Ukraine has long identified membership of NATO and the European Union as its twin geopolitical objectives as it looks to…
Category: 1. Ukraine
-

what chemical weapons is Russia accused of using and why?
An arrest has reportedly been made after the killing of Igor Kirillov, a Russian general, in Moscow on December 17. Kirillov was the commander of Russia’s Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Forces, and is thought to be the most…
Continue Reading
-

Ukraine’s Hardest Winter – The Atlantic
Updated at 11:44 a.m. ET on December 19, 2024
This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here.
The soldier, a lanky, dark-haired sergeant named Vitalii Ovcharenko, met me at a gas-station café on an…
Continue Reading
-

Empowering Ukraine Through a Decentralised Electricity System – Analysis
Data Citation:
Christoph Winkler, Kristina Dabrock, Serhiy Kapustyan, Craig Hart, Heidi Heinrichs, Jann Michael Weinand, Jochen Linßen, Detlef Stolten (2024) “High-Resolution Rooftop-PV Potential Assessment for a Resilient Energy System in…
Continue Reading
-

Putin’s Obsession, Ukraine’s Struggle, and the West’s Mistakes
This piece is based on a conversation between Lucian Kim and Maxim Trudolyubov, editor of The Russia File, discussing Lucian’s upcoming book, Putin’s Revenge: Why Russia Invaded Ukraine. In the book, Kim draws on years of reporting…
Continue Reading
-
Europe needs to swiftly fulfill its aid pledges to Ukraine
A note to Europe’s leaders: When it comes to sending sufficient aid to help Ukraine end Russia’s invasion, if not now, when?
In October, I visited and wrote about a critical mine at Pokrovsk in eastern…
Continue Reading
-

Ukraine’s reformed military procurement agency drives the country’s NATO ambitions
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s Defense Ministry unveiled a new state agency for its armed forces last year. It was the government’s answer to the rampant corruption within the ministry’s…
Continue Reading
-

Ukraine is the world’s most heavily mined country. Meet some of the people cleaning up this deadly mess
Serhii Shmyrov and Pavlo Mykyento move slowly, deliberately, working as a team. Both men wear full-torso body armour and face shields, along with thick jackets. Winter has arrived in northern Ukraine and the wind blows cold across the…
Continue Reading
-

43,000 Ukrainian Soldiers Killed Since Russia Invaded, Zelensky Says
President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday that 43,000 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed and 370,000 wounded since Russia’s full-scale invasion began nearly three years ago. It was the first time in months that he had disclosed military…
Continue Reading

