From crippling bridges bringing supplies to Russia’s troops to defending the territory they have snatched in daring raids, soldiers resting in Ukraine’s border Sumy region tell Askold Krushelnycky they want to push on.
After the assassination attempt on Robert Fico, the propaganda inherent in such cases was basically immediately launched. Wszelaka. We followed it through.
Russia’s stony-faced foreign minister is getting paranoid. Sergei Lavrov believes that “at present, about 50 countries are trying to break up Russia.” The West is the Kremlin's worst enemy.
In Russia, they conscripted a student into the army for criticizing Stalin. "He wanted an argument about Stalin? Well, he lost," - reads the Russian press.
Africa has long been an important arena for the Kremlin to extend Russian influence around the globe. Moscow simultaneously deploys the military, mercenaries, media, and diplomacy, while also developing a much less visible tool of influence—the network of the Russian Orthodox Church.
In August, the intensity of the bombardment of Sloviansk (Donetsk region) increased sharply. As a result, on August 21, 2026, Sloviansk was officially designated as a territory of active hostilities. The Russians are attacking residential buildings and shops and attempting to destroy the Sloviansk Thermal Power Plant and the city’s entire civilian infrastructure. Yet, among other targets, on August 28, 2026, they struck, for some reason, a monument commemorating the liberation of Sloviansk from the Nazi occupiers. Why are the Russians trying to destroy the monument to the Soviet soldiers?
We are publishing a list of Western companies that enable Russia to manufacture its ballistic missiles. These companies supply Russia with critical components ranging from chemicals and chips to navigation systems.
Why do Russians believe in absurd things? What seems unlikely in the world-picture of a Westerner appears inevitable in the world-picture of Russians. The mistake made by Western analysts is that they look for a rational motivation behind the behavior of the Russian authorities. Russians, however, assess the significance of events differently and assign different probabilities to them, and this directly affects their imperial consciousness.
Ukraine now faces the challenge of reversing the course of the war during the transition to a new technological era, one that demands of the Commander-in-Chief not only experience and professionalism but also talent. Will Mykhailo Drapatyi be able to meet this challenge?
During talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, July 25, in Omsk, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev proposed freezing the war in Ukraine. However, Estonian publicist Andrei Kuzichkin believes that, in reality, Kazakhstan’s president was conveying a message to Putin from Xi Jinping. The question remains whether Putin is capable of interpreting it correctly – and there are serious doubts about that.
On July 8, 2026, another article by Valerii Zaluzhnyi was published. The central thesis of the article is that advances in military technology require a fundamental reassessment of conventional ideas about war, including the very concept of military victory. Are Western leaders, who bear responsibility for the fate of their nations, prepared to draw the necessary conclusions and rethink their strategic vision of war?
