WORLD BRIEFING: June 18, 2024
The world in focus, as seen by a Canadian leading global affairs analyst, writer and speaker, in his review of international media.
June 18, 2024
OPINION: Good News on the Ukraine Front
Now that the arms flow to Ukraine has been unblocked by Congress, Kyiv is managing to stymie the Russian offensive. But it’s time to unblock some of Washington’s preconceptions.
June 16, 2024
G7
G7: Russian Money for Ukraine
A selection of what European newspapers are saying about the results of the G7 meeting this week in Berlin concerning Ukraine.
June 16, 2024
Sidebar Stories
Popcorn and Rape
Sidebar Stories – In the vein of “literature is news that stays news,” Kyiv Post presents some not necessarily factual narratives that offer added insight into Ukraine’s realities.
June 16, 2024
Zelensky
Global Peace Summit - Day One Opening Salvoes
Representatives of almost 100 nations and international organizations convened at a Swiss resort on Saturday, June 15 to discuss ways to end the war in Ukraine.
June 15, 2024
War in Ukraine
OPINION: Putin’s ‘Peace’ Deal Examined
Ukraine is expected to make all the concessions, while Russia gets all the benefits. Moreover, they are basing their arguments that Putin is willing to negotiate in good faith.
June 15, 2024
War in Ukraine
WATCH: Ukrainians Destroy Russian Tank Company
Ukraine’s 68 Jaeger Brigade shared a video showing their attack on Russian forces in the Pokrovsk sector.
June 15, 2024
War in Ukraine
‘Shoot and Scoot’ – War in Ukraine Overturns Another Conventional Tenet of War
The threat from drones, loitering munitions and precision-guided weapons applies as much to artillery systems as it does to tanks and other armored vehicles.
June 15, 2024
Ukraine
ANALYSIS: Putin’s Latest Unrealistic Offer of Peace Dismissed Out of Hand by Kyiv
On the eve of the Global Peace Summit, Russia’s president once again tries to muddy the waters with another blatantly obvious offer of peace guaranteed to be turned down by Kyiv.
June 14, 2024
WORLD BRIEFING: June 14, 2024
The world in focus, as seen by a Canadian leading global affairs analyst, writer and speaker, in his review of international media.
June 14, 2024
G7 Leaders Reach ‘Political Deal’ on New Ukraine Funds: US
The summit comes at a time when the Hamas-Israel conflict is raging, economic tensions are rising between China and the West, and many G7 countries are in political flux.
June 13, 2024
War in Ukraine
G7 to Agree on $50-Bn Ukraine Loan at Italy Summit
The loan would be secured against the future profits from interest on €300 billion ($325 billion) of Russian central bank assets frozen by Western allies.
June 13, 2024
Bakhmut
Russia Lost More Men in Bakhmut Than in Its Afghan War
Russian news site Mediazona, working with BBC Russia, reported that 20,000 Wagner troops died during last year’s assault on Bakhmut, almost 90 percent of which were convicts.
June 12, 2024
EU
Far-Right Gains, Weaker Macron, and Other EU Vote Takeaways
Here are five takeaways from the vote which saw Europe's centrist political groups emerge relatively unscathed and higher turnout than in 2019 among the bloc's 27 states.
June 10, 2024
War in Ukraine
‘AFU Warplane Hits Target in Russia for First Time’– Ukraine at War Update for June 10
EU elections signal an alarming shift to the far-right; First report of Ukrainian Air Force striking target in Russia; White House claims Kharkiv invasion has stalled; AFU drones hit Ossetia airbase.
June 10, 2024
War in Ukraine
OPINION: Ukraine Must Stay the Course
“Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?” The words of Patrick Henry, American patriot during the Revolutionary War, resonate today.
June 8, 2024
Sidebar Stories
The Drone
Sidebar Stories – In the vein of “literature is news that stays news,” Kyiv Post presents some not necessarily factual narratives that offer added insight into Ukraine’s realities.
June 8, 2024
ATACMS
Series of Explosions Rock Russian-Occupied Luhansk, Partisans Claim Oil Depot Strike
Ukrainian social media reports say that the oil depot in Luhansk, used since the initial 2014 invasion as a Russian military facility, was hit and set ablaze.
June 7, 2024
War in Ukraine
Eurotopics: Ukraine - Green Light For Attacks With Western Weapons
Deliveries from Poland, Canada, and Finland are no longer subject to conditions, and last week, the US lifted its ban on the use of US weapons to attack targets on Russian territory.
June 5, 2024
ICU Weekly Insight: Staff Level Agreement Reached With IMF
The Ministry of Finance maintains steady pace of bond placement.
June 3, 2024