The history of the war

For centuries, the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union were involved in an organized effort to “erase” the memory of Ukrainians as well as other oppressed peoples. With the erasure went the ideas of independence, knowledge of their own history,...

For centuries, Ukrainians have had their unique Ukrainian language and culture. These developed separately from Russian society, in a parallel tradition. However, when the Ukrainian territories were incorporated into the Russian Empire and then the Soviet Union, the Russian authorities...

Inspired by age-old imperial policy, endless territorial expansion and impunity, Russia’s rulers have been destroying and assimilating indigenous peoples of captured territories for centuries. One of the tools that Russia used and still uses against Ukrainians is deportation, which is...

The Soviet Union, the largest totalitarian neo-empire in the world, collapsed more than three decades ago. However, a generation of older people who lived in the USSR still recall (or re-imagine) it as a haven of solace and peace. It’s...

Throughout history, we have seen many international trials of war criminals who felt absolute impunity before that. After unleashing an unprovoked full-scale war against Ukraine, Russian president Putin has become the main war criminal that must face an international tribunal....

Russia’s war against Ukraine, which began on February 24, 2022, has become Europe’s biggest military conflict since World War II.

Russia constantly claims to be a “peacemaker” who strives for peace. Since the beginning of the military conflict in Ukraine in 2014, there has been a constant narrative about “saving” those whom this country seems to come to protect. This...