Tagged: Volodymyr Zelensky
A sweet smiling comedian turned president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has been showing the world lately the face of empathetic resistance and defiance. Standing firmly against both the aggressor and aggression, he has become...
As the world has been witnessing horrific developments in Ukraine for almost two weeks, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine does not seem to be coming to halt. Though humanitarian corridors have been set...
Vladimir Putin has written about the “historical unity” of the Ukrainian and Russian peoples, in part through their language. In Ukraine, these statements are refuted by evidence of Ukrainian’s long history as a separate nation and language. As...
Professor Larry Diamond’s book, Ill Winds, though published two years ago, offers many great insights for understanding the “Russian rage” behind the tragic war in Ukraine. Much is being written about Russia’s invasion of...
Backdrop The cold war 1.0 may have been declared to be over with the disintegration of the USSR, but the NATO – Russian tug of war kept it alive, leading to an avoidable conflict,...
Faced with the influx of a million refugees fleeing Russian troops in Ukraine, Poles like Nicolas Kusiak, a 27-year-old manager, have rallied in an ever expanding humanitarian response. They have taken in refugees, offered...
Russian forces shelled Europe’s largest nuclear plant early Friday, sparking a fire as they pressed their attack on a crucial energy-producing Ukrainian city and gained ground in their bid to cut off the country...
After recognising the separatist regions of Donetsk and Luhansk and sending the peacekeeping forces to those regions for the protection of Russian ethnic minorities. The Russian president has now officially announced the beginning of...
Putin would probably be one of the most consequential leaders of post-Soviet Russia, well known even abroad for his stern, no-nonsense approach in domestic and international politics apart from projecting an alpha male, an...
Early on Saturday morning, some 48 hours after Russian military forces had pushed into his country, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy put in a call from Kyiv to Brussels with a plea for military assistance....