Ever more Ukrainian women are joining the army
Commander Twig and her girls pull into a café near the Zaporizhia front and order non-alcoholic mojitos. In…
Parliament restores independence to Ukraine’s corruption-fighters
Ukraine’s latest political drama ended with what felt almost like an anticlimax. In two swift readings on July…
Can interceptor drones stop Russia’s terror bombing? – The Economist
Can interceptor drones stop Russia’s terror bombing? The Economist Ukraine’s fishing net defense against high-tech threat shows the challenges…
Russia and Ukraine must seek a proper framework for talks, says Juan Manuel Santos
THREE-AND-A-HALF years after Russia launched its full-scale, unlawful invasion of Ukraine, innocent civilians continue to pay an appalling…
Vladimir Medinsky, Putin’s negotiator with a warped worldview
WITH A WIRY frame, wispy grey hair and rimless spectacles, Vladimir Medinsky cuts an unassuming figure. Yet he…
Russian sabotage attacks surged across Europe in 2024
IN AN INTERVIEW on July 21st, Martina Rosenberg, the head of Germany’s military counter-intelligence service, warned of a…
Donald Trump changes his position on Ukraine once again
A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. After making bold claims of being…
Ukrainian drones are killing ever more soldiers
Colonel Yehor Derevyanko is getting impatient. Three Russian soldiers, seemingly oblivious to the fact that they are being…
Trump’s U-turn on Russia is utterly cynical—and welcome
Over the past six months President Donald Trump has been all over the place on Ukraine. He said…
The war in Ukraine shows the West can re-arm without re-industrialising
Inside the Joint Systems Manufacturing Centre (jsmc) in Ohio, America’s main factory for armoured vehicles since 1942, the…