Analytics

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 […]

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. […]

1. The significance of Vuhledar. The defense of Vuhledar was a true feat by Ukrainian soldiers, who for two and a half years inflicted losses on the Russians near Vuhledar that were many times greater than ours and repelled two major offensives in 2022 and 2023. The city held a key position for controlling the southern flank of Ukraine’s defense […]

A less-noticed piece of news from the UN General Assembly was the formation of an informal group of countries called “Friends of Peace,” led by China and Brazil. This group aims to promote their own vision of achieving peace in Ukraine. The group includes China, Brazil, Egypt, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Indonesia, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Zambia, Mexico, Algeria, Bolivia, and […]

In the current relations between Ukraine and the USA, an unwelcome but expected definition has emerged. President V. Zelenskyy declared from the UN podium that Ukraine will not negotiate on the terms of “soft capitulation,” which Russia, supported by China and the global South, is promoting. “Soft capitulation” means freezing hostilities along the front line, scaling back Western military support […]

Since the fact of supplying ballistic Fath-360 missiles from Iran to the enemy can be considered a done deal, I would like to comment on this. Especially since a lot has already been written about them. Firstly, “ballistic” does not refer to size or explosive power. It only means that the rocket’s engine operates only during the initial phase of […]

Yesterday, the President said that the state lacks funds for the production of long-range drones. In fact, during wartime, and this is natural, the state lacks money for everything. The economy is almost non-functional, and there is a shortage of funds in the state treasury, so this limited resource must be managed effectively. Firstly, we shouldn’t expect any “investments” in […]

Roman Pohorilyi: “The command responsible for this area lacks situational awareness and control. In conversations with the military, brigades, and soldiers on the ground, it’s clear that the situation is in complete chaos. This needs to be stabilized very quickly because the enemy is making significant advances. Almost every day, we are marking the loss of settlements on the map. […]

It’s time to summarize the strategic and political context of what has been happening over the last two weeks. This text is dedicated to that.  The entire intense discourse surrounding negotiations (both in the West and the East, as well as from internal sources) was based on a simple logic: Russia cannot be defeated in a competition of capabilities, so […]