world through the lens of class…
Trump is finally putting pressure on Russia
Donald Trump has at last lost patience with Vladimir Putin. He cancelled their anticipated meeting in Budapest after Putin refused…
Putin’s winter campaign begins
For the fourth winter in a row, Vladimir Putin believes now is the time when Ukrainians will finally break. Russia’s…
Ukraine is determined to give Russia a taste of its own medicine
Russians living in the Belgorod region of Russia got a taste of what Ukrainians have been enduring for over three…
Kyiv is running out of money
In all the speculation about when Russia might run out of money to fund its war in Ukraine, one fact…
The Coalition of the Willing is unwilling to defend Ukraine
When Volodymyr Zelensky was asked to describe the security guarantees finalised for Ukraine at the Coalition of the Willing summit…
Kyiv and Budapest are at war over Druzhba pipeline
Relations between Ukraine and Hungary have soured once again after Robert Brovdi, the Ukrainian drone commander of Hungarian descent, struck…
Trump has given Zelensky cause for hope
On Volodymyr Zelensky’s last visit to the White House, he brought a gift: a championship belt from one of Ukraine’s…
Putin was the real winner of the Alaska summit
Vladimir Putin couldn’t stop smiling at the spectacle awaiting him in Anchorage yesterday, as American soldiers knelt to adjust a…
Putin’s summer offensive is gaining momentum
Vladimir Putin is set to arrive at his meeting with Donald Trump in Alaska on Friday with additional leverage: his…
Will Zelensky’s appeal to Trump fall on deaf ears?
Over 1,265 days of full-scale war, Volodymyr Zelensky has delivered almost as many nightly addresses to the nation. Only a…
Zelensky’s anti-corruption overhaul will not be forgotten quickly
Last week, the Ukrainian parliament voted to destroy two key anti-corruption institutions. Outrage followed, and now lawmakers have been forced…
Can Ukraine forgive president Zelensky?
For six years in office, Volodymyr Zelensky never experienced the raging crowd beneath his window. But Ukraine’s wartime president grew…
Ukraine’s anti-corruption institutions are under attack
The war for Ukraine’s future is being fought not just on the battlefield, but also within its democratic institutions. Today,…
Trump has given Ukraine a chance to stop Putin in his tracks
It took Donald Trump six months, at least six useless phone calls with Vladimir Putin and more than a thousand…
Trump’s weapons pause will help Putin win
Vladimir Putin launched one of the largest air assaults of the war overnight, just hours after admitting to Donald Trump…
Russian forces break into yet another Ukrainian region
Vladimir Putin’s summer offensive is fully under way: all day and night, Russian infantrymen run at Ukrainian positions in endless…
Why the Kerch bridge must fall
Vladimir Putin has hit back against Ukraine’s ‘Spiderweb’ operation, which recently destroyed or damaged at least two dozen Russian bombers.…
Did Trump just allow Putin to bomb Ukraine?
Donald Trump has had another one of his ‘good conversations’ with Vladimir Putin, this time to commiserate over Ukraine’s drone…
Zelensky is in an impossible position
The Ukrainian president said this week he hopes the war will end by next June. Not this summer. Not this…
