by Jeffrey Mo | 20 Jun 2022 | Conflict, Ukraine
Dmytro Shelukhin is a Ukrainian working for a UK investment bank. But like many émigrés, he is finding meaning helping his home nation fight Russia. Dmytro Shelukhin on the way to Ukraine with war materiel (photo courtesy of Dmytro Shelukhin) For the past eight years,...
by Elaine Monaghan | 13 May 2022 | Conflict, Future of Democracy, Human Rights, Ukraine
Many Russians dream of a democratic future. But an onslaught of propaganda shields Vladimir Putin from opponents and obscures the truth. Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during the Victory Day military parade marking the 75th anniversary of the Nazi...
by Tara Heidger | 21 Apr 2022 | Conflict, Ukraine
Logistics in war is hardly glamorous. But the first phase of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine exposed fateful failures in the attacker’s military support system. Ukrainian soldiers walk amid destroyed Russian tanks in Bucha, Ukraine, 3 April 2022. (AP...
by Tom Heneghan | 19 Apr 2022 | Conflict, Ukraine
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine reflects Vladimir Putin’s unhinged state, some experts say. But his views of ‘Mother Russia’ provide a logical explanation. Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the government via...
by Bernd Debusmann | 4 Apr 2022 | Conflict, Europe, Human Rights, Immigration, Refugees, Ukraine
More than two-thirds of the world’s population live in nations that have not denounced Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Some Cold War bonds endure. A screen showing results from a vote in the United Nations General Assembly on a resolution condemning Russia’s...