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Zelensky’s Victory Plan Contains No Victory and No Plan
The outline that has emerged in the press is a repetition of old demands.
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Zelensky’s Victory Plan is his survival kit
Strana, one of the top online newspapers in Ukraine, which is banned in Russia since 2022, reported on Friday that Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky is planning to dismiss Defense Minister Rustem Umerov and the powerful military intelligence chief Gen. Kirill Budanov from their posts as part of his continuing purge of the military establishment in Kiev.
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The Odd Couple to decide the fate of humanity
US State Secretary Anthony Blinken and UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy hinted during their recent joint trip to Kyiv that the US would lift restrictions on Ukraine using long-range missiles to strike deep into Russia. Still, when both men added that their bosses would have to make the final decision, no one doubted that it had already been made, and the only thing left to confirm was the specific list of Russian targets.
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Zelenskyy’s power grab is bad for Ukraine
The war has done nothing to still the president’s populist impatience with the complexities of governing, and it’s playing against the country’s strengths.
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Why Germany’s Chancellor is pushing for peace in Ukraine
Olaf Scholz appears to recognize that far left and far right parties in his country are seeking to fill the diplomatic vacuum
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Inside Volodymyr Zelensky’s not-so-fresh reshuffle
The president is left recycling the same names, moving them from the cabinet to the presidential office and back again
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Stand Up to Zelensky: A Plea for Sanity
It is understandable that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is asking the West for all the help they can deliver. It is the primary responsibility of a nation’s leader to protect the citizens of his nation. But by the same accounting, it is the primary responsibility of U.S. President Joe Biden to protect the citizens of his country.
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Zelenskiy reshuffles the government, sacks energy boss
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba resigned on September 4 as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy carries out the biggest government shake-up in four years.
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Zelensky bets on new US payoff: long-range strikes into Russia
By diverting forces from Donbas to attack Russia’s Kursk region, Zelensky hopes that Biden will let Ukraine strike deep into Russia with US weapons.
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Zelenskiy’s Kursk incursion gamble starts to unravel as a barrage of criticism mounts
The big gamble Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy took when he ordered the Kursk incursion on August 4 is starting to unravel.