Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 launched more than a military conflict; it thrust Ukraine’s rich and vibrant culture into focus.

Today, it’s hard to say whether the mediators trying to sketch out scenarios for Ukraine understand this. But the fact that, each time, the conditions aren’t improving for Ukraine is obvious,” Zaluzhnyi wrote.

Ukraine’s present struggle is rooted in five centuries of shifting borders and fallen empires. As negotiations loom, leaders must decide how much of Ukrainian land they are willing to bargain away

Russia’s appetite for its past has always been ravenous. Nothing illustrates it better than Moscow’s fixation on Alaska, a fixation less about America’s frontier than about Ukraine’s survival. When Trump hosted Vladimir Putin in Anchorage last ...

The Russian juggernaut has always had a grand vision of its expanse and territoriality since the Czarist times. Kremlin believes that the disintegration of the Soviet Union can be tidied over and some of

President Donald Trump’s plan for ending the war in Ukraine would make Russia a winner. This proposed appeasement echoes World War II.

A “no step back” defense posture by Ukrainian forces risks worsening the relative attrition rate between Ukrainian and Russian forces.

Russia has launched a significant missile and drone attack on Ukraine, coinciding with ongoing U.S.-mediated peace talks.