On 9 May in Berlin, a Ukrainian 1+1 TV crew was attacked by Russians celebrating Victory Day. The incident unfolded in Treptow Park outside the Soviet Soldier memorial. According to TV host Natalia Moseichuk, the day earlier, on May 8, the Ukrainian diaspora together with Ukrainian diplomats laid wreaths and flowers at the memorial to…
Having been defeated with lightning speed during the first stage of the “special military operation” near Kyiv and stuck in Donbass during the second stage, the Kremlin has shown itself to be unable to adapt its military, political and economic instruments to the new reality. At a time when the collective West is completing the…
The Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Liudmyla Denisova addressed the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine and the expert committee, initiated by the OSCE-states in complying with the Moscow Mechanism, requesting to register the war crimes committed by the Russian army in Ukraine. “Sexual violence in armed conflict is qualified as a war…
The USA plans to replicate a similar programme to the one used to help the Allied Forces, including the USSR, to defeat Germany’s Third Reich, to help Ukraine defeat Russia. The Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act must be approved by the House of Representatives and signed by President Joe Biden. The U.S. Senate passed legislation…
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…
US President Biden has proposed a budget increase of $ 5.8 trillion in the military expenditure of the USA. The plan includes a 9.8% increase in Pentagon funding, which includes support for Ukraine. The USA considers Ukraine to be an integral part of the Western community’s common security system. The Russian invasion of Ukraine and…
“Persistent PR warrior” Ramzan Kadyrov, from being Putin’s odious herald against the background of the war in Ukraine, is becoming a serious threat, in fact a “time bomb” for Russian Islam. While Kadyrov staged horse races in Chechnya, fought bride abductions and apologised to local elders for negligent youngsters, he was perceived as a somewhat…
Russian propaganda is trotting out the tired old idea of “Novorossiya” again, which was last talked up when Russia invaded Donbass in 2014. The concept of “Novorossiya” is now being used to justify the second phase of the Russian aggressive war in Ukraine, a kind of “cultural and historic cover” for barbaric actions on the…
Russia’s tactical failures in Ukraine have completely nullified the original plan of invasion and occupation. The Russian army has been forced to shift its focus: the main efforts are now aimed at the seizure of territories in the south and east of Ukraine, which Russia can hypothetically later unite with the Donbass Regions and try…
Having suffered a tactical defeat in Ukraine, Russia is forced to reconsider its further actions at the front. There is talk of a “Korean Scenario” – whereby the invading Russians would divide Ukraine in half. Having failed to quickly occupy key Ukrainian cities, as originally intended, Russian troops are strengthening their presence in the territories…
