The Russian military has been dramatically impacted by the war. Not only has it had to confront the logistical and manpower challenges of the battlefield, but it has also been compelled to reassess its ideological relationship to the regime. In the Russian tradition, the military is loyal to the political elites and does not position itself as an alternative pole of legitimacy. This does not mean, however, that relations between civilian and military elites have always been harmonious.

The use of PFM-1 explosives against civilians is prohibited by the Geneva Conventions—but this evidently isn’t stopping Ukraine.

Kiev will not allow male citizens without combat experience to leave the country until martial law is lifted

Marlene Laruelle, the director of the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at George Washington University, says the West needs to look at itself in the mirror and see it also helped create conditions for war to break out in Ukraine.

Ayear after the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul began a scrambled U.S. airlift out of a two-decade conflict in Afghanistan, the United States once again finds itself devoting billions of dollars of military and economic aid to a partner at war — this time to Ukraine, in its fight against Russia.

The Ukrainian president has dismissed the heads of SBU offices in Kiev, Lviv, and Ternopol

Yesterday we learned about the fall of Peski to Russian Allied forces. A lot of the heavy lifting was done by the legendary Somali Battalion of the Donetsk Peoples Republic (DPR), aka the “First Separate Tank Battalion Somalia”, founded by the one and only Givi. Who picked the name, because he was impressed with the bravery of the Somalian people. Givi has been dead for a long time, but one likes to think that his ghost was hovering over the town of Peski on the day it was liberated. Not gloating, just relieved that this hard part was over, and maybe the people of his beloved Donetsk can sleep better tonight, without so much shelling.

The cultural and historical elements that determine the relations between Russia and Ukraine are important. The two countries have a long, rich, diverse, and eventful history together.

Following objections from the Ukrainian government, CBS News has removed a short documentary which had reported concerns from numerous sources that a large amount of the supplies being sent to Ukraine aren’t making it to the front lines. The Ukrainian government has listed […]

The United States doesn’t have much to say about Ukraine, because it claims Russia is unwilling to talk. It’s up to our movements to demand more.