A Broken Putin
Many explain the latest Russian attack on Kyiv and the Kyiv region as Putin’s desire to take revenge for the humiliation he felt during the preparations for the May 9 parade in Moscow...
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Parade of Shame
The 45 minutes of the parade that took place in Moscow on May 9 will go down in history with far greater significance than the ceremonies held on the cobblestones of the main square of the Russian capital in recent years, if not decades...
The Two-Hand Effect
Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s trip to Cyprus for an informal summit of European Union leaders was associated with an obvious victory....
Orbán’s Defeat: Europe Is Not Disappearing
The main conclusion that the United States administration could draw from the results of the parliamentary elections in Hungary and the stunning failure of Viktor Orbán is that Europe is not going anywhere, and the citizens of European Union countries want to remain Europeans...
The Scandal of Illusions
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio have exchanged statements regarding the continuation of negotiations between Russia, Ukraine, and the United States...
The Age of Drones
Politicians and experts continue to argue about how significant Ukraine’s role might be in the war that Iran is waging with drones against American bases in the Middle East, the countries of the Persian Gulf, and Israel...
The Risks of a “Second War”
Russia’s war against Ukraine has not yet ended, and already the Middle East is engulfed in events that have become the largest regional conflict of this century. A Ukrainian social media user posted two photos: Shahed drones striking residential buildings in Dubai ...
Negotiations That Push Peace Further Away
The Munich Conference, during which world leaders traditionally exchanged views about the future—and devoted a great deal of time to Russia’s war...
Why Does Putin Need a “Ceasefire”?
U.S. President Donald Trump said that he personally asked the Russian leader to refrain from large-scale strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure during severe cold weather...
Putin’s “Cold Genocide”
This cold winter, almost every day Ukrainians expect new massive Russian strikes on the country’s energy infrastructure. The attacks are carried out methodically and brutally...