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Editorial image reflects Ukrainian citizens’ resolve and frustration with leadership rhetoric amid war, symbolizing calls for real strategy and resilience.

Ukrainians Can’t Be Fooled Anymore
In a powerful analysis, the author argues Ukrainians are no longer swayed by PR peace pitches and weak leadership messaging — they want honest strategy and mobilization for real victory, not capitulation.
Jan 26, 2026
Darkened Kyiv skyline during winter outages contrasted with gas pipelines, symbolizing the cost of past energy decisions

€80 Million a Night — and the $12 Billion Ukraine Gave Away
Ukraine now spends €80 million a night defending itself. This opinion revisits the 2019 decision to drop $12B in claims against Gazprom — and asks what that choice really cost.
Jan 22, 2026
Frozen Kyiv residential buildings during winter blackouts after Russian strikes on CHP-5 and CHP-6 heat and power plants

Why Kyiv Is Freezing: How Three Russian Strikes Collapsed the City’s Heating System
Three Russian attacks shattered Kyiv’s centralized heating system. This is how CHP-5 and CHP-6 became the city’s Achilles’ heel — and why hundreds of thousands are freezing.
Jan 21, 2026
Donald Trump and Ursula von der Leyen facing each other during high-level talks, symbolizing US-EU political tension and shifting alliances

Europe Is Being Rewritten — And Ukraine Is the Obstacle
A silent deal to reshape Europe is unraveling. The US, Russia and China reposition — but Ukraine’s resistance is breaking the plan and forcing a new global alignment.
Jan 19, 2026
Andrii Klymenko of Black Sea News speaking on Russia as an intelligence-run state, with visual elements referencing oil exports and war

“Russia Is Not a Country: It Is an Intelligence Services Hub Driving a Perpetual War” — Ukrainian Security Expert
A Ukrainian security expert argues Russia is not a real state but an intelligence-run system manipulating data and oil exports to fuel a never-ending war.
Jan 19, 2026
Maidan Nezalezhnosti in central Kyiv during a blackout, darkened streets and silhouettes symbolizing war, energy collapse, and resilience

Ukraine’s Blackouts Aren’t Just Russia’s Fault Anymore
Fewer Russian drones, worse blackouts. Kyiv faces freezing outages, silence from officials, and rising anger. Is corruption, not war alone, behind Ukraine’s energy collapse?
Jan 12, 2026
Illustration showing war leadership failure, missiles, corruption symbols, and Ukraine’s struggle between political power and frontline needs.

Ukraine’s War Problem Isn’t Moscow — It’s Our Leadership
A brutal assessment of Ukraine’s war strategy, corruption, and political failure — arguing the country has the resources to win, but lacks will and accountability.
Jan 9, 2026
Children in an underground school near the Holosiivska Pustyn monastery in Kyiv taught with Soviet textbooks and Russian songs under investigation.

Children Are Taught Russian and Sing the Russian National Anthem: How an Underground School at a Monastery Operates in Kyiv
Journalists uncovered an illegal school in a Kyiv monastery where more than 60 children are taught Soviet-era curriculum, Russian language, films and songs — including the Russian national anthem — and Ukrainian security services have launched a criminal investigation. :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0}
Jan 7, 2026
Ukrainian infantry dug into a frontline position amid harsh terrain and drones overhead, symbolizing extended rotations and frontline endurance.

“I Asked the Commander: Why Are You Sending People There?” What Really Lies Behind Stories of Infantrymen Spending Hundreds of Days in Positions
In a raw interview with a frontline Ukrainian infantryman, months-long rotations, freezing trenches and manpower shortages reveal why troops remain in the same deadly positions far beyond typical deployment — on empr.media.
Jan 6, 2026
Volodymyr Zelenskyy during an undisclosed foreign trip amid reports of a secret visit to Oman in January 2020

Zelenskyy’s Secret Oman Trip: Five Years Without Answers
In January 2020, Zelenskyy secretly traveled to Oman as Russia’s top security official arrived on the same plane. Five years later, Kyiv still has not explained why.
Jan 5, 2026
Ukrainian troops advancing in Kupiansk Kharkiv region as Russian forces are encircled in final battle phase photo

“I Think Ukrainian Forces’ Operation in Kupiansk Is Entering Its Final Phase,” Tregubov on Situation in Kupiansk
Ukrainian forces are closing on the final phase of the Kupiansk clearing operation with most Russian troops encircled and dwindling — intense fighting and strategic shifts as winter campaign continues. EMPR.media
Jan 3, 2026
Industrial plant in Ukraine with high energy infrastructure costs, illustrating electricity pricing corruption deepening economic pain during war. empr.media

How Corrupt Electricity Pricing Is Strangling Ukraine’s Economy During War
Explosive probe finds Ukraine’s energy pricing corruption and unjust tariffs boosting intermediaries, destroying industry, costing jobs and stalling recovery amid war. empr.media
Jan 2, 2026

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