Tag: David Kirichenko

Political fortunes turn fast. One day there were handshakes and a red carpet in Alaska; the next, Trump calling Russia a “paper tiger.” Even more revealing than the insult was what followed: once Mr. Trump flagged fuel lines and gas shortages, Moscow’s tightly controlled media – usually eager to hide failures – started running the story, writing, “it is no longer possible to deny the signs of petrol shortages in the regions.”

Russia’s war on Ukraine was never really about NATO expansion or Western security guarantees. It has always been about Vladimir Putin’s imperial ambitions – and his personal survival...

Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022 unleashed a demographic crisis in Ukraine, and its universities were among the hardest hit as students fled abroad and state funding shifted to the war effort...

Ukraine is waging a campaign to destroy Russian oil refineries. It is squeezing the Kremlin, raising the cost of its war. The drone campaign also reflects Ukraine’s expanding reach across Russia, as Moscow struggles to protect its vast territory...

For centuries, Russia’s sheer size has been its greatest asset, making the country virtually unconquerable and guaranteeing an almost limitless supply of human and material resources that have helped secure generations of superpower status. However, there are signs that this may now be changing.

У чіткій демонстрації амбіцій Кремля дев’ятнадцять російських дронів перетнули повітряний простір Польщі, намагаючись випробувати рішучість НАТО. Прем’єр-міністр Польщі Дональд Туск…

In a Soviet-era warehouse near the Kharkiv front, Eugene, a company commander in the 92nd Assault Brigade, oversees preparations for a night mission. There is a debate over whether to send an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) to rescue a wounded Ukrainian soldier waiting for evacuation.

Past midnight, in near-total darkness, Andrii, callsign “Drunya,” a driver from the Unmanned Systems Battalion of Ukraine’s 110th Separate Mechanized Brigade, prepares for a resupply run to a drone unit on the front just after midnight. He loads a pickup truck with First-Person-View (FPV) drones and explosives...

Russia expected an easy victory in Ukraine when Moscow launched its invasion in February 2022. What it didn’t anticipate was that its army would become bogged down in years of grinding warfare, suffering over a million casualties by 2025...

When Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022, Ukrainians across the globe mobilized to defend their homeland. Some picked up weapons, while others contributed with their technical abilities. Now well in the fourth year of the war, Ukraine’s resilience endures, thanks in large part to its volunteers and tech pioneers racing to out-innovate Russia on the battlefield.