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Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner
QiOSK

Witkoff & Kushner to spend Labor Day weekend in Russia, Ukraine

The diplomatic duo is hoping that the window has not closed on a peace agreement yet the road still appears to be a hard one

Western hawks are pushing Ukraine to draft its women
Europe

Why are Western hawks pushing Ukraine to draft its women?

The proposal threatens to further undermine the country's dire demographic prospects

Stepan Bandera is haunting the Ukraine War and Polish elections
Europe

Stepan Bandera is haunting the Ukraine War and Polish elections

History is not ancient for Ukrainians and Poles whose disagreements over national heroes and WWII is threatening to boil over in myriad ways

Puck illustrations
Europe

An independent Europe means no more US rooster in the henhouse

Washington will have to get used to transformed international politics where it's no longer the center of the universe.

Ukrainian soldiers walk together during training for the 2023 counteroffensive.
Media

The never-ending myth of a looming Ukrainian 'breakthrough'

For years, hawks have used rosy analysis of Kyiv's military momentum to make the case against real negotiations

Odessa ports
Europe

Russia's lockdown of Odessa ports could be a grim turning point in war

A lesson to all purveyors of the idea that Ukraine could be a 'steel porcupine' and avoid a mutual agreement to end the conflict. It's a trap.