Opinion

This analytical piece dissects the endgame of the Russia‑Ukraine war — contrasting a complete peace settlement with a frozen conflict scenario and unpacking geopolitical, military and security implications.

Ukrainian defense expert Prokopenko states that manually managing companies and battalions across a 1000 km‑wide frontline is senseless and inefficient, calling for automation and smarter command systems.

I hesitated about whether to write this, but I will after all. I want to apologize to my unit—I’m not much of a commander. Everyone who knows us is aware that we often handled our own issues, using our own funds. It was simpler, more efficient, and faster that way. Usually, around 60% of the hundred we received would go […]

A working scenario for the near future: D. Trump proposes to halt hostilities along the front line without the return of most of our occupied territories, particularly Crimea and Donbas. Ukraine would have to agree to this since we are entirely dependent on our partners. However, it’s unclear whether Putin would agree to these harsh conditions for Ukraine or if […]

Here we are, with you, along with one of the deputy finance ministers. By the way, he’s the only government official who is a part of the ‘Prodlenka’ inter-factional association. He’s sitting here. Where are the other officials? We don’t know, we don’t know where they are. So, the Ministry of Finance— and I want to thank them for this— […]

The methods used by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrskyi, to manage the troops cannot hold the front. In an interview with Radio Liberty, the editor-in-chief of Censor.NET, Yuriy Butusov, listed a set of factors influencing the current situation on the front line. Not in order of importance, but in terms of their direct impact on […]

Why is a defense enterprise producing protective gear for Ukrainian soldiers still unable to secure the right to defer its employees? It may surprise you, but Ballistics is still fighting for the right to defer its workforce. Despite producing equipment relied on by hundreds of thousands of defenders, the company lacks essential support, while employees in secondary industries—such as fortune-tellers, […]

New expenses mean either new taxes or new debts. So, what does the “1000 UAH for every citizen” initiative really represent? It is a deception of taxpayers.   It is a trivialization of economic policy.   It is an expression of paternalism, where the state does not trust its people, assuming it knows better what they need.   It’s like […]

An interesting case occurred in the Pokrovsk direction. A unit of Russian assault troops advanced in a full-frontal attack across open terrain towards a Ukrainian strongpoint, and soldiers of the 110th Mechanized Brigade eliminated all the attackers as if in a shooting range. When collecting the documents of the killed soldiers, Ukrainian intelligence was surprised—they discovered that these Russians had […]

Let me explain why this decision is harmful to the country: The United Mining and Chemical Company is a European leader in the extraction of titanium and zirconium ores. Its structure includes the Vilnohirsk Mining and Metallurgical Plant, located in the Dnipropetrovsk region, and the Irshansk Mining and Processing Plant in the Zhytomyr region. You would be hard-pressed to find […]

Analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of President Zelensky’s “Victory Plan” is absolutely pointless—much like searching for the philosopher’s stone or inventing a perpetual motion machine. This is because the “Plan” was clearly not created for implementation. This is why it deliberately includes points that cannot be realized in the next 10-15 years. Take, for example, the overused point about the […]

At the home of Ukrainian official Tetiana Krupa, the chief physician of a state institution in a small region of Ukraine who sells certificates to men to avoid serving as Ukrainian soldiers, cash in several currencies amounting to $6.5 million was found. This is not the end of it; she has much more money in foreign accounts and real estate. […]