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Oksana Bashuk Hepburn: Winners and losers of Russia’s war

May 21, 2022 / by Oksana Bashuk Hepburn

The unprovoked war that Russia unleashed on Ukraine has far-reaching consequences. If he wins, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin will be elevated to godhood. Russia’s false historic claims to...

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A coup against Putin: Wishful thinking or a real possibility?

April 5, 2022 / by Oleg Sukhov

Ukrainian intelligence has claimed that a coup is being prepared against Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. Although such intelligence claims may be dubious, analysts can assess the possibility of...

National

Is Putin going to launch a nuclear war?

March 18, 2022 / by Oleg Sukhov

Days after launching a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin ordered to put his country's nuclear deterrent forces on alert, effectively threatening the world with a...

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300,000 people trapped in besieged Mariupol face living hell

March 16, 2022 / by Asami Terajima

When Mariupol journalist Artem Popov speaks about his hometown, it sounds like he has a lump in his throat. The southeastern city of Mariupol has turned into a...

Opinion

Andriy Shevchenko: Putin won't stop at Ukraine

March 11, 2022 / by Andriy Shevchenko

Ihor Mozhaev holds a special chair of his handicapped daughter Maria (12) who died under the rubble of his house in Markhalivka, near Kyiv, on March 5, 2022.On...

Opinion

Oksana Bashuk Hepburn: Why is Putin still in charge of the West’s agenda?

March 10, 2022 / by Oksana Bashuk Hepburn

It’s infuriating that Russia’s serial killer, autocrat Vladimir Putin, is telling Western powers what they should be doing. What is worst, they are listening. The war-crime nominee has...

Opinion

Francis M. O’Donnell: UN must impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine

March 10, 2022 / by Francis M. O’Donnell

Many struggle to understand world powers’ refusal to enforce a no-fly zone (NFZ), at least on the western rest of Ukraine not (yet) occupied by Russia. It has...

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10 days of suffering. Russia's war against Ukraine in photos

March 6, 2022 / by Oleksiy Sorokin, Kostyantyn Chernichkin

Russian President Vladimir Putin launched what he called "a special military operation" against Ukraine on Feb. 24, de facto declaring war on the country. Putin claimed to have...

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