The deepening unpopularity of Zelensky
A steady drip of shocking stories about corruption has fueled anger among voters
Ukrainian
Wednesday
Tuesday
Besieged Odesa is still caught in a conflict of identities
How can you break the mental manacles of an empire that has occupied not only your physical world but also your education, publishing, media, high culture and popular entertainment? In his endearing memoir of Odesa, Undefeatable, Julian Evans quotes the Ukrainian author Viktoria Amelina, who describes growing up in post-Soviet Ukraine surrounded by all things Russian. She attended a Russian school, acted in children’s Russian theatre, listened to Russian rock and prayed in a Russian Orthodox church: ‘There was an entire system in place that aimed to make me believe that Moscow, not Kyiv, was the centre of my universe.’ When she was 15, Amelina felt flattered to be invited
Thursday
How will Putin respond to Ukraine’s Storm Shadow attack?
Wars, after all, are not ultimately won even by such expensively-capable systems as Storm Shadows or ATACMS
Wednesday
Anti-personnel mines will be very useful for Ukraine
They are weapons of the utmost cynicism — they work on the premise that wounded soldiers cause more problems for an enemy than dead ones
Tuesday
Could Trump save Ukraine?
Much will ultimately depend on the United States
Monday
Ukraine will be worried if Trump has called Putin
While Russians celebrated Trump’s 2016 win in the streets, there was no such jubilation this time around
Monday
Ukraine’s Nato fantasy
The US government wants to avoid the war that Ukrainian membership would oblige it to fight
Wednesday
Ukraine should be able to use its long-range weapons as it pleases
Our friends in Kyiv are asking us explicitly for something which we can so easily give
Monday
How life carries on near the Kursk front line
The only appropriate response — if you don’t want to spend every day in a fit of jitters — is casual, low-key defiance
Sunday
Near the Russian border, Ukrainians are delighted about the Kursk attack
There was almost unanimous support for the first attack on mainland Russia since World War Two
Thursday
Will Ukraine's Kursk offensive pay off?
What is Kyiv’s goal?