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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, US President Donald Trump’s Special Envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner (R to L) hold a joint news conference outside the Mariinskyi Palace following negotiations
Europe

Peace in Ukraine remains far off despite Witkoff-Kushner effort

The visit of President Trump's envoys to Kyiv and Moscow can't change the fact that Putin thinks he has the upper hand

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

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.