The European Union, with Germany at its head, sleepwalked into the Ukraine crisis.
Conflict
Assassination in Moscow
The murder of Boris Nemtsov is a watershed for Russia. The culture of violence fueled by the war in Ukraine has claimed its first victim on the streets of Moscow.
Nemtsov tirelessly challenged lies, injustice, and war. His assassination is an attack on freedom-loving people everywhere.
From the Battlefront: A Ukrainian Tank Commander’s Act of Mercy
“We just had to push a button in our tank, and all that would have been left of them would have been a memory of our sinful world,” Alexei Chaban wrote. “We didn’t kill them. We let them go.”
The Madness of Mariupol
“The city was vulnerable. We didn’t have enough tanks and artillery to hold back the aggressors,” Mayor Khotlubei says. “Now we’re an impregnable fortress.”
Should Putin Fear the Man Who ‘Pulled the Trigger of War’ in Ukraine?
Igor Girkin views himself as a warrior against a godless West. There is no question of who started the conflict; he claims to have started it himself.
Putin Waging Information War in Ukraine Worthy of George Orwell
Only hours after I first arrived in Donetsk in March, I was informed that I too was a combatant in the “information war.”
Massacre at Ilovaisk
“When we passed their second checkpoint, they started shooting at us like in a shooting gallery,” Yuriy Bereza recalled. “It was an ambush.”
On Eastern Ukraine’s Front Lines, Strategic, Besieged Mariupol Faces Economic Destruction
To the region’s workers and miners, who have seen living standards drop, Russia looks familiar and welcoming, while the EU is foreign and threatening.
Ukraine’s Zombie Revolution
“We had advanced socialism,” said Boris Dekhteryenko. “It was a happy childhood. Ice cream cost 20 kopeks, and a miner could earn enough in a month to buy a Lada.”
Putin the Predictable
For Vladimir Putin, mimicking opponents is a key to power. At home he oversees a sham democracy. His foreign policy is best described as “condemn and copy.”
