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Kateryna Lisunova

Kateryna Lisunova is a Ukrainian journalist based in Washington, D.C., and a Media Advisor at Razom for Ukraine. She is a former Voice of America Congressional correspondent and a freelance contributor for the BBC. She currently contributes to Ukrainska Pravda and Times Radio. Originally from Kyiv, she has worked as a multimedia journalist for over 14 years, specializing in U.S.–Ukraine relations.

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Recruits undergo Basic Military Training at the 118th Separate Mechanized Brigade in Ukraine on April 5, 2026.

War in Ukraine spreads across 3 different dimensions

by Kateryna Lisunova
Any war is not that simple and has many angles, but Russia's war in Ukraine is becoming more difficult each day. And not only because of its constant intensity, but because of its complexity. In the next few months, we will see three concrete, distinctive tracks of Russia's war in Ukraine developing separately and very differently from each other. You will see a lot of different, mixed news that will be hard to put together into one picture, but we need to accept that the war is changing, and

Washington should pay attention to Ukraine's new robotic counteroffensive

by Kateryna Lisunova
Imagine heavy drones flying 15 to 20 kilometers (approximately 9.3 to 12.4 miles) deep into enemy rear positions and then deploying unmanned ground vehicles, or UGVs (unmanned ground vehicles), essentially robots, that drive even deeper into the rear. There, in areas the enemy considers relatively safe and calm, these robots can destroy Russian logistics, strike dugouts, eliminate military personnel, and sometimes even take prisoners of war. Russian soldiers can surrender directly to the robots
Russian missile and drone strikes in Kyiv, Ukraine, on June 2, 2026.

American media should make sure not to become another missile in Russia's hands to strike Ukraine

by Kateryna Lisunova
Russia has no right to call its ballistic missile attacks on Ukraine "retaliatory strikes" in a war that it started. There is only one side that has the right to retaliate: the side that was attacked. By launching a large-scale war against Ukraine, Moscow effectively made itself a legitimate target for Kyiv's forces. The attacked side has the right to defend and protect itself, its territory, and its people. Yet many American media outlets, after five years of Russia's brutal full-scale invasi