Putin will win unless the West sends Ukraine offensive weapons
The latest round of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine earlier this week led to some guarded optimism in certain quarters, but it is still far too early to talk about…
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Russia in retreat: Putin appears to admit defeat in the Battle for Kyiv
Kremlin officials have announced plans to withdraw troops from the Kyiv region in what is widely being seen as tacit recognition of Russia’s failure to seize the Ukrainian capital. The…
No compromises with the Kremlin: Why we must denazify Putin’s Russia
As the largest conflict in Europe since World War II enters its second month, surprising numbers of Western politicians and commentators continue to question why Ukraine does not simply accept…
Russian energy embargo: Europe must stop financing Putin’s Ukraine war
The head of Ukrainian energy giant Naftogaz has accused European countries of funding Putin’s Ukraine war and called for a complete ban on Russian energy exports. “Russia earns USD 1…
Ukraine’s southern capital Odesa prepares to repel Russian invasion
The streets of Ukrainian Black Sea port Odesa are normally bustling in late March as the city prepares for its annual Festival of Humor on April 1. This year is…
Vladimir Putin’s Ukraine War can end in only two ways: Genocide or defeat
Despite detailed advance warnings of Vladimir Putin’s plans for a major war in Ukraine, many observers remained in denial until the very last minute over the possibility of a full-scale…
Vladimir Putin’s criminal war has killed the myth Russian-Ukrainian unity
The Russian invasion of Ukraine was meant to secure Vladimir Putin’s place in history and reunify what Moscow views as the divided lands of historic Russia. Instead, it has completely…
Fear of provoking Putin is leading the Western world toward disaster
The conventional wisdom in Washington is that NATO should refrain from enforcing a No-Fly Zone over Ukraine due to the risk of an all-out NATO-Russia war. This view reflects a…
Bold Ukrainans defy Putin’s invasion and join European electricity grid
In the hours before Russia launched its February 24 invasion of Ukraine, the Ukrainian authorities disconnected from the Russian electricity grid as part of long-scheduled plans to test the country’s…
Putin drank the Kremlin Kool-Aid
Just over three weeks since he launched Europe’s first full-scale invasion since World War II, it is already increasingly obvious that Vladimir Putin has badly miscalculated. He appears to have…