Amy B. Zegart
"Everyone was equal," the kerchiefed babushka of Eli from Russia — a YouTuber who documents everyday life and regional culture across the Russian Federation — tells her granddaughter wistfully, recalling life in the Soviet Union.
"There were no rich …
On a bitterly cold winter morning inside Kyiv’s M.M. Gryshko National Botanical Garden, scientist Liudmyla Buyun checks a thermometer mounted against the glass wall of a greenhouse. She pauses, notes the reading, and moves on. The routine repeats …
Muleshoe, population 5,000, sits in the Texas Panhandle, next to the New Mexico state line, and about as far away from Ukraine as anywhere can be.
A small, arid town linked to the outside world by a patchwork of county roads and a smattering of …
In January, Russian troops captured 245 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory. According to the analytical outlet DeepState, that’s nearly half the pace of November and December last year, when Russia’s advances were significantly faster. …
by Avery Lawrence As Russia’s war against Ukraine continues, the Ukrainian economy has shown resiliency. After suffering a 28.8% GDP drop immediately after Russia’s invasion in 2022, as well as an increase in inflation, the economy has managed to …
Ukraine has showcased a new undersea drone called “Marichka,” which could pose a serious threat to the Crimean Bridge.
The Marichka kamikaze undersea drone is nearing completion. The company Akvatekhnik presented the system in an interview with the …
What kind of an economy does Ukraine have?
This question is not of abstract interest. International financial institutions, supporting governments, private investors — anyone with an economic interest in Ukraine needs to know what they have a stake …
In 2025, Russia began to restore a Soviet-era military base in Petrozavodsk and plans to build new garrisons in Karelia near the Finnish border, Finland’s public broadcaster Yle reports, citing satellite imagery analysis and Russian regional media.
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Kyiv vitally needs Western support, because without it Ukraine “will be dead tomorrow.” The West must continue backing Ukraine even though it is costly.
Ending support would be far more expensive for Europe than maintaining it, German Defense …
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has blasted FIFA President Gianni Infantino for seeking to bring Russia back into international soccer, calling him a “moral degenerate,” he said in a post on X.
Sybiha reminded Infantino that 679 Ukrainian …
Russia launched a massive strike on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, using more than 70 missiles and about 450 drones, as President Volodymyr Zelensky called on partners to increase pressure on Moscow.
Overnight on February 3, at the height of a …
Overnight Tuesday, February 3, Russia launched another wave of massive, combined strikes on several regions of Ukraine, with explosions reported. Ukraine’s Air Force and officials in Kyiv and Kharkiv announced the attacks on Telegram. During the …
Hungary has filed a lawsuit at the European Court of Justice challenging the REPowerEU regulation that would fully ban imports of Russian natural gas starting in 2027, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said.
“Without Russian oil and natural gas, …
