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The State Department and the White House have erased traces of the security guarantees agreements between Ukraine and the United States from their websites. The only working official link I found led to the U.S. Embassy’s website in Italy, but I think it will be removed soon as well. Now America can sign any agreements, make any promises, guarantees, and […]

On March 1, at 15:20, a ballistic “Iskander-M” missile, guided by an enemy drone, struck the location of the 168th Reserve Battalion of the Operational Command “East” near the village of Cherkaske in the Dnipropetrovsk region. According to sources, up to 39 Ukrainian soldiers were killed, and up to 90 were wounded. What is the 168th Reserve Battalion? It is […]

You might be wondering whether Ukraine and Europe can defend themselves on their own, without U.S. help. Let’s try to answer that. In 2024, the U.S. provided equipment worth $20 billion. These are the volumes that will need to be compensated. It might seem that $20 billion is a drop in the ocean for the EU and the UK, whose […]

Why is the minerals agreement a case of traditional American diplomacy? Let’s recall the “destroyers-for-bases” deal from World War II. The agreement with the U.S. on the joint exploitation of mineral resources is strategically beneficial for Ukraine; any issues would only be in the details, which is precisely what diplomacy exists for. U.S. presidents have made similar agreements with allies […]

China invests in Ukraine’s occupied territories. An investigation by Realna Gazeta. Chinese companies are establishing factories from the ground up for the extraction and production of building materials in the occupied areas of Donetsk Oblast. These materials are aiding Russia in its rapid reconstruction of Mariupol—a city it destroyed—and in paving roads for military equipment en route to the Ukrainian-Russian […]

As Aleksey Kopytko likes to say, “Let’s calculate in columns!” So How much does Ukraine cost? On January 13, 2025, the Congressional Research Service published its study on providing financial assistance to Ukraine – U.S. Direct Financial Support for Ukraine. The report states that, as of January 2025, the U.S. Congress has transferred a total of $174.2 billion to Ukraine […]

Would you like “the ultimate betrayal”? I’m talking about the $500 billion from Trump for Ukraine’s natural resources (critical materials, oil, gas). I got to the original source of the news; it was a transcript of Trump’s interview with Fox News. So here’s the deal: — This is not an investment from the US in Ukraine’s development of deposits or […]

The best security guarantees are not “boots on the ground” but “wings in the sky,” and without NATO, Europe will not be able to provide them. Trump wants to end the war quickly, strike a deal, and place the burden of its enforcement on the Europeans, including the deployment of troops. The Americans do not want to take on any […]

I have one major doubt about the project’s development prospects based on both U.S. and Ukrainian sources… I am against trading resources for security.   Because security won’t come that way.   Look:   – American companies will operate in Ukraine, just like in Africa.   – There, they extract raw materials but process and manufacture products elsewhere.   – […]

On February 3, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree strengthening the Soviet-era totalitarian relic known as DOSAAF, fully subordinating it to his so-called Ministry of Attack of the Russian Federation. This is not just another bureaucratic document but a key part of Russia’s overarching plan to carry out the assimilative genocide of Ukraine and the Ukrainian nation.   Our […]

The Kyiv Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the Pechersk District Court, which granted the lawsuit filed by Andriy Portnov, the former deputy head of Yanukovych’s administration, against the outlet. hromadske has been ordered to retract the information from the investigation titled “How Crimea was seized: exclusive recordings” and to remove the materials from YouTube, its website, and social […]

Despite attempts to cut Russia’s oil revenues, European countries continue to indirectly fill Vladimir Putin’s military treasury. The key role here is played by Russian oil supplies, ‘washed’ at refineries in India. More details on this can be found in the RBC-Ukraine article, as reported by Kontrakty.UA Russian oil for India: key figures The partnership between India and Russia has […]