President of Ukraine
Born: January 25, 1978
On February 24, Russia launched its brutal assault on neighboring Ukraine. Actually, this is a war that started back in 2014. But February 24 is considered the start of the Russian attempt to take the whole country. 2 years of terror from Putin’s regime. Horrific war crimes, hundreds of thousands killed and even more…
The EU recently decided that accession negotiations between the EU and Ukraine can start. From such negotiations starting until Ukraine can actually gain membership takes a long time. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban left the meeting before the vote on whether the EU should start negotiations with the EU, previously he had blocked a…
This morning came the news of the Kakhovka dam being blown up. The dam that supplies Europe’s largest nuclear power plant with water for cooling. Ukraine blames Russia. Russia, for its part, blames Ukraine. It’s obviously too early to say anything about who was behind this, but I’ll give some good reasons why, in…
We write 20 February today. The thoughts go back to 20 February 2014 when some green men with no distinguishing marks on their uniforms eventually took control of the Crimean peninsula in Ukraine. A little later, Crimea was annexed by Russia. It was the start of Europe’s biggest conflict after World War II. Shortly…
It is time to sum up 2022. For Europe, this is the most dramatic year since World War II. A new major war in central Europe has probably cost 300,000 human lives so far. This is the year when all of Europe loved Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi. His determination to stay in Ukraine and…
Unexpectedly, Boris Johnson resigned as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. A prime minister who has been persecuted by scandals and where poor leadership remains as a picture of his term. The UK has major challenges. Problems after BREXIT, high inflation and poor economy. The war in Ukraine comes on top of this. A…