Inside Ukraine’s drone army
Inside Ukraine’s drone army
Why was a Ukrainian fencer punished for not shaking a Russian’s hand?
Must politics stay separate from sport? Ukrainian fencer Olha Kharlan has been disqualified from the World Fencing Championships in Milan…
Targeting Odesa marks a new turn in the war
The world is waking up to pictures of fresh destruction in the Ukrainian port city of Odesa, which has been…
This week’s Nato summit will embolden Putin
The Nato summit in Vilnius has not helped Ukraine. Rather than facilitating the country’s swift accession into Nato, the alliance…
Exiled Belarusian opposition calls for army to rise against Moscow
With Vladimir Putin facing armed insurrection from Prigozhin’s Wagner Group, the exiled opposition in Belarus has called for its military…
Russia’s nuclear blackmail
‘Dear Ukrainians! And all people of the world: everyone! I emphasise this,’ Volodymyr Zelensky said in a televised speech yesterday. Russia, he…
Russia destroys key Ukrainian dam as counter-offensive begins
Hours after the Ukrainian army finally launched its long-awaited counter-offensive, Russia has hit back. Early this morning, Russian forces blew…
Ukrainians are worried about the state of their bomb shelters
Russia fired more than 576 missiles and drones against Ukraine last month; Kyiv was shelled two days in three. Ukrainian…
Has Ukraine’s counter-offensive been overhyped?
Has the counter-offensive been overhyped?
Has Ukraine launched a ‘special military operation’ in Russia?
While the world is waiting for Ukraine’s spring offensive, something very different happened this morning: an incursion into Russian territory.…
The tragedy of Ukraine’s stolen children
Who will return Ukraine’s stolen children?
Ukraine’s plan to rain on Putin’s Victory Day parade
The presence of drones over the Kremlin earlier this week was reported widely as the first attack on Moscow since…
Can Ukraine afford to keep paying its soldiers a fighting salary?
What salary should a soldier receive in a war-torn country? Obviously, there is no number that can make up for…
The blurred lines between patriotism and profiteering in Ukraine
In Ukraine, patriotism has become profitable
Why Russian priests are being expelled from a monastery in Kyiv
In my hometown we have three Orthodox churches, two of which are formally aligned with the Moscow patriarchate. They mostly…
Why did a Russian jet and a US drone collide?
This morning, a Russian Su-27 fighter jet collided with a US MQ-9 Reaper surveillance drone over the Black Sea. The…
Ukraine can sympathise with Georgia’s pro-EU movement
Protests that broke out in Tbilisi against adopting a controversial Russian-style law have turned into a pro-European movement with political…
The rationale for Putin’s latest attack on Ukraine
It has long been suspected that Russia was going to mount a renewed military offensive in Ukraine as spring approached.…
Why Ukrainians won’t settle for a ceasefire
Growing up as a Ukrainian means being acquainted with death when you are too young to know much about life.…
Why Ukraine needs British war planes
‘We have freedom,’ said Zelensky in his address to Westminster Hall. ‘Give us wings to protect it!’ This sums up…
Ukraine will not compromise
Ukraine will not compromise
Zelensky’s corruption crackdown is working
Ukraine has been shaken by a wave of corruption scandals in recent days. Zelensky’s deputy chief of staff, six deputy…
Ukraine’s interior minister dies in helicopter crash
Denis Monastyrsky, Ukraine’s interior minister was amongst 15 people killed in a helicopter crash in the outskirts of Kyiv this…
Has Soledar fallen to the Russians?
Moscow this morning hailed the ‘liberation’ of Soledar, a strategic point in the battle for control of the eastern Donbas region of…
