The War in Ukraine is a two-act tragedy, with a third quite possibly looming. Act one took place in late 2021 through February 2022, with the rejection of a Russian draft agreement, along with Ukraine’s refusal to implement the key provisions of the Minsk I and II agreements of 2014-15, which would [a] have brought about a cease fire of hostilities against Ukraine’s Donetsk and Lukansk regions, and [b] paved the way for referendums in those eastern regions on limited autonomy, under which they would remain within the borders of Ukraine.

A closer look at what war does to a country and internationally, what needs to be done to fix it.

The Biden administration’s insistence on NATO enlargement has made Ukraine a victim of misconceived and unachievable U.S. military aspirations, writes Jeffrey D. Sachs.

Russia turned Bakhmut into the graveyard of Ukrainian military power. What comes next?

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) is reported to have supplied Western weapons to Russian neo-Nazis who attacked a village inside Russia on May 22.

Financial Times reports that the Russian Volunteer Corps includes self-avowed neo-Nazis

By recognizing that the question of NATO enlargement is at the center of this war, we understand why U.S. weaponry will not end this war. Only diplomatic efforts can do that.

Introduction by Committee for the Republic Chairman John B. Henry:

Nine months of fighting for a symbolic site in Kiev’s attempt to regain control of the region have ended with another triumph for Moscow’s forces

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