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Category: 6. Opinion
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Trapped Ukrainian soldier survives 24 hours of hell in Urozhaine
They left their rifle nearby. Turned their backs. They thought he was no longer a threat. But they made a fatal mistake. The 58th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade, named after Hetman Ivan Vyhovsky, has shared a remarkable story of Ukrainian infantry soldier Serhii.
The 58th Separate…
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“Kill a warship for the price of a car”: Ukraine’s navy drones expelled Putin’s $2.3B fleet from the Black Sea — then turned on his air force
The warship that aided Russia’s invasion of Georgia. The fleet that ferried troops to save Assad in Syria. The fighter jets so advanced that Moscow builds only four a year — all turned to scrap without a single Western missile.
In just two years, Ukraine’s low-cost, high-impact naval…
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Putin sends FSB’s Presidential Regiment troops to Donetsk Oblast as Russian losses mount
Russia has deployed its elite FSB “Presidential Regiment” to protect the strategically important town of Chasiv Yar in eastern Ukraine, according to Newsweek.
Chasiv Yar, a town divided by a canal and with a pre-war population of over 12,000, is located in Donetsk Oblast and has been a…
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Trump obeys Putin all the time, says top Swedish economist
Russian ruler Vladimir Putin prefers fools, such as US President Donald Trump and US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff. He does not want to face Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy, says Anders Åslund, a prominent Swedish economist.
The Kremlin recently dismissed a US-EU-backed…Continue Reading
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Three Ukraine documentaries featured at 78th Cannes Film Festival opening
The 78th Cannes Film Festival opened in France with a ceremony honoring actor Robert De Niro and a special focus on global conflicts, including three documentaries about Ukraine, RFI reported on 13 May.
De Niro received an honorary Palme d’Or for his career achievements, 49 years after his…
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Both Russians and Ukrainians gain ground near Toretsk; Russians advance near Pokrovsk and Novopavlivka
Both Ukrainian and Russian forces recently made territorial advances in Donetsk Oblast, according to updates published between 10 and 13 May by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), and the Ukrainian OSINT project DeepState.
For months, Russia has been pushing to capture the remaining parts…Continue Reading
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Russia is quietly rearming the Arctic, ex-NATO chief warns
In an interview with Bloomberg, Anders Fogh Rasmussen emphasized that NATO must play a stronger role in the Arctic to counter Russia’s rising threat.
While the Arctic has long been viewed as a low-tension zone, the region is gaining strategic importance as climate change alters global…
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Zelenskyy hopes to attend first Mass of new Pope
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy plans to attend Pope Leo’s inaugural Mass at the Vatican on 18 May, Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak told Reuters, though wartime commitments may affect his schedule.
“He is planning to come, but you know that before (Sunday) we…
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If world fails to stop Putin, Ukrainian journalists and activists risk ending up in Russia’s Gulags
The Kremlin may be planning a staged tribunal against Ukrainian leaders, modeled after the Nuremberg Trials, historian Alexander Korb told Ukrinform.
In 2024, Kyrylo Budanov, the head of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine, said Russia planned execution lists, mobile crematoriums, and mass…Continue Reading