Category: 1. Ukraine
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Map of Ukraine offensive shows evolution of Kursk attack inside Russia
On Aug. 6, Ukraine launched a historic raid across the Russian border destroying a convoy, capturing enemy soldiers, and repurposing enemy equipment as Russian territory fell rapidly under Ukrainian control. Ukraine appears to have struck a third…
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Ukraine receives first batch of U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets : NPR
FILE – An F-16 fighter lands at a Turkish air base in the Central Anatolian Turkish city of Konya on Sept. 8, 2004. Norway…
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Ukrainians See Corruption as a Key Issue Even During the War
The war unleashed by the Russian Federation in Ukraine is having a devastating impact on Ukraine. Despite unprecedented support from the United States and European countries, Ukrainians’ standard of living is declining, exacerbating…
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More Ukrainians Appear Open to a Peace Deal
Olha Predchenko held hands with her 85-year-old mother as they looked at the makeshift memorial on the grass in central Kyiv, each blue and yellow flag marked with the name of a soldier who had died fighting in the war with Russia.
They come here…
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Ukraine Is Still Too Corrupt to Join the West
Ukraine’s strategy of defeating Russia by joining the West’s political community and security institutions has been undermined by its continued struggles with corruption, a problem that is still far beyond Western standards. The…
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Ukraine War: Republicans, Democrats at Odds Over US Role, Support
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken walks down a street in Kyiv during an announced visit to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on May 14, 2024. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool/AFP via Getty Images) Pew Research Center conducted…
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487 Ukrainian athletes killed following Russia’s invasion honoured in Parliament Square
- a powerful display honouring the Ukrainian athletes who have been killed since Russia’s full-scale invasion has been unveiled today in Parliament Square
- more than 487 Ukrainian athletes have been killed, with the lives of former and…
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Russia Could Lose ‘1.8m’ Troops Taking Four Ukraine Regions in 5 Years: UK
It could take Russia years to seize control of the four annexed regions of eastern mainland Ukraine it has laid claim to, and it would likely cost Moscow up to 1.8 million casualties to do so, the head of the British Army has said.
“If they carry…
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EU, US near deal on $50B loan to Ukraine – POLITICO
G7 leaders in June agreed to provide the $50 billion loan that will be repaid using the proceeds generated by investing over €250 billion Russian assets immobilized in the West. The bulk of the assets are held by the Brussels-based…
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