The wild looting of Russian soldiers is one of the main motives for Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. This does not cause any complaints from the Russian leadership. To the contrary. All looting has been encouraged in the Russian army from the top down. Any Ukrainian town is automatically considered a target for collective robbery. Until…
While the Russian army is bombing Ukraine and massacring civilians, the EU keeps transferring half a billion to a billion euros to Russia on a daily basis, paying for oil and gas supplies. But the US Congress has voted to embargo imports of Russian oil gas and coal. The European Parliament has similarly voted in…
The Russian Ministry of Defense has claimed that all photographs and video materials published by the authorities in Kyiv, giving evidence of the atrocities committed by the Russian forces in the town of Bucha, are false and a “provocation” on the part of Ukraine. In the statement, Russian military officials cynically noted that in the…
From 24 February 2022 to 4 April 2022, SCM businesses, the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation, and FC Shakhtar donated about UAH 1.4 billion ($48 million) in aid to Ukraine and Ukrainian people. In particular, this amount includes humanitarian aid (food, medicines, essential items, evacuation, shelters, etc.), as well as support for the Ukrainian Armed Forces and…
After a resounding defeat in their first clash with the Ukrainian army, the Russian military leadership has significantly revised their war strategy. Now Russia, with the help of remote missile strikes, is systematically destroying oil depots and granaries throughout Ukraine. The tactical and technical characteristics of Russian ballistic missiles make it possible to hit a…
After the Russian army left the Kyiv region, it became possible to think over the development of the current tragedy: the Russian military began the systematic destruction of the civilian population as early as the first days of March. For almost a month dead people who were shot lay on the streets of Bucha, Irpin,…
According to our European partners, is it crucial not to provoke russians? (a bitter irony). Is it crucial that the World War III does not break out? writes Mikhail Podiliak All that matters is that Russians not being upset about Ukraine and don’t use… Don’t use what? Missiles, bombs, tanks, commit no massacres of civilians,…
Every time you talk about the great Russian ballet, I will tell you the story of a young teacher from Brovary who was repeatedly raped in front of her parents and then kidnapped by Russian monsters. About dozens, maybe hundreds of raped Ukrainian women, writes #OlenaPshenychna. Often in front of children. About 15-16-year-old girls from…
HALO is a leading British charity that is helping to save civilian lives in Ukraine in the wake of the Russian invasion. The world has witnessed the indiscriminate use of weapons of war raining down on civilians, cities and streets. Families in Ukraine have already endured eight years of conflict, following Russia’s annexation of the…
Taxation is a major tool for financing the recovery, as well as the digital and green transition. But the old national and international rules are no longer fit for some of the new business models used today. In an opinion adopted during its March plenary, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) welcomed the European…
