Christmas is almost here. With Christmas comes children’s hope and joy. In Ukraine, children live under constant fear. The holiday season is also a time for reflection, love, and understanding. This is the fourth Christmas that children in Ukraine are experiencing a brutal war. Perhaps their dreams are not primarily about what Christmas presents…
42 people are confirmed dead after Russia bombed a humanitarian food distribution in Ukraine. Among the victims are civilians waiting for aid, police officers, and rescue workers. The attack raises serious questions about Russia’s conduct of war and possible violations of international law. A Food Distribution Turned into a Death Trap ChatGPT used as…
A betrayal of Ukraine and Europe—this is what Trump is doing now. Ukraine is fighting for the right to exist as an independent state. Donald Trump has repeatedly turned American support into leverage against the country’s leadership. In my view, this is what makes the word ‘betrayal’ so fitting: those who need protection from…
While much of the attention surrounding the war in Ukraine has been focused on Russia’s slow advances in Donetsk, Ukraine has been conducting a counteroffensive for several months that was kept almost entirely out of the public eye for a long time. The operation has been named Vivaldi and is taking place mainly north…
On August 24, 1991, the Ukrainian parliament proclaimed its independence. This proclamation came one year after the parliament declared Ukraine’s state sovereignty. Until then, Ukraine had been under Soviet rule and, prior to that, under Russian rule. The proclamation in parliament was confirmed by a referendum held on December 1, 1991. 90.92% of the…
A week ago, a drone was spotted near Leipzig/Halle Airport in Germany. A drone carrying an explosive device was discovered by chance next to a Ukrainian AN-124 transport aircraft. The explosive device likely had a malfunction. The questions I’m asking are: What happened? Why? And why was the response time from NATO and Germany…