Kharkiv is one of Ukraine’s largest cities that the Russian enemy came to view as an easy target. With only 30 km [~18.64 mi] separating the city from the Russian border, it didn’t take the enemy troops long to reach...
During two weeks in September 2023, lecturers from the UK were providing training to the Armed Forces of Ukraine on managing combat stress, panic attacks and anxiety on the frontline. Richard Kemp, a British Army reservist, was one of the...
“My conscience is clear. And hands? I will scrub them off.” Reportage on how the 93rd Mechanized Brigade Kholodnyi Yar fights
Text and images by Olena Maksymenko
Ukrainian travelers in the late eighteenth and mid-twentieth centuries were driven by a desire to explore the world, and they played an important role in the nation’s cultural, scientific, and social life. The world travelers visited remote corners of the...
Our next episode of Ukraine Through the Eyes of Others features Andreas Umland, a political scientist specializing in contemporary Russian and Ukrainian history, regime transitions, and a wide range of topics in post-Soviet studies. His extensive body of work spans...
Individual rule backed by fear and terror. Brutal reprisals against opponents, mainly for far-fetched reasons. Senseless wars against neighbouring states, often ending in defeats. A sincere belief in one’s own divine nature, and therefore the justice of one’s bloody actions....
Due to the full-scale war, Ukrainian museums with priceless exhibits were threatened with destruction. Some of them are under occupation and have already been looted by the Russians; some have suffered from shelling, and museum workers are forced to leave...
Hamas spokesperson Ghazi Hamad acknowledged that Iran backed their recent assault on Israel. Additionally, he hinted at support from other countries without naming them.
Meanwhile, the Russian Main Directorate of the General Staff has already passed on trophy weapons seized...
