The French and Poles joined to show the world they were unified against Russia. Unfortunately it had the opposite effect.

Trump running the risk of following previous presidents’ failed ‘peace through strength’ formula in Ukraine

It’s fun to watch “independent” media and NGOs get outed, but Washington will always find ways to manipulate others

The Ukrainian authorities are rounding up recruits. Relatives huddle at a center on the edge of Kyiv for a chance to see loved ones before they’re shipped to war.

First came the collapse of the Soviet Union, then an economic crisis and now the Russian invasion: Ukraine’s population has been dropping for some time. Putin’s war has turned the crisis into a catastrophe. An area in northern Ukraine provides a case study.

Ukraine Situation Report: More than half of the trillions of dollars in mineral resources is on land controlled by Russia.

Trump is the proverbial bull in the china shop. That makes it much harder to negotiate a “just peace” in Ukraine as he will act on impulse to get what he wants. And his main motive is money, not peace

Kyiv insists the attacks are orchestrated by Russia, but there is rising reluctance in the country to join the fight as the war drags on.

Russia is open to negotiations but only based on current territorial realities.

Sidelined, exiled, jailed, or assassinated?