EU politics
Euronews – EU countries sound alarm over weapons brought back from Ukraine front line
Weaponry sold or donated to Ukraine has been found all over the world: it’s doing a roaring second-hand trade. Read the article HERE.
Ukraine
Energy
The Kyiv Independent – Trump tells Zelensky to stop striking Russian diesel infrastructure
There are deep contradictions at play in the Ukraine proxy war. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Ian Proud – Peace in Ukraine remains far-off despite Witkoff-Kushner effort
It’s not clear on what basis a peace deal could now be struck, but neither can the Ukraine war continue forever. Ian Proud was a member of His Britannic Majesty’s Diplomatic Service from 1999 to […]
Geopolitics
Branko Marcetic – Why are Western hawks pushing Ukraine to draft women?
Ukraine is already facing down the barrel of demographic doom – drafting childless women into the Ukrainian army would only make it worse. Branko Marcetic is a staff writer with Jacobin magazine and the author […]
Geopolitics
Anatol Lieven – Mutual Delusion
Fantasies all around in the seemingly never-ending Ukraine War. In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Al Jazeera – Iran accuses Ukraine of deadly attack on Caspian commercial vessel
Zelensky is clearly trying to show the US and Israel just how loyal he is. Read the article HERE.
Corruption
Mark Episkopos – Ukraine’s Defence Minister tried to fight corruption, and paid the price
The fall of popular Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, who had overhauled Ukraine’s war strategy, shows Zelensky prioritises corruption over competence. Mark Episkopos is a Eurasia Research Fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. He […]
Geopolitics
Marta Havryshko – Ukraine’s military has a real Nazi problem
The Neo-Nazi problem in Ukraine is not simply a Kremlin invention. Marta Havryshko is a U.S.-based author and researcher focused on Ukrainian nationalism, the far right, and the Russo-Ukrainian War. Havryshko holds a PhD in […]
Corruption
BBC – Zelensky’s ex-chief of staff in court as Ukraine corruption probe escalates
The reality is that corruption in Ukraine goes right to the top. The mind boggles about how much of Western aid to Ukraine has ended up in the pockets of the country’s elite. Read the […]
Geopolitics
The Kyiv Independent – EU warns of sanctions over shipments of stolen Ukrainian grain to Israel
Israel steals Palestinian land everyday, but they are Palestinians so to the EUcrats they are not really human beings. Read the article HERE.