Russia
Drones over Poland: How Should NATO React?
What European media have said about Russia’s serious provocation against Poland and NATO.
Sept. 13, 2025
EU
Tbilisi Protesters and EU Lawmakers Call on Armenia to Block Extradition of Georgian Fighter to Russia
After a Georgian volunteer who fought in Ukraine against Russian forces was detained at the Armenian border, EU parliamentarians have written a formal letter of protest.
Sept. 10, 2025
Ukraine
Murder of Ukrainian Refugee in US: Justice Department Demands Death Penalty for Attacker
US prosecutors filed federal charges against Decarlos Brown, accused of fatally stabbing Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte train.
Sept. 10, 2025
Explained
EXPLAINED: How the Fatal Stabbing of a Ukrainian Refugee Became a US Political Flashpoint
The Charlotte stabbing of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska fuels Trump’s plan to deploy National Guard to Democratic-led cities, sparking protests and debate.
Sept. 9, 2025
US
Trump Uses Ukrainian’s Murder in the US South to Defend Deploying Troops to the North
Iryna Zarutska, 23, was sitting quietly on a train in the Republican-leaning state of North Carolina when she was attacked by a man sitting behind her. Trump says Democrats are to blame.
Sept. 9, 2025
War in Ukraine
OPINION: Pokrovsk Rumors, Rubbling Radars, Harvard and Hungary
Stefan Korshak, Kyiv Post’s military correspondent, shares his perspective on recent developments in Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Sept. 8, 2025
Chechnya
Ukraine Charges Kadyrov With War Crimes
Putin’s Chechen vassal Ramzan Kadyrov continues to suffer from poor health while Ukraine’s SBU charges him with war crimes for his treatment of Ukrainian POWs.
Sept. 3, 2025
Russia
Russia Charges Student With Nazi Crime for Bubble Tea Joke
Ilya Kostyakov, a student in Moscow, posted a TikTok video and said he couldn’t imagine people going three years without bubble tea during WWII’s siege of Leningrad.
Aug. 27, 2025
Putin
‘Maybe We Like a Dictator’ – Trump Defends His Autocratic Record
Trump also called his Democratic predecessor Biden a “moron” and dismissed Vladimir Putin’s brutal 2022 invasion of Ukraine as being the result of “big personality conflicts.”
Aug. 26, 2025
Belarus
Belarusians Keeping the Flame of Resistance Alive
2020 was a festival of solidarity. Today, resistance in Belarus is quiet – but it still exists. Kyiv Post speaks to the sister of a political prisoner still in jail.
Aug. 23, 2025
Zelensky
Did Putin Offer to Host Zelensky-Putin Talks in Moscow?
The Russian president is said to have told Trump that a future peace summit should be held in Moscow. Ukraine’s European allies disagree.
Aug. 19, 2025
Russia
ANALYSIS: Kremlin’s War Dogs in Alaska – Meet the Kremlin Delegation Driving Friday’s Trump-Putin Summit
As Trump and Putin meet in Alaska, the Kremlin’s delegation reveals Moscow’s real agenda: sanctions deals, war financing, and propaganda – not peace. Here’s who’s at the table.
Aug. 16, 2025
Putin
OPINION: Alaska Talks: the Unspoken Roadblocks to Peace in Ukraine
The upcoming summit between Putin and Trump in Alaska begs a host of questions concerning Ukraine’s many – many of which politicians and media conveniently prefer to ignore.
Aug. 15, 2025
Putin
Could Trump-Putin Peace Deal Let Russia Dodge War Crimes Trials?
As Trump meets Putin in Alaska, Global Rights Compliance tells Kyiv Post that stopping Ukraine’s war crimes cases in a peace deal would break international law.
Aug. 15, 2025
Putin
OPINION: Why Putin Can’t Quit
Even if Putin wanted to negotiate a peace in good faith – which does not appear to be the case – the momentum of war inside Russia portends turmoil once the soldiers come home.
Aug. 15, 2025
War in Ukraine
EXPLAINER: Vladimir Putin, War Crimes, Extradition and Stolen Children
Putin’s Friday visit to the US has put the spotlight on claims the Kremlin boss might be complicit in massed kidnapping of children, a war crime. Possibly, the US will become an accomplice.
Aug. 15, 2025
International Criminal Court
Russian Soldier Jailed for Life in Ukraine for Executing Civilians
The SBU said the 21-year-old’s “incriminating testimony” also implicated his commanders in the killing of civilians in the northeastern Kharkiv region.
Aug. 14, 2025
Putin
‘Put Up or Shut Up’ – Trump Sets a Nice Table for Putin in Alaska: Suspended Sanctions and Rare Earths Propositions
US Treasury puts a brief hold on certain sanctions for summit with Putin in Alaska, tempts Moscow with a share of the rare minerals deal that Trump struck with Ukraine, in order to stop the invasion.
Aug. 14, 2025
Zelensky
3 High-Stakes Calls: Zelensky, Trump and European Leaders Align Ahead of Putin Summit
European and Ukrainian leaders will hold a series of online meetings with Trump before his Alaska summit with Putin, aiming to safeguard Kyiv’s interests and prevent a one-sided ceasefire deal.
Aug. 13, 2025
Trump
‘Nexus of Diplomacy’ – Trump’s Alaska Gamble With Putin Faces Skepticism
From Washington to Brussels, the Anchorage meeting is seen as either a bold gamble for peace or a dangerous game of concessions, with the future of Ukraine hanging in the balance.
Aug. 13, 2025