OPINION: Vasyl Stus and the Sixtiers – Ukraine’s Generation of Dissenters
A tribute on the 40th anniversary of poet Vasyl Stys’s murder in a Soviet labor camp. His verse continues to steel a nation fighting for independence.
Updated: Sept. 9, 2025
War in Ukraine
ANALYSIS: Donetsk Inferno: Ukraine’s Drone Strikes Obliterate Russian War Plans
Russia’s planned offensive against Pokrovsk was intended to be the crowning achievement of Russia’s vaunted “summer offensive.” But like most Russian plans, it came up short.
July 9, 2025
Ukraine
OPINION: The ‘Boryviter’ (Kestrel) Mosaic – Symbol of Ukraine’s Energy and Courage
How recreating the powerful 1967 mosaic serves as a reminder of the struggles of its creators, and a visualization of Ukraine’s reconstruction following victory in the war.
June 29, 2025
Ukraine
OPINION: Political Thriller Writer Frederick Forsyth, Ukraine and Me
How, during the Cold War, I helped the best-selling author write a novel highlighting Ukraine’s predicament and using my biography for one of the main characters.
June 15, 2025
Ukraine
Israeli Entrepreneur Buys Shopping Mall, Business Center in Downtown Kyiv
The Irish banking corporation IBRC has sold two of its assets in the center of Kyiv for approximately $70-100 million to Israeli entrepreneur Ofer Kerzner.
June 10, 2025
Russia
US-made Abrams Tanks and Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles on the Ground Inside Russia
It may or may not have been a red line, but the Pentagon’s premier ground warfare systems are laying down tracks and engaging targets inside Russian Federation territory.
Oct. 22, 2024
Ukraine
Dragon Likely to Buy One of Kyiv’s Oldest Shopping Malls
Karavan Outlet would be the sixth shopping mall the investment bank bought and the largest of its Kyiv shopping malls.
Oct. 4, 2024
Business
Privatization Imminent for Major State Property Assets
Ukraine’s State Property Fund aims to sell off key state assets to investors as part of an open and transparent process.
Aug. 28, 2024
Drones
ANALYSIS: Kremlin Returns to Power Grid Bombardment, Ukraine So Far Sucks it Up
Russia tried this before but ran out of missiles and its new trickier tactics have, so far, had no more success as Ukraine has better air defenses and lots of practice fixing things since then.
March 25, 2024
Ashen Glory: The Revolution of Dignity, 10 Years After – Part 1
Part One of a four-part excerpt from the author’s unpublished novel Ashen Glory: War Within, set amid the four climactic days of Ukraine’s Revolution of Dignity in February 2014.
Feb. 18, 2024
War in Ukraine
Kremlin Troops Gain Ground in Avdiivka, Ukrainian Officers Vow Defenses Will Hold
A Russian mil-blogger said of the fierce fighting in Avdiivka, where Moscow’s troops are trying to close a pincer on the Ukrainian salient: “You can’t hold a front with just bodies.”
Feb. 12, 2024
War in Ukraine
‘Crisis’ in Critical Avdiivka Sector, Top Ukrainian Military Journalists Warn
Moscow says its troops are definitely winning in Avdiivka, and Kyiv says its forces are killing the Kremlin’s soldiers left and right. The reality seems to be the battle could still go either way.
Feb. 6, 2024
Counteroffensive
Kremlin Stays Mum About Ukraine’s Army on East Bank of Dnipro River – Key Counteroffensive Goal
While the Kremlin has not commented on the Ukrainian army's crossing of the Dnipro River, a key goal of its counteroffensive, Russian milbloggers have been bemoaning it for a month.
Nov. 13, 2023
War in Ukraine
Ukraine Counteroffensive Update for Oct 2 (Europe Edition): ‘Stop the Games’
US government shut down problems for Ukraine; Kremlin unclear on what it controls in Ukraine; Footage of dragon teeth flashpoints near Novoprokopivka; AFU knocks out 16 of 30 Russian drones.
Oct. 2, 2023
War in Ukraine
Russian Missile Attack on Ukraine Power Grid Scores Limited Hits vs. Fierce Air Defenses
Eleven people were killed during strikes on Thursday morning but 47 out of 55 rockets were shot down.
Jan. 26, 2023
War in Ukraine
Putin’s ‘Christmas Ceasefire’ Ignored By Both Sides
Ukraine had previously dismissed the truce as ‘propaganda’.
Jan. 6, 2023
War in Ukraine
Exclusive Insight: Candid Interview with Swedish Ambassador to Ukraine
Military Historians Will Write Books About Ukraine’s Counteroffensive In an interview with the… - Sep. 17, 2022. By Lesia Dubenko
Sept. 17, 2022
Top prosecutor’s priority appears to be image over achievement
Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova portrays herself as an anti-corruption crusader and courts Western embassies by… - Sep. 03, 2021. By Oleg Sukhov
Sept. 3, 2021
Zelensky: Lifting Nord Stream 2 sanctions is big defeat for US, big win for Russia
Volodymyr Zelensky gave his anniversary press conference on May 20, marking his second year as Ukraine’s… - May. 21, 2021. By Oleksiy Sorokin
May 21, 2021
Forbes updates billionaires list, Akhmetov triples net worth
The net worth of Ukrainian oligarch Rinat Akhmetov, according to Forbes magazine, has increased to $7.6… - Mar. 14, 2021. By Oleksiy Sorokin
March 14, 2021